[sdiy] Newbie

[Scott Stites]

Hey Harry (and all),

>Although I do not 'speak' Spanish, I'm willing to give it a try. I can get
>enough out of it to make sense of the conversation.  I'd be happy to
>try Finnish as well.  Magnus has given me a few words of Sweedish,
>at least I can say "Hej" to everyone.  (Hej Magnus, and Senso :^)

I deeply appreciate that those who are not native English speakers, or even native American English speakers, putting forth the effort to post in English.   By the same token, I have no problem with non-English posts either.  Speaking English should not be a prerequisite for enjoying Synth DIY.  And, as Harry points out, it can be an educational experience in itself.  The key to variation in culture is embedded in language itself (understanding Vietnamese has allowed me to understand my wife much better in ways other than speaking).

All I ask is that all the airline pilots/ATC know at least one common language =-D

Harry, you can add 'Hei' to your list (almost my total Finnish lexicon there, BTW).  So you can add 'Hei Antti' =0).

That part's easy - one feels like one is living in Mayberry when one greets in Finland.  The rest of Finnish - oooohhh, man!!  I've spent many an hour poring over multi-language hotel guides (you know, here's the same thing in English, German, French, Swedish and Finnish).  With most languages one can pick through and identify a few words and make some sense of it.  Then you get to the paragraph in Finnish and everything just flies out the window.  Very fascinating language.

Synth DIY content: hmmmm....In order to gate one's spouse effectively, one has to speak the native tongue of the spouse.

Cheerio,
Scott




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