On Thu, 15 May 2008 04:26:31 -0700 (PDT), andrew_s
 wrote:

>On May 15, 12:21 pm, andrew_s  wrote:
>> On May 15, 10:05 am, "Jose de las Heras" 
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > "Frank A Muller" <Fr...@Work.In.Australia> wrote in messagenews:482bdcfe$0$22124$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>>
>> > > Jose de las Heras wrote
>> > >> I can make it any time really, not just after 8pm.
>>
>> > > What happens to you just after 8pm, Jose? Is that when you turn into
>> > > something too horrible to contemplate? Like a chartered accountant or
>> > > something... :)
>>
>> > > Frank A Muller
>>
>> > I am so sweet that at 8 o'clock I turn into a lemon merengue tart/pie, and
>> > I'm afraid I'd be eaten alive. Glasgow. They pretend to be tough there but
>> > they can't resist a baker's window...
>>
>> > Now seriously (well, if it's possible to be serious with you ;-), no matter
>> > how long I've lived in the UK I still make some odd constructions sometimes.
>> > So I'm curious... of course I meant that I'm free anytime, rather than only
>> > after 8pm... is the above phrase ambiguous? I thought the difference would
>> > be between "not just after..." and "just not after...", but in strine you
>> > probably talk upside down anyway so I don't know...
>>
>> I love it, the English language being dissected by an ozzie and a
>> Spaniard.......   :-)   Just don't  ask a
>>
>>  My daughters studying English language at Edi Uni and even she
>> can't  get her constructs soreted properl!
>
>
>
>OOPS that got posted a bit prematurely.................
>
>it was  supposed to say just don't ask a Weegie to help with language
>problems!!
>seeyoujimmy,  howzitgoananat?  are about the best you may get from
>them.
>
>and then I'll fix my typing.
>
>cheers
>andrew_s

I find that if I go long periods without reading and speaking English,
I drop into german syntax in English.

 Start to speak backwards like Yoda  I do.
Very worrying it is.
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"Steve Dix"  wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 15 May 2008 04:26:31 -0700 (PDT), andrew_s
>  wrote:
>
>>On May 15, 12:21 pm, andrew_s  wrote:
>>> On May 15, 10:05 am, "Jose de las Heras" 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > "Frank A Muller" <Fr...@Work.In.Australia> wrote in 
>>> > messagenews:482bdcfe$0$22124$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>>>
>>> > > Jose de las Heras wrote
>>> > >> I can make it any time really, not just after 8pm.
>>>
>>> > > What happens to you just after 8pm, Jose? Is that when you turn into
>>> > > something too horrible to contemplate? Like a chartered accountant 
>>> > > or
>>> > > something... :)
>>>
>>> > > Frank A Muller
>>>
>>> > I am so sweet that at 8 o'clock I turn into a lemon merengue tart/pie, 
>>> > and
>>> > I'm afraid I'd be eaten alive. Glasgow. They pretend to be tough there 
>>> > but
>>> > they can't resist a baker's window...
>>>
>>> > Now seriously (well, if it's possible to be serious with you ;-), no 
>>> > matter
>>> > how long I've lived in the UK I still make some odd constructions 
>>> > sometimes.
>>> > So I'm curious... of course I meant that I'm free anytime, rather than 
>>> > only
>>> > after 8pm... is the above phrase ambiguous? I thought the difference 
>>> > would
>>> > be between "not just after..." and "just not after...", but in strine 
>>> > you
>>> > probably talk upside down anyway so I don't know...
>>>
>>> I love it, the English language being dissected by an ozzie and a
>>> Spaniard.......   :-)   Just don't  ask a
>>>
>>>  My daughters studying English language at Edi Uni and even she
>>> can't  get her constructs soreted properl!
>>
>>
>>
>>OOPS that got posted a bit prematurely.................
>>
>>it was  supposed to say just don't ask a Weegie to help with language
>>problems!!
>>seeyoujimmy,  howzitgoananat?  are about the best you may get from
>>them.
>>
>>and then I'll fix my typing.
>>
>>cheers
>>andrew_s
>
> I find that if I go long periods without reading and speaking English,
> I drop into german syntax in English.
>
> Start to speak backwards like Yoda  I do.
> Very worrying it is.

My father laughs at me everytime I go back home, because I seem to have 
problems sometimes finding the right words or expressions and use English 
derivatives... the thing is... I'm often not aware of it until pointed out! 
So it turns out my English has reached a plateau where I'm nowhere near as 
proficient as I'd like, and I'm starting to have problems in Spanish! I used 
to take pride in speaking Spanish properly and having a wide vocabulary 
etc... and at times I just feel so inarticulate. I know it all comes back 
once I am submerged in a Spanish-speaking environment more than a week or 
two, but still...

Jose
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"Steve Dix"  wrote in message 
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> I find that if I go long periods without reading and speaking English,
> I drop into german syntax in English.
>
> Start to speak backwards like Yoda  I do.
> Very worrying it is.

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