The English-Fred

[isi cheese]

für alle die kein Französich hatten und mit ihrem wissen einer fremdsprache angeben wollen :D:

for all of us who don't speak french, but even though want to prove their skills in a foreign language :D:

[*Verena*]

Although I learn French, I think that English is much better... thx for this thread :knuddel:

[blackswan]

I love english!
This thread is really great!!

[nummer5]

I have miss such thread... but I cannot really any foreigen language

[isi cheese]

here we can all train our skills and refresh what we once knew ;)

verena do you already know if you can come to my party?

[blackswan]

I have miss such thread... but I cannot really any foreigen language

That doesn´t matter. Using improves the most! :up:

[isi cheese]

That doesn´t matter. Using improves the most! :up:

i completely agree! and here is a great place, bacause we are hanging here around anyway so why not also learn something :)

[Kerstin]

And how can we improve, if noone corrects our mistakes?

[isi cheese]

we learn new vocabulary if someone uses unfamiliar words and its a good way to get more secure in talking, but you right, our writing will not improve :jap:

[blackswan]

And how can we improve, if noone corrects our mistakes?

I can correct!! :D:

[*Verena*]

here we can all train our skills and refresh what we once knew ;)

verena do you already know if you can come to my party?

good news: I have nothing to do at this day

Bad new: I have to learn because my maths test takes place some days later... Unfortunately I have to do a good test, because my last was terrible and so I should better learn otherwise I have to learn the whole summer :(:(:(

[Kerstin]

I can correct!! :D:

Oh, that sounds great! Finnally a chance to find out how bad my English really is :D: I am looking forward to learn from you. I have been out of school for such a long time now that I had too many opportunities to get used to my wrong way of talking English.

[isi cheese]

good news: I have nothing to do at this day

Bad new: I have to learn because my maths test takes place some days later... Unfortunately I have to do a good test, because my last was terrible and so I should better learn otherwise I have to learn the whole summer :(:(:(

yeah i know that you have your maths test then, but if you already know today that you will not be able to learn that day, you can organize yourself and just start learning one day earlier! i'm turning 18 just once! it would mean so much to me

@blackswan: please correct me if mistakes appear to you ! thx :knuddel:

[Mondfalke]

we learn new vocabulary if someone uses unfamiliar words and its a good way to get more secure in talking, but you right, our writing will not improve :jap:

Writing is very much improved by reading English books. And you will find a lot of funny sentences. For using those your English teacher would have killed you :D:

[isi cheese]

Kerstin you really do not have to worry, i think your englisch is great! really :up:

[isi cheese]

Writing is very much improved by reading English books. And you will find a lot of funny sentences. For using those your English teacher would have killed you :D:

this sounds as if you had experienced it... tell us! i'm always so curious :pffft:

[Mondfalke]

this sounds as if you had experienced it... tell us! i'm always so curious :pffft:

I really laughed when I read "dogtired" somewhere in "Twilight" and I had to read it twice as I found the using of "I find that..." in the meaning of "Ich finde dass" in "Lord of the rings".
There were several more but I have to think about them :D:

[blackswan]

I used to take sentences from english movies. But my teacher liked it! She always liked what I did in english :D:

[*Verena*]

yeah i know that you have your maths test then, but if you already know today that you will not be able to learn that day, you can organize yourself and just start learning one day earlier! i'm turning 18 just once! it would mean so much to me



I'll try to learn earlier... I would be happy if I can manage to come.. I know the 18 b-day is a special one :knuddel:

OMG I can't write English anymore... French, German and English mixed... that's too much :hihi:

I go to bed now.. Good night, my dear.. sleep well :kuss:
And good night to the others :knuddel:

[Kückn]

Writing is very much improved by reading English books. And you will find a lot of funny sentences. For using those your English teacher would have killed you :D:

Depends on your English teacher. My last one teached us also some invectives. :hihi: But it was not at school.

[Mondfalke]

I just had boring English teachers and we just read boring books at school :(

But as I understood Harry Potter quite well I started to read many books in their original language, also when I didn't know the story before.

