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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Kathi Kube Oh, my gosh, Oliver! Those are too funny! (And kinda scary at the same time!) How long have you been speaking English? You write it very well—far better than some Americans do, that's for sure! And what was the hardest part about learning English? Just nosy. Kathi [:D] [/quote] Hi, Kathi! I'm glad you like the funnies. And about me and the English language - it all started back in 1974, in the fourth grade of the elementary school - I was 8 then. And we had a teacher who made us write every new word we learned five times for homework, together with the International Phonetic Alphabet spelling and the Croatian translation of the word. It may sound a little drastic, but it was efficient. So it's 4 years in the elementary, 4 years secondary, plus 4 years college (I studied English and French languages and literature... and O.K., it actually lasted 6 years, and I came close to finishing it, but...), and I'm still learning thanks to Model Railroader and Trains magazines, music, books, movies, the Internet (this forum mostly because I don't have the time to surf too much), etc. The hardest part to me was when I was required to theoretically explain grammar (the sequence or formation of tenses, for instance), but I had far less problems with the practical use of the language. OK, now I already feel a little uncomfortable writing without my dictionaries by my side. Best regards, Oliver.
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