Another Americanism I'm afraid.
They say "at Col's place."
We'd say "at Col's".
English as a second language
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Another Americanism I'm afraid.
They say "at Col's place."
We'd say "at Col's".
Pillager
League of Empire Loyalist
I'm not sure about that. In fact, I would say that the usual form is just the person's name. E.g. "I'm going to Col's tonight" or "He's at Col's this evening". "Place" is rather informal, and I think "house" would be used. It depends how well one knows the person being visited, where he lives, &c.
We should write an English text book together , P.
Pillager
League of Empire Loyalist
Good idea. Meet at your place? 
There's a question I've always been asking myself, why there are so many german and swedish users, after this thread had been started I realized I'd found out the answer - they seem to have no difficulties speaking English. And whether some german or swedish civfanatic visits this tread I'd love him to ask such a question - how easy was learning English for you? Can a german/swedish person speak English well after living for a month in England/USA (I need that fact to try to feel how related these languages are).
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Panda
Metal head
That would depend on how good his english skills were at the start of the period. If he had to start from scratch, one month would hardly be enough to become fluent.
Example: I was nine when my family moved from Germany to Finland, and didn't speak a word of Finnish. It took me about 18-24 months to become fluent (native speaker level) in Finnish.
As for the relations between English, German and Swedish:
They are all part of the Indo-european language group, and belong in the Germanic language family. English and German are closer related to each other, and are part of the Western Germanic language group (along with Dutch, Flemish, Jiddish and Frisian), while Swedish is part of the Northern Germanic language group (along with Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic).
onejayhawk
Afflicted with reason
I assume you have read The Lord of the Rings (LotR). If not, do so immediately. It is almost taylor made for a person of your interests. You should check also out the free course on at Barnes & Nobles website (BN.com). They cover a lot of JRRT's language background and the origins of some the Welsh, Geramn and Norse mythologies reflected in LotR. His elvish language is a modification of middle Welsh, for example. The is a whole appendix, including a pronunciation guide, for all his languages, at least in the English language texts. Definitely get the original.
J
My attitude to Tolkienism is very complicated, though I'm interested in mythology I don't like Tolkien at all, to my mind the fantasy genre is a bit ridiculous. I like reading books about religion and mythology of real states - I read them because I try to become 'closer' to some culture, but fantasy books are nothing but fairy-tales. I'd better learn Gaelic than some invented "Elvish".
Pillager
League of Empire Loyalist
Babushki, yes. Blini, no.
I expect there are more words in English derived from Russian, but 6.50am is too early to try to work that one out.
I expect there are more words in English derived from Russian, but 6.50am is too early to try to work that one out.
Switch625
I don't care.
It's a name for a kind of head scarf, the sort you see old ladies wearing.
Pillager
League of Empire Loyalist
Originally posted by u-gene
Do you spend nights in office?
Neither, thank goodness. I have to rise at 6.15am for the commute to work, and I sometimes look in here whilst eating my breakfast.
Pillager
League of Empire Loyalist
No.
Incorrect and lazy. And probably American.
Incorrect and lazy. And probably American.
Didn't even doubt it. 
2 hypothetic situations:
1. New Year's Day. A says to B "A happy New Year to you, B".
Can B answer "Same to you, A"? Would it sound good?
2. A's birthday. B says "Happy birthday to you, A". C approaches those two but he is too lazy to utter this tirade. What shall he say? I think "I join" would not be great to say. Hope you get what I mean.
2 hypothetic situations:
1. New Year's Day. A says to B "A happy New Year to you, B".
Can B answer "Same to you, A"? Would it sound good?
2. A's birthday. B says "Happy birthday to you, A". C approaches those two but he is too lazy to utter this tirade. What shall he say? I think "I join" would not be great to say. Hope you get what I mean.
Pillager
League of Empire Loyalist
1. Yup, that's fine.
2. "From me too", would probably be the most likely. Or just "Yeh"
2. "From me too", would probably be the most likely. Or just "Yeh"