And the whole Postcrossing did really improve my English as I have to use it everyday to write and read the postcards :)

[Kerstin]

Writing is very much improved by reading English books. And you will find a lot of funny sentences. For using those your English teacher would have killed you :D:

Well, they don't always kill you, it depends on the teacher. I read "The Lord of the Rings" when I was in 11th form. And just then we had to write a test. Using Tolkien's language in a modern English test is really funny. But the teacher didn't mind, because he liked me :D:

[Kückn]

Almost all of my English teachers were pretty cool. My last one taught us at work. She was the best one. It was really funny all the time. :up:

[blackswan]

I loved my english teacher! She was pretty cool and always encouraged me!

[Mondfalke]

Well, they don't always kill you, it depends on the teacher. I read "The Lord of the Rings" when I was in 11th form. And just then we had to write a test. Using Tolkien's language in a modern English test is really funny. But the teacher didn't mind, because he liked me :D:

Yeah, but I didn't had teachers who liked me so much and I think in school my English wasn't as good ;)

The funniest English-thing I had was this year in Planica when I spoke English most of the time and then I suddenly met a guy from Germany I knew from the years before and I couldn't speak German to him because I always thought of everything in English :D:
Uh, what a long sentence ;)

[Kerstin]

I just had boring English teachers and we just read boring books at school :(

But as I understood Harry Potter quite well I started to read many books in their original language, also when I didn't know the story before.

And the whole Postcrossing did really improve my English as I have to use it everyday to write and read the postcards :)

To read books in English is a great way to learn the language. It really helps to improve. I was never good at English before I started to read books on my own. And later on I often read books in English instead of waiting for a translation. If you read a lot a fantasy novles it's a huge advantage to read the books in English, because it's much cheaper :)

[Monika]

I had the worst english teachers at our school the last years. One sir wears snoopy-socks and looks like he gay. And the woman I had last year looked like a man. She's got a terrible voice, terrible clothes and a terrible haircut. Tomorrow I'll present you some photos- horrible. And their lessons were horrible, too. I didn't learn anything

[blackswan]

Yeah, but I didn't had teachers who liked me so much and I think in school my English wasn't as good ;)

The funniest English-thing I had was this year in Planica when I spoke English most of the time and then I suddenly met a guy from Germany I knew from the years before and I couldn't speak German to him because I always thought of everything in English :D:
Uh, what a long sentence ;)
A simil thing happened to me this year in KPO. We were a bunch of german girls, but for one unknown reason we were only talking in english. Quite funny though....

[isi cheese]

I really laughed when I read "dogtired" somewhere in "Twilight" and I had to read it twice as I found the using of "I find that..." in the meaning of "Ich finde dass" in "Lord of the rings".
There were several more but I have to think about them :D:

:hihi: i love "dogtired"

my englisch teacher and I had many differences in our first year, but we managed to get together and now we get along perfectly! for my matura i read some really great books about world war two and in a few weeks i will do my matura with her, so our relationship wuite changed to opposite

good night verena :kuss:

[Kückn]

I had the worst english teachers at our school the last years. One sir wears snoopy-socks and looks like he gay. And the woman I had last year looked like a man. She's got a terrible voice, terrible clothes and a terrible haircut. Tomorrow I'll present you some photos- horrible. And their lessons were horrible, too. I didn't learn anything

Such a teacher we had at our vocational school. And she was so stupid, made a lot of mistakes. Horrible, really horrible. :neinnein:

[Mondfalke]

A simil thing happened to me this year in KPO. We were a bunch of german girls, but for one unknown reason we were only talking in english. Quite funny though....

It was just in front of the toilet and we were meeting so many people, escpecially from Norway and Slovenia, and it was much fun. At home we spoke naturally German for even the other guests in the house spoke German (not that we really met them).

[Monika]

Such a teacher we had at our vocational school. And she was so stupid, made a lot of mistakes. Horrible, really horrible. :neinnein:

Yeah, she's really stupid. She had a bad pronounciation and some favourite words we didn't like to hear. Her most favourable word was "check" and she spoke it really hard like "tscheck". It sounds horrible

[isi cheese]

two weeks ago, my best friend and I went to a pub and we got there and tolled everybody that we are from california and built up a whole chaos of made up storys and it was so much fun :D: the people all believed us and praised us for our accent :hihi:

[Mondfalke]

:hihi: i love "dogtired"

my englisch teacher and I had many differences in our first year, but we managed to get together and now we get along perfectly! for my matura i read some really great books about world war two and in a few weeks i will do my matura with her, so our relationship wuite changed to opposite

good night verena :kuss:

I didn't have personal problems with my teachers. I think I was just a quiet student and nobody ever talked to me ;)

I did my Abi in English, too. But I can't remember about what theme it was, strange somehow.
What books did you read about WW II? I am really interested in history :)

@Kerstin: Did we ever talked about what books we like?

