Writing Proper English is Not Impossible
May 26, 2012 20:40:12 #
May 26, 2012 21:06:38 #
PNagy wrote:
Funny you should ask. For decades I speak it with no one, therefore, when I last visited in 1994 I found myself circumlocuting around ideas I wanted to express because ordinary words would elude my recall. I picked up rather fast, however, and not one person who didn't already know me suspected that I might be a foreigner. I should join a local Hungarian society in order to keep the rust off my Hungarian.
cat - t wrote:
Thank you. Do you still speak it?
Funny you should ask. For decades I speak it with no one, therefore, when I last visited in 1994 I found myself circumlocuting around ideas I wanted to express because ordinary words would elude my recall. I picked up rather fast, however, and not one person who didn't already know me suspected that I might be a foreigner. I should join a local Hungarian society in order to keep the rust off my Hungarian.
Glass houses, buddy. Speak should be spoke. C'mon Nagy....why did you start this thing when you have feet of clay yourself?
May 26, 2012 21:09:15 #
user16618 wrote:
Sorry Ward. I didn't see gm come on board.
Just take a deep breath....have fun...and laugh at everything here....I come here to relax and laugh...I have enough drama in real life....You did nothing wrong..the LMAO meant your reply was funny.....
May 26, 2012 21:10:46 #
can we let thus drop please? we are not going to change anyone's minds. PNagy has won in the sense that I am making a deliberate effort to improve my english. In a perfect world we all would be blessed with perfect writeing skills. In that same perfect world d-800's would grow on trees!
May 26, 2012 21:18:11 #
May 26, 2012 21:22:44 #
GrandmaJoy
Loc: North Carolina
God made us all different. Thank goodness. Two of me together would be really bad. We all have our way of speaking.
May 26, 2012 21:25:32 #
GrandmaJoy
Loc: North Carolina
our own. Whow, sure is easy to mess up when you are trying to be correct. I am going to say goodnight to you gentlemen. I do hope you have a very nice conversation; civil and funny so you will sleep well with peace in your hearts.
May 26, 2012 21:45:16 #
Wabbit
Loc: Arizona Desert
ward5311 wrote:
Went out last evening and got this nice shot of my family tree.....C & C welcomed..
Ha,ha,ha,ha,
May 26, 2012 21:45:42 #
sinatraman wrote:
can we let thus drop please? we are not going to change anyone's minds. PNagy has won in the sense that I am making a deliberate effort to improve my english. In a perfect world we all would be blessed with perfect writeing skills. In that same perfect world d-800's would grow on trees!
We should always strive to put forth our best, but when the best of others does not meet the ultimate standard, it does not mean that what they say does not have merit or should not be listened to.
May 26, 2012 21:52:06 #
I agree but also think that we have beaten this dead horse all the way down to china.
May 26, 2012 22:11:23 #
sinatraman wrote:
I agree but also think that we have beaten this dead horse all the way down to china.
I totally agree....I'm outta here...
May 26, 2012 22:21:00 #
SteveR wrote:
quote=sinatraman can we let thus drop please? we ... (show quote)
Sinatraman: I did not mention you as a perpetrator, nor noticed that you had made mistakes. I think I can see the difference between tangled fingers that you would not allow on published work and a hurried shot to UHH during breakfast and before the commute. Nevertheless, I am touched. Won? I was knowingly the devil's advocate even as I was venting.
And now to borrow a line from Professor Hicks, Cheers.
And to borrow another line, this one from Wabbit, That's all, folks.
May 26, 2012 22:41:10 #
May 27, 2012 00:06:55 #
cat - t wrote:
Is it Nagy in Hungarian?
No, Nagy lives in Texas for over 30 years after moved to USA with his family from Hungary in 1950's. I personally thought that he was Finland guy because of Nagy. But I am wrong.
May 27, 2012 00:08:35 #
PNagy wrote:
quote=SteveR quote=sinatraman can we let thus dr... (show quote)
Agree! I've enjoyed this your thread. The End!
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