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So pleased with myself!!!!!!!!
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31 Oct 2006 Tue 02:30 pm |
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31 Oct 2006 Tue 04:38 pm |
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Quoting kai: had only been there a few days and haven't studied the language before so ...I was suprised I understood them and that it all came out.
It was a great feeling when the natives was like OMG your Turkish! I thought you were English! and I would reply I am English  |
WOW Kai! No studying before, not many days spent there and you still could make them think you were turkish, thanks to your turkish language skills!
Are you a wonder kid or what? Aferin sana!
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31 Oct 2006 Tue 04:48 pm |
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Quoting sophie: Quoting kai: had only been there a few days and haven't studied the language before so ...I was suprised I understood them and that it all came out.
It was a great feeling when the natives was like OMG your Turkish! I thought you were English! and I would reply I am English |
WOW Kai! No studying before, not many days spent there and you still could make them think you were turkish, thanks to your turkish language skills!
Are you a wonder kid or what? Aferin sana! |
teşekkürler Susie...but all I had to say is iyiyim teşekkürler when they asked me how I was and they thought I was Turkish....accent no doubt 
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31 Oct 2006 Tue 04:55 pm |
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Quoting kai: teşekkürler Susie... |
You can call me Sophie 
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31 Oct 2006 Tue 04:58 pm |
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Well done Susie k
Your an inspiration to us all , and have probably given some of us (well me definately) a bit of a boost !!
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31 Oct 2006 Tue 04:59 pm |
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Quoting sophie: Quoting kai: teşekkürler Susie... |
You can call me Sophie |
Ooops! sorry Sophie 
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31 Oct 2006 Tue 05:14 pm |
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31 Oct 2006 Tue 06:46 pm |
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For me its good and bad. Of course, i speak my best turkish with people that speak no english. And there is usually no discussion that we cannot have. So for me, since all my friends speak good english (they all take it in school so of course they do), its just easier to speak english.
Now the bad....
No matter what I do, I will never lose my accent. So even the turkish I know perfectly, I will never even come close to speaking it like a native...
So I admit, when I am out, and people have to ask me to repeat myself...I get a little discouraged...
my pride is too big...
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31 Oct 2006 Tue 07:12 pm |
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31 Oct 2006 Tue 07:12 pm |
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Quoting susie k: Thanks guys! It's lovely to know that I am inspiring people! And Kai honestly I am very impressed with you its taken me about two years to get a good hold on the language!
Still I advoid writing in Turkish on this site in case i embarrass myself! I do use msn though to my Turkish Auntie and she reckons my writing skills are very good and easy to understand! |
Thanks Susie but I actually like to write in Turkish more because unlike Keith my accent is just like a natives but I sometimes get a few words wrong  but nevertheless I'm not discouraged because they don't laugh they just simply give me the right way of saying it
But is does rub it in when they start speaking fluent English
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31 Oct 2006 Tue 07:18 pm |
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31 Oct 2006 Tue 07:22 pm |
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Quoting susie k: You must be like my hubby he just picks up languages really easily you lucky thing!  |
hehe well I think I get my Turkish accent from my Turkish Uncle because although he's Turkish you would have never of guessed it when he spoke English because he sounds like a right Londona (though he has lived in England most of his life) but when speaking Turkish it's like he has never stepped out of the country.
And the knowledge of languages...well....God knows where I get that from
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31 Oct 2006 Tue 08:44 pm |
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AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH that would explain it then!
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including me!