[blackswan]

It was just in front of the toilet and we were meeting so many people, escpecially from Norway and Slovenia, and it was much fun. At home we spoke naturally German for even the other guests in the house spoke German (not that we really met them).

It was so funny. Even when Angy and I were alone shopping in KPO we couldn´t stop talking english... But as soon as we left KPO we spoke German again...

[Kückn]

Yeah, she's really stupid. She had a bad pronounciation and some favourite words we didn't like to hear. Her most favourable word was "check" and she spoke it really hard like "tscheck". It sounds horrible

I hate teacher with bad pronounciations. She also had one. And she also had some words she really used often. But I've forgot them, because she was only for 6 weeks our teacher. That was enough. *bah* In one lesson as the tape recorder didn't work she told me to repair it. *hahaha*

[Mondfalke]

It was so funny. Even when Angy and I were alone shopping in KPO we couldn´t stop talking english... But as soon as we left KPO we spoke German again...

You just wanted to make sure that all the Finnish guys can understand you :zunge2:

[Kerstin]

I didn't have personal problems with my teachers. I think I was just a quiet student and nobody ever talked to me ;)

I did my Abi in English, too. But I can't remember about what theme it was, strange somehow.
What books did you read about WW II? I am really interested in history :)

@Kerstin: Did we ever talked about what books we like?

I only had problems with the last English teacher I had in school. She drove me mad. Her English was so bad, unbelievable. Once we read a text from Plato and her interpretation made me wanting to run out of the room! :donk:

I also had English in my Abi examination, the theme was American Dream, but we had to analyse some political speach, horrible!
I don't think I ever read books about WW II. At least I can't remember one.

No, we never talked about the books we like!

[isi cheese]

i read :

"I will plant you a lilac tree" from laura hillman ( really easy to read and awesome plot - very touching)
"Captain Corelli's Mandolin" from Louise de Bernieres (it's quiete thick, but you have to love it because its so fascinating, was also filmed with Penelope Cruz)
"Day" from A.L. Kennedy (this was very hard for me to read)
" the real heroes of telemark" from Ray Mears ( i just picked it, because of the place where it is set, it's more a non-fiction book and informative, but not in a boring way! it's really interesting)

[blackswan]

You just wanted to make sure that all the Finnish guys can understand you :zunge2:

Yeah of course :(
Stupid finisch men....

[Mondfalke]

i read :

"I will plant you a lilac tree" from laura hillman ( really easy to read and awesome plot - very touching)
"Captain Corelli's Mandolin" from Louise de Bernieres (it's quiete thick, but you have to love it because its so fascinating, was also filmed with Penelope Cruz)
"Day" from A.L. Kennedy (this was very hard for me to read)
" the real heroes of telemark" from Ray Mears ( i just picked it, because of the place where it is set, it's more a non-fiction book and informative, but not in a boring way! it's really interesting)


Ah, thank you :) I will put them on the list of books I want to read. At least the first ones, I am not afraid of books with many pages :hihi:

@Kerstin: I just read that you talked about fantasy books and I read mostly fantasy. Mostly in Germany language in the past but I always try to read the English version now. But sometimes it is hard to find out what is the English title if I found a book in the bookstore.

[Kerstin]

Ah, thank you :) I will put them on the list of books I want to read. At least the first ones, I am not afraid of books with many pages :hihi:

@Kerstin: I just read that you talked about fantasy books and I read mostly fantasy. Mostly in Germany language in the past but I always try to read the English version now. But sometimes it is hard to find out what is the English title if I found a book in the bookstore.

Books with many pages are good, because they keep you busy for qute a while :D:

Yeah, the title doesn't translate well usually. But you can take a look at the "Impressium" of the German translation, they normally name the original title there.
But to the fantasy stuff I read. I read most of Tad William's books in English. The Lord of the Rings, of course, because the German translation is disappointing. "The Sword of Truth", but I gave that up after a few books, because it became boring. Hmm, I don't remember anything more, but I also read lots of fantasy in German. I liked Dave Duncan a lot.

