Enough procrastinating...

[NGene]

Hm, I guess I can't wait any longer, considering I'm an admin and mere moderators have beat me in this... I'll have to introduce myself. *gasp*

I'm a 21-year-old Swedish gal. No, wait, I live in Finland, so that makes me a Finn instead of a Swede. Though, I'm a citizen of Sweden, so I'm officially a Swede... But my native language is Finnish, so I'm really a Finn at heart... no, I'm... uh, never mind. I'm just living somewhere in the north.

That rambling also explained my numerous spelling and grammar errors. English isn't my native language. It's actually very uncomfortable trying to communicate in my second language at a forum full of grammar nitpickers.

What else? I've survived SJ parents. I'm a biochemistry student who is currently taking courses that have nothing to do with biochemistry. I'm a hopeless internet addict and married to an ENTP who is a hopeless game addict.

I'm the person who started out the whole INTP forum thing. I kept looking for discussion forums for INTPs and didn't find any. When I finally got frustrated at the lack of forums for INTPs, I thought I was never going to have a forum unless I created one. So I did, using Forumer.com's free service. And then file cabinet kindly set up a real domain and hosting for the INTP community and is doing all the geeky h4x0r stuff now.

Ok, I'll shut up. You can wake up now. :zzz:

[Division56]

*waves*

:nerd:

[MacGuffin]

Interesting, I am Swedish (well kinda - I am a typical American mutt of many nationalities, but my full name is about as Swedish as you can get), an INTP, I studied chemistry (chemical engineering), and I am addicted to the internet as well.

Well that is four things I almost never have in common with anyone!

P.S. your English sounds (reads) fine. Far better than the three words of Swedish I know.

[Johnny]

My wife worked with a woman from Sweden about 10 years ago when we were living in Atlanta. Helena was her name, with pale blond straight long hair. She said when she moved to Atlanta for her internship, she had to learn how to sweat.

An exaggeration of course, though I am still inclined to take her literally when I recall my winters in New York...

[file cabinet]

are a lot of people in Finland married at your age? when did you marry?

[Claverhouse]

That rambling also explained my numerous spelling and grammar errors. English isn't my native language. It's actually very uncomfortable trying to communicate in my second language at a forum full of grammar nitpickers.


[ Fawning ]


Actually, I've never picked up on a mistake. It must be more difficult working out what we're saying. How long have you learnt English ?


Claverhouse :ph34r:

[NGene]

are a lot of people in Finland married at your age? when did you marry?

I was 20 when I married...
*looks at the calendar, yep, 22nd*
...exactly eight months ago.

Nope, I wouldn't say it's common in Finland to be married at my age. Actually it's really not that common to marry at all, many people just disregard marriage as a legal piece of paper that isn't worth the hassle. However, people seem to like getting engaged without the slightest intention to marry, and may stay engaged for several years without any wedding plans. Which is, uh, a little silly... engaged to marry without any intentions to marry.

It's funny how the society has changed. Some decades ago couples were expected to get married and those who didn't were oddballs (or worse, "sinners" and "living in sin"), these days you're the oddball if you marry early. :D

[NGene]

How long have you learnt English ?

Since 3rd grade, so I'd be a pretty pathetic case if my English was absolutely horrible. But I wouldn't say I've learned my English sitting at school - I've learned a lot more by being an active member at numerous discussion forums.

However, I find it utterly pathetic and amusing at the same time to see text produced by native English speakers (mostly American high school kids) who don't seem to have the slightest idea how to spell correctly.

[antireconciler]

I hear correcting American's bad English is a favorite pastime of many foreigners.

(Most of them could use it, though ... )

*quickly scans through OWN sentence*

[Hypnos]

Hello, I am a 25 year old physics PhD. I have varied interests, but Linux is among the primaries, and I, too, survived SJ parents ;) Actually, my parents are cool, and they've grown up a lot along with me ...

[Claverhouse]

Um, Hypnos, start your own thread on Introductions. :D

( & transfer that post there ) :devil:

O/W we just have to ignore you :rofl:

We don't nit-pick here, nor insist on pedantic formality, but rules are rules and must be obeyed. :rant: It's blah blah blah :zzz: :zzz: :zzz:



Claverhouse :ph34r:

[Vagabond]

Claverhouse... leave our new friend (with the greek name :D ) in peace... :P

Welcome Hypnos... you will get used to us... ;)

[HackerX]

I hear correcting American's bad English is a favorite pastime of many foreigners.

(Most of them could use it, though ... )

*quickly scans through OWN sentence*

It is :)

Sometimes I wonder if some Americans even learnt English at any point in their lives.

[int]

Learnt. I have a hard time accepting that as a real word, despite what the dictionaries say.

I warshed my clothes to day too.

[Division56]

It makes me crazy!

[Utopmk]

It could be worse. Ebonics.

[Division56]

I think I could take Ebonics. I would just think of it as it's own dialect, which of course, it is.

[Utopmk]

I've decided to take my original post and translate it to ebonics:

" Yo Yo :rofl:
slap mah fro!"

" We will page da NGene Old School peep dis shit"

" She wuz da original
and git Sheniquah's ass back ova' heeah."

" Heard any pimp-tight blonde jokes lately? an dont make me pull mah gat!"

http://www.joel.net/EBONICS/translator.asp

Belive it or not, they actually teach Ebonics in many American schools.
Albeit, only in the lower Socioeconomic areas.

[Kirkey]

Ebonics is a horible (lol) =P representation of the American society as a whole. PFFT I say, that shit is all the little wiggers at school speak, and it's annoying as hell! I don't claim at all to have very good grammar, hence the horrible joke above, but I know how to speak and not sound like an idiot. Anywho my rant shall end and it's nice to here from you NGene :hello:

[Aryan]

Bringing back memories to Life :)
:devil: