ZBB Census

Left · Post by **Left** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:31 am

jal wrote: I would hope criticizing a non-native speaker would be deemed inappropriate as well.

I haven't criticised anyone.

Bristel · Post by **Bristel** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:13 pm

jal wrote:
Bob Johnson wrote:Irregardless, you need to reorientate your head if you think criticization of a native speaker will be receptivized well.
I would hope criticizing a non-native speaker would be deemed inappropriate as well.

JAL

And a small criticism here: Irregardless is not a word.

Regardless is already a negative.

Jipí · Post by **Jipí** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:37 pm

Sarkastodon doesn't need to say more.

jal · Post by **jal** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:53 am

...and yet another thread derails...

JAL

TomHChappell · Post by **TomHChappell** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:36 pm

Bristel wrote:
Bob Johnson wrote:Irregardless, you need to reorientate your head if you think criticization of a native speaker will be receptivized well.
a small criticism here: Irregardless is not a word. Regardless is already a negative.

But there's obviously nothing wrong with "reorientate" nor "criticization" nor "receptivized".

jal wrote:...and yet another thread derails...

Sorry, what was the topic again?

Bristel · Post by **Bristel** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:38 pm

TomHChappell wrote:
Bristel wrote:
Bob Johnson wrote:Irregardless, you need to reorientate your head if you think criticization of a native speaker will be receptivized well.
a small criticism here: Irregardless is not a word. Regardless is already a negative.
But there's obviously nothing wrong with "reorientate" nor "criticization" nor "receptivized".

jal wrote:...and yet another thread derails...
Sorry, what was the topic again?

What's a topic?

---- · Post by **----** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:56 pm

In Vietnamese it's marked with thì.

Bristel · Post by **Bristel** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:40 pm

Theta wrote:In Vietnamese it's marked with thì.

In Japanese it is marked with は generally.

Pole, the · Post by **Pole, the** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:09 am

Hi to all!

Age bracket: 15-20
Gender: Male
Nationality: Polish
State/Province/Other Subdivision: Wielkopolskie
Occupation: Student
Native Language: Polish
Secondary Languages: English, learning French
Religion: Christian (Catholical)
Handedness: Right

äreo · Post by **äreo** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:01 am

Age: 16
Gender: Male
Nationality: American
State/Province/Other Subdivision: Texas
Occupation: Electronics assembly
Sexual Orientation: Mostly straight
Status: Single
Native Language: English
Secondary Languages: French
Languages I Want to Learn but Don't Have the Time: Loads of 'em.
Religion: None.
Politics: Look below this post for a cute little quantified representation of my politics, as given me by the fine gents at politicalcompass.org
Handedness: A bit cross-dominant but mainly right
Who Would Win in a Fist Fight Between Michael Dorn and a Zombie Benjamin Whorf?: Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Zontas · Post by **Zontas** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:12 pm

äreo wrote: Sexual Orientation: Mostly straight

I'm not homophobic, but what does this mean...

Wattmann · Post by **Wattmann** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:15 pm

Helios wrote:
äreo wrote: Sexual Orientation: Mostly straight
I'm not homophobic, but what does this mean...

He's gay

(heh, sorry Äreo

)

Astraios · Post by **Astraios** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:16 pm

It's not exactly one of the most difficult utterances to work out...

ol bofosh · Post by **ol bofosh** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:30 pm

Age bracket: 25-40
Gender: Male
Nationality: British
State/Province/Other Subdivision: Catalonia, Spain
Occupation: Student, garderner, artist
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Status: in couple
Native Language: Estuary English
Secondary Languages: Spanish (not quite conversational), understand some French
Languages I Want to Learn but Don't Have the Time: Spanish, French, Catalan, Scottish Gaelic; I'd like to at least read German. That's to start. Got to include Gnoughish and Alahithian amongst that!
Religion: Life
Politics: personal responsibility (with a good dollop of green)
Handedness: Left
Who Would Win in a Fist Fight Between Michael Dorn and a Zombie Benjamin Whorf?: Whorf

jal · Post by **jal** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:30 am

Helios wrote:I'm not homophobic, but what does this mean...

It means he likes his occasional side-dish...

JAL

jal · Post by **jal** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:31 am

treegod wrote:Age bracket: 25-40

That's quite a large bracket. You're 39, aren't you? :)

JAL

ol bofosh · Post by **ol bofosh** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:30 am

jal wrote:
treegod wrote:Age bracket: 25-40
That's quite a large bracket. You're 39, aren't you?

JAL

I copied and pasted without bothering to change it.

J'ai 30 ans cette année. ¡Adiós los años veinte!

finlay · Post by **finlay** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:46 am

Heh, I'd assumed you were teens or early 20s, because I think you mentioned having moved to Spain with your family...

jmcd · Post by **jmcd** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:12 am

I think that can just as easily mean "parents and siblings" as "partner and children".

ol bofosh · Post by **ol bofosh** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 2:09 pm

I moved over by myself to live with my girlfriend and her family.

ccaccus · Post by **ccaccus** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 3:42 am

Age: 25 (It's my 10-year ZBBversary!)
Gender: Male
Nationality: American
State/Province/Other Subdivision: Indiana
Occupation: ESL Teacher in Japan
Sexual Orientation: Biromantic
Status: Single
Native Language: English, ASL
Secondary Languages: None. (Debatable: French and Latin.)
Languages Learning: Japanese
Languages I Want to Learn but Don't Have the Time: Ancient Greek, Arabic, Verdurian, Sindarian, Atlantean (Disney), Na'vi. (Is it sad that most of these are conlangs?)
Religion: Personal beliefs.
Politics: Democrat
Handedness: Right

[Edit: Added a comma... unless Arabic Verdurian actually exists, in which case, nevermind.]

Jipí · Post by **Jipí** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 6:27 pm

Ccaccus wrote:It's my 10-year ZBBversary!

Congrats!

Mine is still 8 months to go.

ccaccus · Post by **ccaccus** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 7:25 pm

Jipí wrote:
Ccaccus wrote:It's my 10-year ZBBversary!
Congrats!

Mine is still 8 months to go.

To be fair, I've still got 4. But I don't anticipate reposting in the census this calendar year.

Kaenif · Post by **Kaenif** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 2:49 am

Age: 18
Gender: Male
Nationality: Chinese
State/Province/Other Subdivision: Hong Kong
Occupation: Ex-student, To-be-student
Sexual Orientation: Weird
Status: Single
Native Language: Hong Kong Cantonese
Secondary Languages: conversant Mandarin and English
Languages I am learning: (very basic) Japanese and German
Languages I Want to Learn but Don't Have the Time: Icelandic?
Religion: No thank you
Politics: Hard to classify
Handedness: Right

WeepingElf · Post by **WeepingElf** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 2:35 pm

Age: 42
Gender: Male
Nationality: German
State/Province/Other Subdivision: Lower Saxony
Occupation: Free-lance artist, librarian
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Status: Single
Native Language: German
Secondary Languages: conversant English; very basic Latin, French, Spanish, Dutch, Low German
Languages I am learning: Old Albic
Languages I Want to Learn but Don't Have the Time: Georgian
Religion: Eaism (Old Albic natural pantheism)
Politics: Green
Handedness: Right

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