Hello everybody...

I just wanted to say hello and introduce myself.
My name is Thomas and I’m new to this board. I didn’t know that something like this exists until I came here following a link from another website. I wasn’t actually searching for an English speaking community in Germany, but I like to speak English from time to time. You know, if you don’t use a language, you pretty soon lose the ability to speak it.

A few words about myself: I was born in 1972 in Düsseldorf, where I still live. I’ve visited a number of English speaking countries including Great Britain, the USA and – last not least – India, where I lived and worked for a couple of months.

So, though I’m not a native speaker, I still hope it’s okay that I’ve registered a user account here.

Cheers,

Thomas

Welcome to TT, T.

Well you write better English than most of the natives, so welcome.

Hi!!
I am from SA and also new here!! Happy to make lots of friends!!
Welcome!!

May the force be with you in your journey through the lively pages of TT. Hop in and enjoy!

Thanks, K


I don't believe a word, but thank you, anyway...

i'm pretty sure he was being serious. my English sucks and i don't even attempt grammar (see lack of punctuation and capitalization)

I never joke.

Except when I do.

@ mere! Hopefully Matt Patren is not your alter ego!

Well, you passed the "lose vs. loose" test with flying colours.

nope, so no need to worry!

and if i were writing something serious i'd make sure to write correctly, i just don't care enough about TT.

(rant head on) "loose vs lose"

That's something I can never understand - how can soooo many people confuse these two words (they're not even both verbs ffs!)

(rant head off)

by the way, welcome Thomas!

@Bunny:

Well, actually both are verbs:


@all:
Thanks again for the warm welcome.

Ah, you'll fit in here perfectly

Have you met BadDoggie?

now you just need to learn to throw in a few insults with your posting...and you will certainly make your mark here.

Hi Thomas! I'm also a noob. I completely agree about the "use it or lose it" with language. I've been near fluent in Japanese, but 10yrs down the line it's all but lost. Now I'm trying desperately to learn Deutsche, but the uni here only offers it every other semester so I lose alot in the pause.

"@Bunny:
Well, actually both are verbs:"

well they're not really though, are they?

to loose ?? to loosen yeah, to let loose etc, OK, but you never just say to loose!!!

Bunny, you could actually say, " Too loose ".

Bunny, you could actually say, " Too loose "... as in, " It's too loose ".

I always thought that "Too loose" was a town in southern France...

Wasn´t there also a painter...?

You mean "Too loose Low trek"?

That´s him - called "Low" - trek, on account of being quite short