Foreign Students won't go home.

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Sep 23rd 2010 | 7:21 pm

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ronan_in_Oz

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Re: Foreign Students won't go home.

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Originally Posted by JackTheLad

I always jokingly say English is designed to spot foreigners.
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That is so troo.

Sep 23rd 2010 | 7:22 pm

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Re: Foreign Students won't go home.

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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!).

Sep 23rd 2010 | 7:42 pm

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Re: Foreign Students won't go home.

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Originally Posted by asprilla

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.

Sep 23rd 2010 | 7:43 pm

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Re: Foreign Students won't go home.

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Originally Posted by Dorothy

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.

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Sep 23rd 2010 | 7:44 pm

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Re: Foreign Students won't go home.

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Wrong.

Sep 23rd 2010 | 7:46 pm

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Re: Foreign Students won't go home.

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Wrong.

I don't believe you.

Sep 23rd 2010 | 7:54 pm

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Re: Foreign Students won't go home.

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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.

Sep 23rd 2010 | 7:57 pm

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Re: Foreign Students won't go home.

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"please do the needful".

.

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.

Sep 23rd 2010 | 8:13 pm

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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 heâ€™s mid 40`s and defiantly an aussie wannabe
here quite a while has heâ€™s been partly assimilated
ie regularly calling English "poms"

Sep 23rd 2010 | 9:04 pm

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Re: Foreign Students won't go home.

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Originally Posted by mohogony

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

Sep 23rd 2010 | 9:24 pm

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debsy

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Re: Foreign Students won't go home.

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Yes - the Turkish alphabet has an Ä±.

Sep 23rd 2010 | 9:31 pm

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Re: Foreign Students won't go home.

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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

Sep 23rd 2010 | 9:40 pm

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Re: Foreign Students won't go home.

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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.

So where is there IP from?

JTL

Sep 23rd 2010 | 9:44 pm

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Re: Foreign Students won't go home.

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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?