[Mondfalke]

Books with many pages are good, because they keep you busy for qute a while :D:

Yeah, the title doesn't translate well usually. But you can take a look at the "Impressium" of the German translation, they normally name the original title there.
But to the fantasy stuff I read. I read most of Tad William's books in English. The Lord of the Rings, of course, because the German translation is disappointing. "The Sword of Truth", but I gave that up after a few books, because it became boring. Hmm, I don't remember anything more, but I also read lots of fantasy in German. I liked Dave Duncan a lot.

The bad thing about books is that you always want to get to the end and at the same time you don't want the book to end *gg*

Oh, you are right. I forgot about that. Now I have to go back to the bookstore and find out about the English title of the book I found last week. But I have been so buy with university that I was not able to remember the title^^
I have never read a book by Tad Williams in my life but I have some here. I read the Harry Potter books in English and then something called "The Snow Spider". I really liked that but it located in Wales and not so easy to read. And I read the Eragon-books in English. In German I read a lot of books by Ralf Isau and Bernhard Hennen and many more. My father also loves fantasy and I have a lot of books from him.
What kind of fantasy does Dave Duncan write? I have never heard of him I think (but perhaps I am wrong, I cannot remember names properly).

[isi cheese]

i can't talk about fantasy because, i never read it...:hmpf:
i also read harry potter otherwise i love reading thrillers and crimestorys

so know i will go to bed now :n8: sweet dreams
bye

[Kückn]

i can't talk about fantasy because, i never read it...:hmpf:
i also read harry potter otherwise i love reading thrillers and crimestorys

so know i will go to bed now :n8: sweet dreams
bye

Me too, thrillers and crime is the best.

Good night.

[Kerstin]

The bad thing about books is that you always want to get to the end and at the same time you don't want the book to end *gg*

Oh, you are right. I forgot about that. Now I have to go back to the bookstore and find out about the English title of the book I found last week. But I have been so buy with university that I was not able to remember the title^^
I have never read a book by Tad Williams in my life but I have some here. I read the Harry Potter books in English and then something called "The Snow Spider". I really liked that but it located in Wales and not so easy to read. And I read the Eragon-books in English. In German I read a lot of books by Ralf Isau and Bernhard Hennen and many more. My father also loves fantasy and I have a lot of books from him.
What kind of fantasy does Dave Duncan write? I have never heard of him I think (but perhaps I am wrong, I cannot remember names properly).

Yes, that is right! And even worse, if you want to get to the end of a long book, you don't have the time for anything else, work for example :pffft:

You will find the book again. Even if you don't remember the title!
Tad Williams is good, but he writes such long books :hmpf: And his stories often take a long time till they are fully developed and become enthralling.
Dave Duncan isn't that well known in Germany I think. The books I liked most are "Das große Spiel", a trilogy, "Das siebte Schwert", another trilogy, those two I like best. And then "Die Pandemia-Saga". What I like about Duncan is that he has his own ideas, it's not the same old fantasy world you have visited a thousand times before. And he is funny too.

[Kerstin]

Good night isi, sleep well!

[Kaethe]

My second English teacher had a good pronounciation and forced us to listen to BFBS News in his lessons. But he had the idea that we were old enough to olearn vocabulary and grammar by ourselves which was not good. And he was only in the upper classes able to give detailed listing of mistakes we made in the texts so we did not really knew how to improve our English.

English books I have read: All Harry Potters, 1984, A Streetcar named Desire, The ballade of the sad cafe, Code v. 2, Different books from Terry Pratchett and Eliot Pattison and some legal stuff. To be honest I can't remember all because I read quite regularly English books. The next English book I will read is either Kite runner or Stasiland.

[*Verena*]

The next English book I will read is either Kite runner or Stasiland.

Kite Runner is very good... the best I've ever read so far in English :):):)

[Nika]

i dont think dis thread is for me cause me not tok tok english very correct.

[Mondfalke]

Kite Runner is very good... the best I've ever read so far in English :):):)

I read it in German and I think it is a very good book. I learned a lot!

[Mondfalke]

Yes, that is right! And even worse, if you want to get to the end of a long book, you don't have the time for anything else, work for example :pffft:

You will find the book again. Even if you don't remember the title!
Tad Williams is good, but he writes such long books :hmpf: And his stories often take a long time till they are fully developed and become enthralling.
Dave Duncan isn't that well known in Germany I think. The books I liked most are "Das große Spiel", a trilogy, "Das siebte Schwert", another trilogy, those two I like best. And then "Die Pandemia-Saga". What I like about Duncan is that he has his own ideas, it's not the same old fantasy world you have visited a thousand times before. And he is funny too.

