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Saturday night chat for English learners, you missed the fun!

Saturday night chat for English learners, you missed the fun!

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you are a " Legend "

Hey is anybody here not a legend?? LOL

Last night a chat was hosted by me for Spanish native speakers or those whose native language is not English.

We had a lot of people join in:

Feliz was there, he is always willing to helpgrin

Territurtle was there too, she was connected and immediately joined the fun.

I met Ianta, first time on chat for me, her English is superb as Sally already told uswink

Lovely and Vicente had a great time, their English is just....unbelievably goodgrin

Then there was Chris , who never fails a chat kiss be it in English or in Spanish.

Mary from England with her beautiful Gloucester accent, she was understood by everybodywink

Lucie came at the end of the chat, she had been busy, but it was great to have her there.

Shame cogu was not connectedconfused

I would also like to welcome our newcomer Maylegoas, María, you have seen her on the forum asking for help with her English, now she is having a lot of private chats with forum members , like Chris, lovely...

And then of course...the super star Ray. I must admit, off and on I get angry with him, but then, who can be angry with a flirt like him for a long time? jeje In any case, I blow up and then cool down, so he was there and we had such a great fun night, jeeeeeeeez, have we missed ya , matewink

And yes siree bob, as soon as he came on, he was flirting with Maria, that beautiful lady with the sunglasses. She had a rough time understanding him but then, ladies and gentlemen, she said, hey, you must show me your photo, so, I conclude: there is HOPE!! cool smile

All in all, we had a great time, do join us next time, if you are connected, you are inwink

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updated Nov 30, 2011
edited by 00494d19
posted by 00494d19
Heidi it is Gloucester, one of those wonderful English words whose spelling is nothing like the sound/ :) . - MaryMcc, Nov 27, 2011
Shame my cable was out last night - hope to see you soon :) - patch, Nov 27, 2011
A bit like Lay ee ces tair - Leicester - which is pronounced Lesta :) - ian-hill, Nov 27, 2011
(thank God we don't have to learn English, eh?) - patch, Nov 27, 2011
Gloucester is actually pronounced Glawster, or at least it is round here. And yes Patch, thank goodness. - MaryMcc, Nov 29, 2011

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It was so funny last night!! l really enjoyed that!

Best thing about it was that we had so many English accents from all around the world!!

Ray with his beautiful Australian accent!! OMG l realized that l need to change my English level to under beginner after that Ray! LOL

Mary from England, her accent is very clear and easy to understand smile

Feliz & Chris of course both of them have a completely different accent!! really nice to hear them speaking!

Territurtle was there too, such a nice pleasure to speak with her!

And Ianta who has absolutely wonderful English was there too!

Vicente is already talking English fluently! his English is really nice tongue wink

Maria from Peru was there, her English is improving so fast, and her Spanish is so easily understood!

OF COURSE! all thanks goes to our Heidi, for organizing the chat, giving us her time, thank you so so much Heidi alt text

updated Nov 29, 2011
edited by 00b6f46c
posted by 00b6f46c
Lovely Ray: I realize that I need or I realizED that I needED to change etc...::) - FELIZ77, Nov 29, 2011
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This was a really fun chat - we had people with English accents from all over the world - it was a lot of fun to listen to!

It was a great opportunity for all of our English learners to hear all kinds of different accents.

As everyone has said - our newcomer Maria wants to learn English, and she is trying so hard - I encourage everyone that wants to practice to talk to her - and her Spanish is very clear....

As always, thank you very much Heidi for arranging this - it was soooo much fun!!

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updated Nov 29, 2011
posted by 001a2987
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Thank you Heidi , yes it was a fun night ,or morning for me , I cannot understand

why Maria could not understand my mellifluous dulcet tones ,and her English was

quite good , far better than my fractured Spanish , lovely to hear the soft

Gloucestershire accent again , Mary you are a charmer , Chris mate you have been

so patient with me that I force myself to study in order to get your approval. Dear Paul

such a good man , good luck to you mate , Lanta sorry about my pathetic Greek ,

I could not believe that you are not a native English Speaker you have no accent.

Heidi you are so gentle in a school marm way without your guidance it would

be a shambles . I do hope more members will join in next week i need the practice .

Thank you to all who participated and made it a fun learning night . And I am not a flirt , well perhaps a little one .

updated Nov 28, 2011
posted by ray76
First a flirt now fibs! Great to meet you Ray. - MaryMcc, Nov 27, 2011
nice to meet you Ray, it was a pleasure meeting - maylegoas, Nov 28, 2011
It was indeed a great pleasure for me to meet all of you incredibly kind and considerate people. - ray76, Nov 28, 2011
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Can you imagine meeting people from every continent, then finding out so many fascinating things about those fantastic SD posters you read every dayexcaim

Making friends, laughing, enjoying entertaining and educational conversation -- who could ask for more!! tongue laugh

And be sure to check out this thread

Right now!

¡Ahora mismo!

updated Nov 29, 2011
edited by territurtle
posted by territurtle
jeje, nice turtle, Vicente will be your fan from now on:) - 00494d19, Nov 27, 2011
Actually .. I'm already a fan of hers :) hahaha Thank youuuu ! - Vicente1, Nov 27, 2011
You are so right! Every time that I am allowed to join in, I consider it an amazing gift! - MLucie, Nov 27, 2011
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That was really fun, I wish I could have come earlier but at least I got there for some of the action. Still not sure why I was the dog...since the subject quickly changed to a comparison of horses and prostitutes! Ah well, that's what makes the chats so great! Thanks everybody!

updated Nov 29, 2011
posted by MLucie
You left out one of the subjects, Lucie! ;)) - territurtle, Nov 27, 2011
Oh, Terri, you're right! :-) - MLucie, Nov 27, 2011
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Indeed, it was fun!

