Old stuff I still knowOur Ginger Fuhrer says that he could still code up a simple game idea in Amstrad Basic, while I'm your man if you ever need to rebuild the suspension on an Austin Allegro (1750 Equipe version). This stuff doesn't leave your mind - tell us about obsolete talents you still have.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 17:04)
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French LessonsI still remember the endings for conjugating present tense verbs in French from, let's just say, many moons ago:
e
es
e
ons
ez
ent
Unfortunately, I also remember the staccato sound of an entire class of very bored school-boys repeating this time and time and time again until it was drummed into our minds. It worked, in so far as I can't forget them, but it didn't in so far as I still wouldn't have the first clue as to how to use it - the same as none of us had any clue back then.
This is what happens when you're taught French by a Scotsman.
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Hunter Stockton was murdered by a bicycle wielding axolotl,.,.,.,., Fri 1 Jul 2011, 10:22,
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WeirdAll my french teachers, middle school and high school, were Scots. Wonder if there's some kind of conspiracy ?
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We prefer"Auld Alliance"
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We got taught to say them as fast as possible (i guess in an attempt to alleviate the crushing boredom) which is maybe why I can still remember
is-is-it-issons-issez-issent
for the -ir verbs.
Cool stuff.
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