I think I will read books of both authors soon and then I have my own opinion :)
But my list of books is much too long right now, life is too short for all the books existing :(

[blackswan]

WOW!

The prob is, I don´t read any books! i just don´t like it because most of the time I dislike the ending. But the last thing I read in english was Romeo and Juliet (and I read it just for me, didn´t have Shakespeare in school)!

But I like watching movies in english because so some of the jokes are just better!

[*Verena*]

I read it in German and I think it is a very good book. I learned a lot!

Yes I really like it... I also think that this book contains an important message :up:

[Mondfalke]

Yes I really like it... I also think that this book contains an important message :up:

Yeah, it changed my point of view a lot!

I have read a lot of books of which I didn't like the ends in some ways but the end is so a short part of a book, the rest is much more important.

[*Verena*]

I have read a lot of books of which I didn't like the ends in some ways but the end is so a short part of a book, the rest is much more important.

I agree with you :up:

In my opinion, "Not without my daughter" is also worth reading... very good :up:

[Mondfalke]

I agree with you :up:

In my opinion, "Not without my daughter" is also worth reading... very good :up:

For example I have read The Magician's Guild" and I really like it and I will surely read it again soon. I didn't like the end but I enjoyed the 1500 pages before and that makes the book one of my favorites.

Have you ever been annoyed because you found a book and you knew it is part of a trilogy (or more) but you couldn't find out on the book if it is the first book?

[*Verena*]

Have you ever been annoyed because you found a book and you knew it is part of a trilogy (or more) but you couldn't find out on the book if it is the first book?

Do you mean a special book or just in general?

[Mondfalke]

Do you mean a special book or just in general?

In general, I have been often in a book store and searching for new books. And when I found an interesting one I just see that it belongs to some more books but I couldn't find out which one is the first (and so I couldn't buy it).

[Kerstin]

I think I will read books of both authors soon and then I have my own opinion :)
But my list of books is much too long right now, life is too short for all the books existing :(

You should try, if you find the time :)
But life is too short for many things not only for all the books one would like to read. There are so many other things that could be interesting. I would like to learn more foreign languages, but I don't know how to find the time for it.

[senryu]

I have miss such thread... but I cannot really any foreigen language

quod erat demonstrandum....

may I open a latin thread now? ;)

[Mondfalke]

I am not sure if you will find someone to talk in there ;)

[kirsten]

I've learned Latin for 5 years at school, but I think I'm not able to build one sentence. But I still can quote the first sentence from "Bello gallico"... Very useful, I know ;)

[blackswan]

I learned Latin for 6 years. I know the firsr sentence of the "Aeneis"

[senryu]

Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres... ;)

that's really long time ago... I learned six years at school and Bello Gallico was the most boring part I think...

[blackswan]

The problem is, that I really need it for my studies....

Church language is Latin unfortunately
But it´s okay i just have to understandf the content nit exactly every word or grammar-construction

[senryu]

are you studying Theology?


ops, thunderstorm here...

[blackswan]

Yes I am :schaem:

[senryu]

but why blushing. Personally I would never study it but I think it is very interesting.

[Kaethe]

A Norwegian thread would be nice as well.

Latin: I had it 7 years in school and as parts of my A-Levels but I am not able to construct more than a very simple sentence. Something like X asinus est or Ita est.

[blackswan]

but why blushing. Personally I would never study it but I think it is very interesting.

because people always ask why one could do this and how one could "support" the catholic-church and all that stuff. You always have to justify....

[Kerstin]

because people always ask why one could do this and how one could "support" the catholic-church and all that stuff. You always have to justify....

That is so true :hmpf: People often look at you as if you were just miracly pulled out of the 15th century and don't belong in this time.

Well, the Latin thread is most likely a bad idea, because noone learns to speak Latin in school. You will have to find some Latin students from university, they could build sentences that are more sophisticated than "Sokrates philosophus est"

[blackswan]

Ego caprum non iam habeo! ;)

[senryu]

funny that everybody takes the latin thread for serious ;)

because people always ask why one could do this and how one could "support" the catholic-church and all that stuff. You always have to justify....

