Comments on: Afternoon Walk in Santander http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/04/14/afternoon-walk-in-santander/ Thoughts and photos from an American living in Spain. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:20:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Uncle Neil http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/04/14/afternoon-walk-in-santander/#comment-2448 Uncle Neil Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:29:00 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=589#comment-2448 Those are airsoft guns and supplies. They shoot .20 gram airsoft BB's typically at Crosman collapsible mesh airsoft target. Those are airsoft guns and supplies. They shoot .20 gram airsoft BB’s typically at Crosman collapsible mesh airsoft target.

]]> By: Erik R. http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/04/14/afternoon-walk-in-santander/#comment-2380 Erik R. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:20:49 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=589#comment-2380 Simon, I like that you ask yes/no questions by appending "no?" to the end. That's the only speech habit that my American friends have told me I've picked up since moving abroad. It's very common in Spanish, and I presume Italian, but not at all really in English...at least American English, and I'm fairly certain British English doesn't use it either. I'd be curious to see a list of other lingual artifacts bleed into a native English speaker's speech upon learning a foreign language. Simon, I like that you ask yes/no questions by appending “no?” to the end. That’s the only speech habit that my American friends have told me I’ve picked up since moving abroad. It’s very common in Spanish, and I presume Italian, but not at all really in English…at least American English, and I’m fairly certain British English doesn’t use it either.

I’d be curious to see a list of other lingual artifacts bleed into a native English speaker’s speech upon learning a foreign language.

]]> By: simon http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/04/14/afternoon-walk-in-santander/#comment-2374 simon Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:20:03 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=589#comment-2374 Complaining about "overall dullness" is a bit rich coming from someone responsible for a bollard photo pool, no? Complaining about “overall dullness” is a bit rich coming from someone responsible for a bollard photo pool, no?

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