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hoping to learn about france from a penpal?


giddy

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Bonjour,

I'm learning french at Allianz Francase and I was hoping to make a french pen pal to learn more about the French language and culture.

I'm  an 18 yr old guy. I'm very good at being a penpal btw, I have 2 in far off countries whom i've kept in touch with for years now and I occasionally even exchange snail mail(regular postal mail).

I'm hoping to meet someone around 18 -20 yrs old.

Thanks so much,

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Giddy,

I think it is unlikely that you will meet a suitable penpal through this forum. Many of us are just plain old foggies, certainly well out of your age range. Good luck, keep trying, but probably not here as it is a waste of your time.

 

Teapot: the guy from Albuquerque was much older = he said he was 39

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Putting my Miss Marples hat on for a moment, does this chap make the same sorts of mistakes as the other one?  For example, does he occasionally write "I" in lower case as in "i" and does he sometimes or always neglect to use the French accents in his messages?

Does this person share the "voice" of the other?

Watch out for the next instalment!

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hi,

Um.. i'm a little confused now!

I don't use accents because I've been learning French properly only for a month now and I don't really know where to put accents(I can see its a important?), i use a *small* 'i' because i'm a young computer geek and i post a lot of questions on technical forums with absolutely brilliant people, so its my way of sounding polite and less egotistic.

Is this enough of an un raveling?

I want a penpal because I have two, one from Iceland and another from Canada whom I've known for nearly 4 years now, I've even sent letters, coins, postcard overs, its something i like a lot, I find other cultures and countries very interesting, especially since i've never gone out of my country or never been on a plane for that matter. Recently I've found French and France very interesting so i figured i could maybe find a French penpal.

I hope i didn't say anything wrong?

Thanks so much

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Hi, there, Giddy, don't mind us!  Me, I'm just a grumpy old woman at best.

To explain a little what's been going on.  As you might have guessed, there was another poster here who was asking similar questions to yours.  Then his posts got weirder and he started sounding off about all sorts of things to do with male/female relationships,

He upset a few people on here and a few others started getting their own back or taking the mick out of him.

Eventually, he went away, or was thrown out (I'm not sure which).

Anyway, that's why you might have heard us having a bit of a joke about this other chap and, if you are not he, then you have nothing to fear.

You might be giddy, but you'll get on fine here and I do hope you find someone who will agree to correspond with you.

Keep up the good work learning French!  It could be a lifelong interest for you.

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[quote user="Frenchie"]Sure thing, but we need to be sure 100% that this post is not a hoax.......... [:$][/quote]

Alrighty [:)]

My Fullname is Gideon Israel Dsouza, I'm from Bombay,India, (I'm a protestant Christian by the way..)

Here are lots of pictures of me(The YMCA camps are when I volunteered to be a camp counselor):

http://picasaweb.google.com/gidisrael

Here is my facebook profile:

http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#/profile.php?id=591199818&ref=profile

Like I said i'm a computer geek, so I'm a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist:WinDev, here is my transcript:

https://mcp.microsoft.com/authenticate/validatemcp.aspx

TranscriptID:779121

Access Code: 676964eon

Here is some more geek stuff, I'm been a member of this technical forum since I was 15:

(similar information about me so you corroborate)

http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/Profiles.aspx?mid=2185306

I'm also a good swimmer, I'm athletic and I play Violin, Guitar and Piano (Just incase you think I'm too much of a geek! [:P])

Lastly, My Alliance Francaise Carte d'identité (which I just took on my laptop 5 mins ago! [:P]):

http://gidisrael.googlepages.com/afid_front.jpg

http://gidisrael.googlepages.com/afid_back.jpg

Is that enough? Oh, Giddy, is my nickname, its what my friends call me, so its the alias I use everywhere.

Also:"The Alliance française (AF) is an organisation whose mission is to promote French language and culture outside France. Its primary concern is teaching French as a second language. It is headquartered in the French capital city of Paris." ......"1071 locations in 133 different countries."  From wikipedia

Thanks.

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Well done giddy.   [:D] That certainly smacked it to to them.

I've just spoken to my next door neighbours two boys without any success. The 16 year old is into scooters and girls (in that order) and the 20 year old is into girls and motorbikes (in that order).

Come on the teachers.

  

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I could ask one of my BTS students , but they re carrying out a work placement at the moment ( til january.)

Would a younger student be Ok for you ? ( 16/17)

The problem is that if I say I have one address there will be a riot ! They will ALL want a penpal , I know !!

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Oh, I just turned 18 two months ago so yea, no problem I guess. It would be difficult to correspond with someone who knows very little English though, I would end up using Google Translate a lot then! And its not very accurate.

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[quote user="giddy"] It would be difficult to correspond with someone who knows very little English though, I would end up using Google Translate a lot then! And its not very accurate.
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Gideon, were you yourself thinking of writing in English or French then? 

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I don't know enough french to write a full email, I hope to know by December(which is when my course ends), my English is pretty fluent though.

I plan to write in English and a little in French. I emailed someone from that website you mentioned, the person replied completely in French, I could understand around half of the letter, I used google translate for the rest, and I responded in English first, then quite a few sentances in french.  =P.

Thanks

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[quote user="giddy"]... I used google translate for the rest  [/quote]

This site usually gives a more accurate translation, either French to English or vice versa, than google - but I am not giving guarantees with that statement.

Just make sure you don't click on the 'human translation' button - as that costs.

Sue [:)]

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