Best thing about it was that we had so many English accents from all around the world!!

That is exactly what I liked, the different accents. For sure, Chris', Terri's and Lucie's accent was the easiest to understand by far. Only a few times I had difficulty in understanding Paul and Mary but what I found really difficult was understanding Ray because it was the first time I listened to an Australian accent.

I was amazed at Vicente's English, he deserves to win the competition.

It was nice meeting Maria, I hope she likes being here and stays for a long, long lime.

Lovely you have a nice voice and your English is great.

Thank you Heidi for organising this chat, it was fun and a good chance for us to speak.

Oh, and thanks everyone for teaching me the word insemination, Mary your explanation was great!

updated Nov 29, 2011
edited by ianta
posted by ianta
omg, the insemination bit was fun, jeeeeez, now people will wonder what exactly we were talking about, lol - 00494d19, Nov 27, 2011
it was an intersting one to explain ;) - MaryMcc, Nov 27, 2011
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As you-guys were chatting I was finishing up some work! Oh how I miss the chats....I know, I know, smile For all who have not been a part of a chat you must do it!!!! You learn so much and get to meet with so many great people!!! It is so much fun!! wink As always, I'm shooting for next Saturday and will look for the thread this week. I can't say it enough....the people here are so awesome and so willing to teach, talk, and of course L A U G H!!! Chats are a great way to get to know people as well!!! I've met so many great friends...in fact I'm meeting a few of them at the end of December!!!! I'm soooooooo stoked. Have a great day everybody. cool smirk

updated Nov 29, 2011
posted by Jason7R
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It was fun as always, great to chat with familiar people and to meet some new ones too.

I was very impressed with how well the non native English speakers coped with more than one person speaking English at a time.

Once again thanks go to Heidi for arranging it cool smile

updated Nov 29, 2011
posted by MaryMcc
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Last night chat was GREEATLOL! We had people from all over the world, so many different accents, wow ! It was wonderful to meet new people for me as Ianta(perfect English by the way), Mary(whose accent I love, jeje), and our new member Maria (whose name made it a bit confusing, you know, Mary and Maria, even Heidita mixed them up more than once! hahaha tongue laugh) and our Ray (with an Australian accent that .. Jesus Christ ! I was starting to beat my head against the wall big surprise hahah) and of course, our STARS! Heidita, Chris and Lovely -

It's always great chatting with you guys. We always have a lot of fun on every chat - Hopefully we'll have more people participating next time- remember that you only have to be online on Skype and ready, you're in smile

Once again, a big THANK YOU Heidita for organising these wonderful chats and giving us your time to make it even funnier --- it's impressing how many anecdotes you have ! haha alt text

updated Nov 29, 2011
edited by Vicente1
posted by Vicente1
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I am so sorry that I missed this one. I'm really happy that we are having chats again. These are so useful and beneficial to anyone who wants to improve their English or Spanish. I recommend them to everyone. Give them a try!

updated Nov 27, 2011
posted by sanlee
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I wish I was home for it instead of freezing my butt of in the water.

updated Nov 27, 2011
posted by Yeser007
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¡Fue una experiencia fantástica y muy divertido! Fue un placer conocer a María de Perú por la primera vez también Ianta y disfruté mucho charlando con mis amigos Heidita, Vicente y todos en Skype! Ianta, estuvimos muy impresionados con tus habilidades del idioma y Vicente tu inglés está mejorando mucho, cada vez más! No estábamos sorprendido de escuchar que fuiste elegido para participar en la competición de hablar Inglés!

= It was fantastic experience and very enjoyable! It was a pleasure to meet Maria from Peru for the first time also Ianta and I enjoyed chatting with my friends: Heidi, VIcente and all of you in Skype! Ianta, we were very impressed with your language skills and Vicente, your English is improving greatly, getting better each time! We were not surprised to hear that you had been chosen to take part in an English speaking competition!

Corrijan mi español, por favor grin

updated Nov 29, 2011
edited by FELIZ77
posted by FELIZ77
Ianta, estuvimos muy impresionados con tus habilidades del idioma y Vicente,..... - maylegoas, Nov 29, 2011
Muchas gracias por sus correciones, May :) - FELIZ77, Nov 29, 2011
De nada - maylegoas, Nov 29, 2011
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I knew that SD was wonderful, and I needed to practice my speaking with someone that could teach me, so I asked Heidita and she invited me to this web site. Sincerely, I was surprised to meet such an excellent group, that I'm happy to be with a group like you: Ray, Ianta, Chris, Lovely, Lucie, Mary, Vicente, Feliz77, Territurtle, and you Heidita, you are great undoubtedly you have a great gift: to join people of all the world to learn and have fun making friends.... I have no more to tell you thanks for inviting me to be part of your group.

I understand the confusion about my name of Maria with Mary, so you can call me May, this is my nickname.

updated Nov 30, 2011
edited by maylegoas
posted by maylegoas
We have to get together to chat! By the way, I have a sister living in Arizona. - territurtle, Nov 29, 2011
My aunt, who I was named after, was always known as May. - MaryMcc, Nov 29, 2011