hi y'all....
too many pages to read back, and I may type gibberish slowly..but thought i might do an evening flyby...............how y'all doing?
Aloha CES!
Never need to read back, we'll fill you in. Go ahead, let's see some of your gibberish!
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Aloha CES!
Never need to read back, we'll fill you in. Go ahead, let's see some of your gibberish!
Buenas noches, Hermano! Hasta manana!!
It's not my fault that y'all are going to sleep just as i get here...
.........or is it?
G'night Jerry and Lis
.........or is it?
G'night Jerry and Lis
Of course not. But this is late for you too! Not working tomorrow.
Oh, have you met Ginger before?
Yep, you just have plunge in and put your native language on hold. When you start dreaming in your "learning" language, you know you've made it!
When I first arrived in the US, the English teacher told me to think in English. I learned and have been doing it ever since, but I can still choose to think in Chinese. It does help a lot!!
Of course not. But this is late for you too! Not working tomorrow.
Oh, have you met Ginger before?
I do have to work tomorrow, but won't have to be really productive immediately.
I have met/read ginger before at JJs place- albeit briefly, and awhile ago. Hi Ginger!
CES hi
HI JJ
and g'night
Now, jj the lurker (now), I love the pajamas!
I got something on just like it now.
I just don't look that good.
Now for real, good night.
I got something on just like it now.
I just don't look that good.
Now for real, good night.
Bring empirical evidence next time.
Night night!
I'm not really here JaG...I got home a little while ago and decided to catch up a bit before sleep. But it is stooopid late . sigh.
When I first arrived in the US, the English teacher told me to think in English. I learned and have been doing it ever since, but I can still choose to think in Chinese. It does help a lot!!
"Thinking" in a another language is weird at first. I thought I was all good when I moved to Sweden but it took me like 6 months to really think "Swedish". It would be so much harder for someone who didn't grow up hearing the language spoken at home.
I still dream in Swedish now and then and it makes me kind of freak out when I wake up since I don't know where I am for a couple seconds.
Well, wave the stooopid night goodbye then. Off to bed and we'll catch you tomorrow.
Thanks for dropping in though...
when you dream in the language is when you really know you're fluent...but i wouldn't have bargained for the disorientation..(but, heck, I'm not entirely sure i even dream in english- it's all images, not words, when i even remember)
OK, i know when I'm being given a push
but yes, it is time for sleep
goodnight JaG and Ginger
sleep well
but yes, it is time for sleep
goodnight JaG and Ginger
sleep well
I think it took me 6 - 12 months. I was 14 then. We didn't speak English at home, so that didn't help.
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