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ronan_in_Oz Sep 23rd 2010 7:21 pm

Re: Foreign Students won't go home.
 

Originally Posted by JackTheLad (Post 8872255)
I always jokingly say English is designed to spot foreigners.
JTL

That is so troo. :lol:

bcworld Sep 23rd 2010 7:22 pm

Re: Foreign Students won't go home.
 

Originally Posted by JackTheLad (Post 8872255)
I can't be sure he is indian, but I can tell when even the most amazingly well educated english speakers are not native. They will always miss some nuance, or use it incorrectly.

So an Indian that can't spell lnidan? Is there a country in the world where people routinely type a lower case 'l' instead of an I...a bit like how Irish people often write upper case R's in the middle of words (admittedly not when they're typing!).

iamthecreaturefromuranus Sep 23rd 2010 7:42 pm

Re: Foreign Students won't go home.
 

Originally Posted by asprilla (Post 8872157)
Yep, mohogony certainly isn't a native speaker. I'd say with 80 or 90% certainty that he's from India.

Well he couldn't spell 'mahogany' and as most of that comes from India I think that rules India out... and I deal with Indians a lot and not once has he used the classic Indlish phrases of "we are getting very less" or "please do the needful".

I think he's from the Balkans, or possibly Czech.

mohogony Sep 23rd 2010 7:43 pm

Re: Foreign Students won't go home.
 

Originally Posted by Dorothy (Post 8872253)
He's been asked many times but won't answer. The subcontinent is my guess.

l prefer to remain a man of mystery but l am not from the subcontinent, but there is one poster on B/E who has correctly guessed where l am from a few times.

mohogony Sep 23rd 2010 7:44 pm

Re: Foreign Students won't go home.
 

Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus (Post 8872302)
Well he couldn't spell 'mahogany' and as most of that comes from India I think that rules India out... and I deal with Indians a lot and not once has he used the classic Indlish phrases of "we are getting very less" or "please do the needful".

I think he's from the Balkans, or possibly Czech.

Wrong.

iamthecreaturefromuranus Sep 23rd 2010 7:46 pm

Re: Foreign Students won't go home.
 

Originally Posted by mohogony (Post 8872304)
Wrong.

I don't believe you.

bcworld Sep 23rd 2010 7:54 pm

Re: Foreign Students won't go home.
 

Originally Posted by mohogony (Post 8872303)
l prefer to remain a man of mystery but l am not from the subcontinent, but there is one poster on B/E who has correctly guess where l am from a few times.

I'm sure I remember a thread where you bemoaned the sale of the family home in camberwell, Melbourne - some rant about Chinese millionaires. I'm sticking to true blue Aussie.

Dorothy Sep 23rd 2010 7:57 pm

Re: Foreign Students won't go home.
 

Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus (Post 8872302)
"please do the needful".

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That phrase always makes me laugh. I told my husband one time that since it was his birthday I better "do the needful". He didn't find it funny at all. :unsure:

steve`o Sep 23rd 2010 8:13 pm

Re: Foreign Students won't go home.
 

Originally Posted by bcworld (Post 8872322)
I'm sure I remember a thread where you bemoaned the sale of the family home in camberwell, Melbourne - some rant about Chinese millionaires. I'm sticking to true blue Aussie.

nar i think he’s mid 40`s and defiantly an aussie wannabe
here quite a while has he’s been partly assimilated
ie regularly calling English "poms"

JackTheLad Sep 23rd 2010 9:04 pm

Re: Foreign Students won't go home.
 

Originally Posted by mohogony (Post 8872304)
Wrong.

Or you might just be lying. ANYWAY MODERATORS!!!! WAKE UP!!!, you can see the IP address, where is his IP from.

If you need any help go here:

http://www.geobytes.com/ipLocator.htm

JTL

debsy Sep 23rd 2010 9:24 pm

Re: Foreign Students won't go home.
 

Originally Posted by bcworld (Post 8872274)
So an Indian that can't spell lnidan? Is there a country in the world where people routinely type a lower case 'l' instead of an I...a bit like how Irish people often write upper case R's in the middle of words (admittedly not when they're typing!).

Yes - the Turkish alphabet has an ı.:thumbup:

moneypenny20 Sep 23rd 2010 9:31 pm

Re: Foreign Students won't go home.
 

Originally Posted by JackTheLad (Post 8872413)
Or you might just be lying. ANYWAY MODERATORS!!!! WAKE UP!!!, you can see the IP address, where is his IP from.

If you need any help go here:

http://www.geobytes.com/ipLocator.htm

JTL

Someone's location doesn't mean squat. Your IP would come back to your area of Australia but neither you or your wife are Australian. I thought you knew stuff like that ;)

JackTheLad Sep 23rd 2010 9:40 pm

Re: Foreign Students won't go home.
 

Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 8872453)
Someone's location doesn't mean squat. Your IP would come back to your area of Australia but neither you or your wife are Australian. I thought you knew stuff like that ;)

Que pasa? Me and the missus are australian, and have been for 3 years.

Are you seriously hypothesising that this person is using a proxy server to disguise their location.

I'd seriously doubt they are that smart. Or to be fair, If they are that smart, I doubt they could be arsed.:p

So where is there IP from?

JTL

moneypenny20 Sep 23rd 2010 9:44 pm

Re: Foreign Students won't go home.
 

Originally Posted by JackTheLad (Post 8872466)
Que pasa? Me and the missus are australian, and have been for 3 years.

Are you seriously hypothesising that this person is using a proxy server to disguise their location.

I'd seriously doubt they are that smart. Or to be fair, If they are that smart, I doubt they could be arsed.:p

JTL

You're from NI and read and write as such. The discussion was regarding the OPs writing style. You stated that if a Mod told you what their IP was, that would solve the 'question'. I'm simply pointing out that it won't, it will simply tell you where the OP is currently residing. Pedantic, moi?:D

spalen Sep 23rd 2010 9:47 pm

Re: Foreign Students won't go home.
 

Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 8872470)
You're from NI :D

Jihad! Terrorist!


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