living in europe

Magda wrote:

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 23:30:54 +0100, in rec.travel.europe,
(chancellor of the duchy of besses o'
th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy) arranged some electrons, so they
looked like this :

... Magda wrote:
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... On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:27:03 +0100, in rec.travel.europe,
... (chancellor of the duchy of
... besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy) arranged some
... electrons, so they looked like this :
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... ...
... ... What do people in Europe expect from an American?
...
... To keep a low profile, speak softly, eat everything without making
... a face and NOT start every sentence with "In America...".
...
... That's a stereotype, maybe, but not reality. You should have met my
... ex- the quietest-spoken American (or any nationality) in the world!

The question was "expect". I can dream, can't I?

Huh, so what was I experiencing? The American _dream_?

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On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 23:19:45 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:

DDT Filled Mormons writes:

Yes it is. Younger people learn much more readily than older people.

Young people generally want to learn more than older people.
Motivation is everything, especially in language acquisition.

However, there's no significant change in aptitude with age.

The motivation is by far the greatest factor in it, and thus if it
tends to decrease with age, so does the learning ability.
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On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:54:11 +0200, Magda
wrote:

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:00:23 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, DDT Filled Mormons
arranged some electrons, so they looked like
this :

... On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:09:01 +0200, Mxsmanic
... wrote:
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... Age is not an impediment to the acquisition of additional languages.
...
... Yes it is. Younger people learn much more readily than older people.

No, it is not.

Yes it is. Young people are much more able than older. You may be the
exception.

If you really buy this urban legend, I pity you - in a few years you'll think you are "too
old" for many things.

(Don't stock up the Viagra - if you need it, you are too old for sex... p)

I wont be needing it for a while yet.
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"Chris Jones" wrote in message
...
I've done this a few times. See a discussion of issues you will face in
my chapter "Living in Europe: Travel to the Max as an Expatriate" at
http://www.enjoy-europe.com/hte/chap22/living.htm

Interesting read, to see how European things are viewed from "the other
side". However, I'm wondering how long ago this was written? Some things,
such as "Because credit cards are expensive, few Europeans use them" are
simply no longer true.

According to Barbara Vaughn, it is true in Italy.

Marianne

Rita wrote:

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:35:14 +0000 (UTC), Juliana L Holm
wrote:

One of my favorites is the backpackers note not to wear jeans in europe
sinde
you will be identified as an American. On my last few trips to europe it
seemed everyone was wearing jeans!

Julie

I think all advice on what to wear or not wear while traveling in
Europe is dumb. From my observations, Europeans dress every which
way and there is no standard to adhere to. Neat and clean is good
wherever one travels, and beyond that, suit yourself. Dressing for
comfort and packing light are good rules to follow and I like clothing
that can stand up without frequent laundering, but
that's a personal preference. Personally I'd rule out jeans because
they are bulky and also slow to dry if you have to wash them out.
But again, a personal preference.


Every once in a while I'll watch the RAI Italian news or the French news,
etc. on my local Chicago cable channels. Guess what? For the most part
Italians and French dress *exactly* like us Yanks!

[Or is it vice - versa!?]

Jeans and white trainers have become absolutely universal, at least among
the younger set. Put a kid or younger person from Lyon or Stockholm next to
one from Sacramento or Cleveland and you couldn't tell the difference...same
Nikes/Adidas, same New York Yankees baseball caps or Chicago Bulls
sweatshirts, etc.

I see plenty of foreign tourists here in the States. Except for their
language, they are absolutely indistinguishable from Americans...

Decades ago dress was a location signifier. Not true anymore...

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Greg

DDT Filled Mormons wrote:

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 23:19:45 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:

DDT Filled Mormons writes:

Yes it is. Younger people learn much more readily than older people.

Young people generally want to learn more than older people.
Motivation is everything, especially in language acquisition.

However, there's no significant change in aptitude with age.

The motivation is by far the greatest factor in it, and thus if it
tends to decrease with age, so does the learning ability.


Well these days I figure with everyone in the world clambering to learn
English why on *earth* would I ever even bother with wanting to learn some
difficult and eventually fairly useless foreign tongue?

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Greg

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:

The Reids wrote:

Following up to Mxsmanic


The fastest way to obtain the right to live in Europe is to marry a
European national.


are you offering, Mixi? This could be a way forward for you.


But Mixi is an American ex-pat - even with a residence
permit, I don't think that qualifies, does it?


In a pinch there is always (G)Runge, Evelyn...!!!

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Greg

"Gregory Morrow"
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Rita wrote:

Put a kid or younger person from Lyon or Stockholm next to
one from Sacramento or Cleveland and you couldn't tell the difference

What about older people?
Could you distinguish one from Stockholm from one from Cleveland?

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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
...
DDT Filled Mormons writes:

That's everyone who can't speak it well. The general assumption is
that anyone who speaks English and has white skin is rich - probably
with good reason.

A tour of Appalachia can cure that easily enough.

A tour of closets in Paris can have a similar effect.

DDT Filled Mormons writes:

Yes it is. Young people are much more able than older. You may be the
exception.

What I've found is that people who think they cannot learn something
are always right. And people who think that they can learn something
are always right, too.

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