Hi Es99, and thank you for your care, it's true that Chipper is not only my professor of maths but also one of my best friends in Einstein. I'm sure he would be in good hands with you .
Chipper, I found this for you. The English-to-American Dictionary to help you with your studies.
I don't know whether you work/study in the sciences or it's just a hobby for you - but if it's more than a hobby you will be surrounded by lots of boffins and should be able to work it into your conversation quite naturally. eg: "Ahh! Here comes Professor Smith, he's the boffin working on coupled neutrino oscillations."
Thanks, Es99, that was brill! Some hobbies are roller blading (hard not to, in LA), playing and making musical instruments (made a prototype pan flute out of half-inch PVC pipe, most recently, and have plans for doing a hand-carved solid body electric guitar, and also a modernized music box whose tines are plucked electromechanically with an embedded system), and prospecting for gold (more for the rock hounding and getting back to nature, tho'). But when it comes to math/science, I can assure you, Es99, it's clean socks only, for the whiteboards; lots of them in my case, considering how many mistakes I make. :)
Thanks, Es99, that was brill! Some hobbies are roller blading (hard not to, in LA), playing and making musical instruments (made a prototype pan flute out of half-inch PVC pipe, most recently, and have plans for doing a hand-carved solid body electric guitar, and also a modernized music box whose tines are plucked electromechanically with an embedded system), and prospecting for gold (more for the rock hounding and getting back to nature, tho'). But when it comes to math/science, I can assure you, Es99, it's clean socks only, for the whiteboards; lots of them in my case, considering how many mistakes I make. :)
Good grief! What an impressive CV (resume) you have.
Are you all like that in LA? I'm surprised you have any time left for the maths.
Crikey, you're really getting into the whole Brit speak now. You're starting to sound like Parker from Thunderbirds.
Actually, I think the desire to speak properly must come from my genes (some of them, anyway), and I usually have to repress it.
Using "m'lady" correctly is officially a milestone for me. And you've hit on one of the things I rarely have time for - please tell me that Parker isn't a poofter! :)
Actually, I think the desire to speak properly must come from my genes (some of them, anyway), and I usually have to repress it.
Using "m'lady" correctly is officially a milestone for me. And you've hit on one of the things I rarely have time for - please tell me that Parker isn't a poofter! :)
Well I hope you aren't expecting me to help you speak properly. I'm common as muck and I don't think the title m'lady correctly applies to me. :-)
I can teach you to speak bad English, possibly with a South London accent. (Pronounced Sowf Land-dun).
As for Parker, the issue of his sexual orientation is subject to wide debate. However, I wouldn't go around calling our gay brethren poofters. You might cause mild offence ;-) (and if you were gay I would still talk to you...and we could go shopping together!)
Well I hope you aren't expecting me to help you speak properly. I'm common as muck and I don't think the title m'lady correctly applies to me. :-)
I can teach you to speak bad English, possibly with a South London accent. (Pronounced Sowf Land-dun).
As for Parker, the issue of his sexual orientation is subject to wide debate. However, I wouldn't go around calling our gay brethren poofters. You might cause mild offence ;-) (and if you were gay I would still talk to you...and we could go shopping together!)
- sigh - I guess the phrase "m'lady" has chivalrous connotations, more so for me, and not so much as a title, but I think I understand now proper use of "properly". So it wouldn't be so much from my genes then, I guess, as it would be from the way "me mum" raised me...
I've checked with my lad from Basingstoke, and he assures me that 'poofter' isn't offensive, and he added that neither is 'shirt-lifter'. I kind of feel that commandeering the word 'gay' is offensive, but I'm grateful they didn't choose "chipper", in which case I'd change my name, probably to "Randy". I certainly didn't mean to offend, in any case...
Common as muck?! So everyone in London is a witty brainiac? :)
I've checked with my lad from Basingstoke, and he assures me that 'poofter' isn't offensive, and he added that neither is 'shirt-lifter'.
How well do you trust your mate from Basingstoke? Are you good at getting yourself out of fights?
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I kind of feel that commandeering the word 'gay' is offensive, but I'm grateful they didn't choose "chipper", in which case I'd change my name, probably to "Randy". I certainly didn't mean to offend, in any case...
I think 'gay' is quite apt. I'd be 'gay' if I had loads of disposable income and no responsibilities :-)
and if you feel like being Randy, you go for it.
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Common as muck?! So everyone in London is a witty brainiac? :)
How well do you trust your mate from Basingstoke? Are you good at getting yourself out of fights?
Hmm, didn't think of it like that. Once, when I asked him what bobbies usually say, hoping to get critique of my accent, I asked if they say, "Whuh-uv we got goin' on 'ere?" He said, "No, they say, 'Townsend! Come over here! Don't make me chase you!'" And it's true that when someone told me the word "gullible" had been removed from the dictionary, I responded with, "But I still use that word!" Crikey, Es99, maybe I should change my name to "Wally".
