At last. It was about time! - English-Thread #1

[Karl]

Even though Karl tried to steal some of my underwear.

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And I would've gotten away with it, if it weren't for those meddling kids adults! Dx
And yes, it was very neat to wake up between Tako and Ice in the morning. And Icetongue was soooo cute with BlackRoses hairy thing in his arms. <3
I am looking forward to the winter BMT in a few months, with all of you and your love. Do you plan to come too, Glannargh?

I just have determine that people in this thread write more actual text with less smileys. Why did that happen? O_o

[Icetongue]

And Icetongue was soooo cute with BlackRoses hairy thing in his arms. <3

I just have determine that people in this thread write more actual text with less smileys. Why did that happen? O_o

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Firstly, that was a fox, not a hairy thing.
Seondly, when you study a language, any kind of informal writing is drilled out of your head. That's why I tend to sound like a total ass when speaking or writing English.
I guess it is kind of the same for the others. You tend to think more thoroughly about what and especially how you want to convey it. So, smileys and common platitudes are left out.

[Karl]

Firstly, that was a fox, not a hairy thing.

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Now you've done it. You wicked, wicked little thing just spoiled the tension

I guess it is kind of the same for the others. You tend to think more thoroughly about what and especially how you want to convey it. So, smileys and common platitudes are left out.

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Animexx musst be a well of german prodigies :x

[Turgon]

What a nice thread! I can't speak/write english very well, but I will post here to improve my english skills, just like Karl.

@Topic: I come from a rural area, where summertime is partytime. So I was often at home and not in the city where I go to the college. So I spent most of my summer at partys, although I should have rather studied^^'
Right now I study all day long, stupid tests-.-'

P.S. If you see some grammar mistakes, please tell me, I want to improve!

[T.U.F.K.A.S.]

Seondly, when you study a language, any kind of informal writing is drilled out of your head. That's why I tend to sound like a total ass when speaking or writing English.

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Oh, you're such a prick sometimes...

Yeah, people tell me that I sound like an Australian when I speak English. That's just friggin' fantastic, because I've never been to Australia and I know how the accent sounds like only because I watch Crocodile Hunter and Steve Irvin is was my goddamn hero ("It's awroyght, matey! I won't hurt cha, chap!"). Dude had balls of steel (no pun intended).

@Turgon: I think your English's okay so far My English ain't perfect either. Which is just great because I'm contributing action movie reviews for an English language-website

[drunken monkey]

@ Valada et al.*: Sorry, I didn't mean to trigger such a discussion. The corrections weren't really meant to be taken seriously, as they were deliberately nit-picky. But I guess light sarcasm works even worse in foreign languages than it does in the internet to begin with. ^^" The "You're welcome" was meant as the hint for that, anyways.
Also, the "their" correction (where, I think, few natives would have objected to the "his or her" variant (except maybe feminists insisting on "her or his" XO) anyways, so it's really more a comment than a correction) had the correction in the quote, the link was just meant to be a reference (as I'm already used to discussing this particular peculiarity of the language). If you overlooked that, it's not really my fault. Also, as it wasn't meant seriously, I just used the first reference I could find and didn't search for a German one (which, I agree, would of course make much more sense for a real correction).
Anyways, as said, I'm sorry to have come across as rude or unhelpful, and I agree we might need some rules for this. Although several people have already explicitly asked for being corrected, so it should at least be OK to correct those. (I myself would also like to be corrected, btw.)

And I would've gotten away with it, if it weren't for those meddling kids adults! Dx

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XD

@Turgon: I think your English's okay so far My English ain't perfect either. Which is just great because I'm contributing action movie reviews for an English language-website

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Ah, just build some Nazi reference into your pen name and German-y English could actually become your gimmick! ;P

@ Karl: Sorry, but I flat-out refuse to let my use of smileys be influenced by the language I write!

* I also flat-out deny that wirting my Master's thesis influences my English in any way.