That is so true :hmpf: People often look at you as if you were just miracly pulled out of the 15th century and don't belong in this time.

so stupid behaviour. I mean I don't believe in any religion but if you do it's okay. It's just a matter of respect.

[isi cheese]

good morning :) I'm learning englisch right now or at least i'm trying to, but as you see I'm here again :neinnein:

[*Verena*]

Good Morning, Isi :knuddel:

Which topics do you have to learn?

But writing here in the English Fred is also kind of learning :D:

[isi cheese]

yeah you are right ;)

my topics are: mulicultural britain, Disabilites, eating disorders, teenagefathers and mothers, stress, traveling, Torture and Amnesty International,.. so many :irre:

[vränschn]

And how can we improve, if noone corrects our mistakes?

well i bet there are more english-klugscheißer like me =D

[vränschn]

I really laughed when I read "dogtired" somewhere in "Twilight" and I had to read it twice as I found the using of "I find that..." in the meaning of "Ich finde dass" in "Lord of the rings".
There were several more but I have to think about them :D:


well talking bout twilight it myt b that it was only coz i think they were talkin bout Jacob, weren't they? And in that case it myt have been coz he's a bit doggish. But dunno.

But I have heard "I find that" , too. And it's strange coz it appears so wrong to me. But I know it's not =D

It's also runny when they use German words. I think I once read Rucksack or something in an English book. Not to mention Kindergarden which is just normal.
Or sometimes they meet an German talking German, that's really confusing...then I always think like "wait, this was not English, but you understand it. Which bloody language is it? Oh, German" ^^

Sorry for talking bout posts that had been made weeks ago haven't been here for a while dunno why. But I like this thread =D

[vränschn]

yeah you are right ;)

my topics are: mulicultural britain, Disabilites, eating disorders, teenagefathers and mothers, stress, traveling, Torture and Amnesty International,.. so many :irre:

We had multicultural britain in our a-levels, as well. Part of it was e.g. Bending like Beckham.
Eating disorders was a topic in Spanish. Great, afterwards I could talk 2u about eating disorders but when I then went to work in Spain I didn't have a clue bout the easiest things.

teenagefathers and mothers is a very serious topic in England. Last year there was a short movie bout being Grandparents at the age of 34 because they got their kids at the age of 17 and there kids are now pregnant at the same age.

It's really lot but try to make logical links, not just learning by heart. That helps me lots.

[isi cheese]

We had multicultural britain in our a-levels, as well. Part of it was e.g. Bending like Beckham.
Eating disorders was a topic in Spanish. Great, afterwards I could talk 2u about eating disorders but when I then went to work in Spain I didn't have a clue bout the easiest things.

teenagefathers and mothers is a very serious topic in England. Last year there was a short movie bout being Grandparents at the age of 34 because they got their kids at the age of 17 and there kids are now pregnant at the same age.

It's really lot but try to make logical links, not just learning by heart. That helps me lots.

thanks for the tips, it's nice to see that others had to learn all this too :)
kick it like beckham is a great book i read it too and even saw the film...

[vränschn]

I never believed that it's really like that in Britain but in London it's all so mixed up. Not so much in the smaller towns like where I live a couple of months. Like the whole hotel in London where we'd stayed in had been runned by Indians. (just wondering myself if this sentence was correct lol)

[isi cheese]

i think london is a great city, because of the big range of different cultures, which are all so integrated!
when i think of vienna :neinnein:

[vränschn]

To my concerns, it's too busy in London.

[isi cheese]

I like it busy :D: but it's so expensive, so i'll stay here in austria, but maybe during my course of study i will spend a year overseas

[*Verena*]

yeah you are right ;)

my topics are: mulicultural britain, Disabilites, eating disorders, teenagefathers and mothers, stress, traveling, Torture and Amnesty International,.. so many :irre:

Oh my good... lots of different topics :irre:

[Monika]

Don't mention London. I could be there right now. ;( now. But I had to stay at home because of the missing money... And my boyfriend went ;(

[senryu]

haven't been to London since more than 1.5 years. Long time... However, great town. But either you love it or hate. Nothing in between.

[Sternchen]

Haven't been to London yet. But i definitely want to go there sometime.

Is there anyone who has been to Scotland??
I've been there three times and i love this country!!!