Actually, he does the work of a crew of Yanks, and I asked him once if he reads minds, due to his uncanny ability to know what tool I need next for a particular task. He only stands about 5-foot tall, but he's a giant in good nature, as I was able to get away with telling him that it was a good thing I didn't confuse his accent for an Irish one, or I'd be asking for my 3 wishes.
BTW, he's apparently familiar with Thunderbirds and said that Parker is an old-school chauffeur/butler; saved "Miss Penelope" a couple of times; definitely not gay.
Hi Es99, and thank you for
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Hi Es99, and thank you for your care, it's true that Chipper is not only my professor of maths but also one of my best friends in Einstein. I'm sure he would be in good hands with you .
Thanks again
Ariane
RE: Chipper, I found this
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Thanks, Es99, that was brill! Some hobbies are roller blading (hard not to, in LA), playing and making musical instruments (made a prototype pan flute out of half-inch PVC pipe, most recently, and have plans for doing a hand-carved solid body electric guitar, and also a modernized music box whose tines are plucked electromechanically with an embedded system), and prospecting for gold (more for the rock hounding and getting back to nature, tho'). But when it comes to math/science, I can assure you, Es99, it's clean socks only, for the whiteboards; lots of them in my case, considering how many mistakes I make. :)
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Good grief! What an impressive CV (resume) you have.
Are you all like that in LA? I'm surprised you have any time left for the maths.
Physics is for gurls!
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Heavenly days, no, m'lady. I think it safe to say that the City of Angels, with respect to size and diversity, is unlike any other city in the world.
What - like the solutions to various longstanding mathematical hypotheses and conjectures are fleeting? :)
I don't think my CV is nearly as impressive as is your cat's tail! Might work good on the whiteboards, something fluffy like that :)
RE: Heavenly days, no,
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Crikey, you're really getting into the whole Brit speak now. You're starting to sound like Parker from Thunderbirds.
Hmmm, good point. Although I understand the world of pure mathematics can get quite racey at times. :-)
I wouldn't advise it. Fat Freddy's cat might get a tad miffed if you tried that. ;-)
Physics is for gurls!
RE: RE: Heavenly days,
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Actually, I think the desire to speak properly must come from my genes (some of them, anyway), and I usually have to repress it.
Using "m'lady" correctly is officially a milestone for me. And you've hit on one of the things I rarely have time for - please tell me that Parker isn't a poofter! :)
RE: Actually, I think the
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Well I hope you aren't expecting me to help you speak properly. I'm common as muck and I don't think the title m'lady correctly applies to me. :-)
I can teach you to speak bad English, possibly with a South London accent. (Pronounced Sowf Land-dun).
As for Parker, the issue of his sexual orientation is subject to wide debate. However, I wouldn't go around calling our gay brethren poofters. You might cause mild offence ;-) (and if you were gay I would still talk to you...and we could go shopping together!)
Physics is for gurls!
RE: Well I hope you aren't
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- sigh - I guess the phrase "m'lady" has chivalrous connotations, more so for me, and not so much as a title, but I think I understand now proper use of "properly". So it wouldn't be so much from my genes then, I guess, as it would be from the way "me mum" raised me...
I've checked with my lad from Basingstoke, and he assures me that 'poofter' isn't offensive, and he added that neither is 'shirt-lifter'. I kind of feel that commandeering the word 'gay' is offensive, but I'm grateful they didn't choose "chipper", in which case I'd change my name, probably to "Randy". I certainly didn't mean to offend, in any case...
Common as muck?! So everyone in London is a witty brainiac? :)
RE: I've checked with my
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How well do you trust your mate from Basingstoke? Are you good at getting yourself out of fights?
I think 'gay' is quite apt. I'd be 'gay' if I had loads of disposable income and no responsibilities :-)
and if you feel like being Randy, you go for it.
Such flattery. How very un-English of you. ;-)
Physics is for gurls!
RE: How well do you trust
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Hmm, didn't think of it like that. Once, when I asked him what bobbies usually say, hoping to get critique of my accent, I asked if they say, "Whuh-uv we got goin' on 'ere?" He said, "No, they say, 'Townsend! Come over here! Don't make me chase you!'" And it's true that when someone told me the word "gullible" had been removed from the dictionary, I responded with, "But I still use that word!" Crikey, Es99, maybe I should change my name to "Wally".
Actually, he does the work of a crew of Yanks, and I asked him once if he reads minds, due to his uncanny ability to know what tool I need next for a particular task. He only stands about 5-foot tall, but he's a giant in good nature, as I was able to get away with telling him that it was a good thing I didn't confuse his accent for an Irish one, or I'd be asking for my 3 wishes.
BTW, he's apparently familiar with Thunderbirds and said that Parker is an old-school chauffeur/butler; saved "Miss Penelope" a couple of times; definitely not gay.