--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcg...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Just saw Tom Jones on Jimmy Kimmel Live! I've heard American > > > > ladies find British accent "sexy", but I'd be surprised if > > > > that applied to Tom's Welsh accent, too. :D > > > > > > > > > > > > > I thought you lived in Finland...they have Jimmy Kimmel Live! > there? > > > > > > > Oh yeah! We are fortunate enough to have it! On JIMtv (JIM = Jotain > > Ihan Muuta: Something Totally Different), LOL! > > > > http://www.jimtv.fi/sarjat19.asp > > > > > And how come your English (your written English, anyway) is so > friggin' good...is it your first language? You write it like a > native...
Why, thank you! It isn't my first language, and I often feel quite uncertain as to articles and prepositions. I feel like I'm "overusing" especially the 'the'... : ] In "high school", English was my 5th language. Swedish was my second, Latin third, German fourth. But in addition to Finnish, English is the only one I can use in written communication somewhat fluently. > > Speaking of English, when you talk it, do you have a Finnish accent? > Actually, I don't speak any language very well, not even Finnish. In speaking time is a crucial factor, whereas when writing you can ponder on an expression as long you like without annoying the "listener". But I think very few people can speak a foreign language without an accent unless they have learned it very young.