[senryu]

yes, me. I love Scotland! And scottish men haha :)

[Sternchen]

yes, me. I love Scotland! And scottish men haha :)

Yeah!!! Scottish men are the best ;) , specially when they wear their kilt :D:

[vränschn]

Had a bad experience over there. mould everywhere, insects in the food etc. . it was a horror trip. Don't really want to go there again.

[senryu]

Shit happens. If I think of my first trip to England.... well, I wonder that I ever returned... ;)

[Saljoni]

I love English aswell ;)
I'm going to Scotland in the end of June! I'm already more than excited.
I've just been to GB once... to London in 2005! I really loved it there.
Anybody of you already been to scotland? Is it possible to understand the ppl over there?

[blackswan]

Well, I ´ve never been to Scotland!
But to Ireland and although I speak very good english, I didn´t understand them!

It´s like the strongest Bavarian which you as a not-Bavarian just cannot understand!

[senryu]

Is it possible to understand the ppl over there?

for me it is but I am used to it. I remember my first time in Glasgow (gotta love this town!) almost 10 years ago and it was SO hard to understand people. The accent is quite strange and they have a lot of own words.

[Monika]

I love the sound of the scottish accent. I had a guest in our holiday appartement from Scotland last year- an old scottisch woman. And I really loved the way she spoke. But you're right, it was hard to understand. But the lady knew that and so she tried to speak slowly.
Hard, but nice :)

[Sternchen]

I think you'll get used to it.
At the beginning the accent is a bit strange, but for me it wasn't that bad.
It's like our german accents. People over there can speak "normal English" if you ask them to.

[senryu]

people are really lovely over there. Especially in Glasgow. I remember once I partied quite hard at the Arches (very nice venue btw) and I was sooo pissed that I got lost like 3 am even though I knew the town very well. So I just asked somebody and this person accompanied me to the doorstep of my hotel....

[Monika]

You're right. Each country has its different accents.
My friend is really in love with the accent of southern england. And I think, she's right - that accent isn't too bad.

[Sternchen]

I remember my first time in Glasgow (gotta love this town!) .

Why do you like Glasgow?
I've just been one day to Glasgow, but i didn't really like it.
I prefer Edinburgh.

[senryu]

either you love Glasgow or Edinburgh. I think Edinburgh is nice but a bit.... postcard klischee. Glasgow is friendly, lively, has good music, art galleries etc.

[Sternchen]

Yes that's right, you can't love both.;)

[vränschn]

But either you love it or hate. Nothing in between.

not true i'd say. I don't love it nor hate it. I just like it.

[Saljoni]

we'll just be there fore six days and rarely have contact to any people... so guess there won't be too many problems in understanding.

[Sternchen]

Has anyone been to Britain in winter?? If yes, how is it?? Is it a big difference to the summer?

I ask because i'm going to visit a friend in Scotland after Christmas. And I`ve only been there in summer before.

[blackswan]

I´ve only been to London in winter. It was damn cold and rainy. But I guess that in Scottland it even is more cold. Especially in the mountains.

[Sternchen]

It`s raining in summer, too. So I am used to that.
I also guess that it will be very cold in the mountains.
But i´m also a few days near Glasgow at the coast. So i just hope that it wont`t be too cold there.

[Mondfalke]

Everytime I have been to London we had great weather with lots of sun :)

I hope you have lots of fun with your friend, I hope I can go to Scotland myself one day :)

[senryu]

Has anyone been to Britain in winter?? If yes, how is it?? Is it a big difference to the summer?

I ask because i'm going to visit a friend in Scotland after Christmas. And I`ve only been there in summer before.

I was in Scotland twice in winter. cold and humid both times

[Sternchen]

I was in Scotland twice in winter. cold and humid both times

Ok, thanks. So I`ll better take a really warm jacket with me.
Have you been in the Highlands or where have you been?


@ Mondfalke: I hope you`ll get the opportunity to go there one time. It`s really great.

[Raverunner]

It`s raining in summer, too. So I am used to that.
I also guess that it will be very cold in the mountains.
But i´m also a few days near Glasgow at the coast. So i just hope that it wont`t be too cold there.

I imagine it shouldn't be too cold near the coastline since its climate is influenced by the Gulf Stream.

[Sternchen]

I imagine it shouldn't be too cold near the coastline since its climate is influenced by the Gulf Stream.

Yes, i thought so too. Well, I'll see.