yeah so am i thats why u didnt notice that id changed it hehe

anyway.. we should stop making personal comments coz u know these moderators.. they will lock the thread... ruthless i say.. insafsız...

I think that if someone wants to use this site to communicate with their boyfriend or girlfriend is fine, as is someone who just wants to check out pictures of Turkey. It's from taking an interest in something in the first place that gives someone a desire to want to learn the language. Someone making comments that just belittle people who are not learning Turkish but still using this site is rude, besides I don't think it's any concern of yours as to why they are using the site.

kirsty.. i agree with what u say until the last part.. because, as regular members of this site... (i think im at the top of the list now!), we have the right to care who we are mixing with on here..

anyway.. i will allow u all to carry on.. i dont want to start a dispute.. hehe

I agree Kirsty. Why anyone uses the site is none of our concern provided their use does not get in the way of the raisons d'être of the site - to help people learn the Turkish language.

i went to turkey for the first tiem this year and yea i did meet someone!! but i didnt have to learn turkish if i didnt wantas he speaks english very well. i want to learn turkish for myself as evenutally weather with him or on my own i will return to turkey hoepfully to live or stay for long periods of time

oh no! we are gonna have about 3000 members now write in their reason for using TC arent we..? :S

Well just to add my 5 cents worth (as a ruthless moderator )
Of course not all the members of this site are here to learn turkish! Are we forgetting the hundreds of TURKISH people who use the site? I think the point is that everyone on the site uses is for their own reasons and the thread that binds us all is an interest in somthing Turkish. Whether it is the language, culture, bf/gf whatever! I admit it is a bit irksome when people only use it to translate hundreds of texts and emails. I mean what are they going to do, ask someone to translate for as long as their relationship lasts? BUT or AMA if you prefer! The Turks who help out with the translations are improving their english and if its a Turkish learner helping, then they are also benefitting from the practice.

This I think is the point of the site. EVERYONE benefits in some way. Learning a language is only part of the experience. From chatting or PM to everyone on this site, I have learned a HUGE amount about culture, custom, religion and socio-psychology. If you want to learn a language for whatever reason it is a good thing to learn about the people who live in the country and speak the language.

Where would we all be without Miss C's invaluable 'slang' lessons for example?

In any event, the bf/gf translations etc are also valuable learning experiences for everyone.

My view is that learning is learning and every topic, discussion and issue is a learning experience for someone. It is no coincidence that this is probably one of the best learning sites on the whole web. It is because of the real sense of community, the willingness of all the active members to help anyone who asks and the genuine generous friendships we have all made here.

Well there you are, that's what I think! Longwinded as ever. If only I could achieve the ironic succinctness of AlphaF or the snappy one liners from Ramayan and Miss C.... (sigh)

ayy that made me laugh.. snappy one liners armut will be glad to here that when he comes back after bayram

point well argued lyndiecim

Very nice messages in here. Keep talking as much as you like on this subject. I have moved it to off-topic anyway so you dont have to care too much attention on avoiding spelling mistakes and personal correspondence. So feel free and enjoy.
The thing that causes problem is the chat style messaging in language, Turkey or other important forums. And of course these annoying misspellings cause problem in other forums.
You can only use this forum section to talk to your friends which already is enough to serve this purpose. So I agree that its not our concern to limit member's communications but please do it in the correct place.