Posted by Ame Sans Vie on March 10, 2005, at 11:50:19
In reply to Re: Kind of a downer » Ame Sans Vie, posted by ed_uk on March 10, 2005, at 11:10:12
> >I'll announce it in Admin and/or Social when I change it
>
> No! Don't change it, it's a cool name, I like it! Are you secretly French?lol, no, I'm "secretly" Texan, actually... or Pennsylvanian... or Californian... depends on whether one defines that sort of thing by birth (California), childhood home (Pennsylvania), or current residence (Texas). :-)
I've just always been fascinated by languages and began to teach myself French at the age of 12, along with a multitude of other languages (e.g., Russian, Latin, Spanish, Italian, German, Kiswahili, Japanese, Mandarin, Arabic, Irish Gaelic) most of which I've sadly forgotten. My French is still pretty up to par, though, and currently I'm taking a step in another linguistic direction -- studying the evolution of the English language and learning the grammar and vocabulary of Chaucer's English (I've already gotten the pronunciation down -- *beautiful* language).
I really like my name too, but it certainly doesn't reflect how I feel inside anymore... perhaps I should initiate a poll on Social? What do you think? :-)
Of course, I'm also totally open to other suggestions, either in French or English that I could translate into French. :-)
Take care,
~Michael
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