want a pen friend

biran007 · Unread post by **biran007** » March 31st, 2008, 5:36 am

I am a Chinese student and I love Type Moon and other Japanese anime very much.
I want to practise my English by making pen friends with foreigners.
please send e-mail to biran0079@163.com to let me know if you would like to be my pen friend
thank you

Chunky-MonkeyLOL · Unread post by **Chunky-MonkeyLOL** » April 1st, 2008, 2:17 am

Couldn't you just...you know...post here on the forums?

Gram49 · Unread post by **Gram49** » April 1st, 2008, 2:24 am

yea, posting here is essentially the same as trading emails back and forth and probably more fun.

Kiraiya · Unread post by **Kiraiya** » April 1st, 2008, 2:57 am

I wish i knew chinese.....

biran007 · Unread post by **biran007** » April 1st, 2008, 5:22 am

It's a good idea, but I think I can only post topics about Type Moon here
I'm now having bridging course in Singapore, and I want to improve my English quickly.
of coures, anyone wants to learn or practise Chinese can ask me for help =)

biran007 · Unread post by **biran007** » April 1st, 2008, 5:41 am

tsukihime 2 is released?
is it April fool's joke?

Chunky-MonkeyLOL · Unread post by **Chunky-MonkeyLOL** » April 1st, 2008, 6:13 am

biran007 wrote:tsukihime 2 is released?
is it April fool's joke?

Yep, although the best one so far is the Code Geass R2 "leak" on TT. Of course it is bullshit but still.

biran007 · Unread post by **biran007** » April 1st, 2008, 10:27 am

Code Geass R2 "leak" on TT?
What's that?
Type moon's official website also made a joke...it's a pity that I can't read japaness...

Kiraiya · Unread post by **Kiraiya** » April 1st, 2008, 10:58 pm

biran007 wrote:It's a good idea, but I think I can only post topics about Type Moon here
I'm now having bridging course in Singapore, and I want to improve my English quickly.
of coures, anyone wants to learn or practise Chinese can ask me for help =)

Its the general forum so you can pretty much post about anything you want. Th emods wont say anything. Ill help you with your english if you want only if you teach me some chinese on the side

AlinSabel · Unread post by **AlinSabel** » April 1st, 2008, 11:04 pm

lol Code Geass R2 DVD 'inside release' on TokyoToshokan?

A leak is when something is unofficially released prior to its official release date, generally by an insider. And Tokyo Toshokan is a torrent index site for anime/manga related torrents.

What kind of Chinese do you speak, biran?

biran007 · Unread post by **biran007** » April 2nd, 2008, 12:42 am

AlinSabel wrote:lol Code Geass R2 DVD 'inside release' on TokyoToshokan?

A leak is when something is unofficially released prior to its official release date, generally by an insider. And Tokyo Toshokan is a torrent index site for anime/manga related torrents.

What kind of Chinese do you speak, biran?

I speak mandarin. It's received pronunciation of Chinese.
Cantonese is a dialect though it is very difficult to understand even for me
About the code geass r2, the first episode was showed on a exhibition or something on March 16th
here are some pictures:

Anyway, we can watch the first episode this Saturday

Chunky-MonkeyLOL · Unread post by **Chunky-MonkeyLOL** » April 2nd, 2008, 1:16 am

Hell yeah, I'm doing what all good students do, and ditching classes friday so I can re-marathon Code Geass in preperation for R2. Mmmm.

biran007 · Unread post by **biran007** » April 2nd, 2008, 3:07 am

Kiraiya wrote:
biran007 wrote:It's a good idea, but I think I can only post topics about Type Moon here
I'm now having bridging course in Singapore, and I want to improve my English quickly.
of coures, anyone wants to learn or practise Chinese can ask me for help =)
Its the general forum so you can pretty much post about anything you want. Th emods wont say anything. Ill help you with your english if you want only if you teach me some chinese on the side

If you want to learn Chinese, you should learn Chinese pinyin first, just like learn hiragana and katakana before learning japanese

Kiraiya · Unread post by **Kiraiya** » April 2nd, 2008, 3:15 am

so do u have a pen friend already? Cuz ill be happy to help you

SPerson · Unread post by **SPerson** » April 2nd, 2008, 5:45 am

Kiraiya wrote:so do u have a pen friend already? Cuz ill be happy to help you

Just don't teach him any grammar and explain that stuff like 'u', 'ill', 'cuz' is a sign of illiteracy

serialies · Unread post by **serialies** » April 2nd, 2008, 12:40 pm

yes, if you want to be his pen friend you can't go and say "u". do it properly

biran007 · Unread post by **biran007** » April 2nd, 2008, 1:13 pm

Kiraiya wrote:so do u have a pen friend already? Cuz ill be happy to help you

i haven't received an e-mail by now, but i think post here is ok
i don't know about much words like "cuz" "ill",
Are these words popular on the Internet? who can tell me what do they mean?

Henduluin · Unread post by **Henduluin** » April 2nd, 2008, 1:22 pm

Basically, "cuz" "ill" are abbreviated forms of the words "because" and "I will (or I'll)"
These are definitely not the only words that get abbreviated, but this is mostly only done on the Internet and through text messaging to save time and/or because people are lazy.
It is usually frowned upon though, at least by most people.

You will also find that people who speak the language natively will use them more often than the people who speak (in this case) English as a second language, at least in my experience. This is probably due to the fact foreigners learn English mostly through school and not other sources, where these abbreviations come from.

GreenSamurai · Unread post by **GreenSamurai** » April 2nd, 2008, 3:32 pm

hi biran...i can speak cantonese but i can't write it...i understand a bit of mandarin also....just a bit...

Einherjar · Unread post by **Einherjar** » April 2nd, 2008, 4:15 pm

I came to Canada at 13 so I can read and write both Chinese and English quite well by now. As for "Cuz" and "ill", they are quite informal so you shouldn't worry about things like that. By the way, what's a pen friend? >_> friends on internet?