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May 08, 2007 |
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See You in Future
FOUND by Sarah Reintgen
in Marietta, Ohio
I found this letter (assumedly written by an international student) tucked in an anthology of Holocaust literature at my college library.
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you get used to it, assumed international student. fun clip art usually helps liven things up, though.
The festive clipart is in such dismal contrast to the message conveyed in the note.
It would be funny, though, if the student was watching say, Goodfellas, to practice deciphering American English.
Welcome to my world, foreign student... I sometimes feel that way about my city too.
Movies for to rent turned in must on time, or will always be also to have fine. Music also helps listening for to keep boredom away on weekend. Is party you are having? Party hats dance in picture of clip, only assume party-time. In future, will drunken time be? Hope this so.
See you sometime.
It actually looks to me like it's a deaf student.
If you've read "Everything is Illuminated" this kind of writing might look/sound familiar.
Someone need to practice listening lot more. OK.
oh "ab", so wrong, and yet so right.
Carol, I don't know that much about deaf people, but my guess is lack of hearing has no bearing on the ability to read and write the English language.
Even funnier is the "practice your listening". Very futile for someone who can't listen.
But I said I don't know that much about deaf people except I'll probably be one in about 15 years.
I've been there. It is boring. But then, the letter is too so....ya know.
Oh, and the clip art really ads a certain panache.
boo. id prefer a festive border to that ill-placed party hat bit
I know how this poor person feels. Who knew there were multiple, boring Mariettas out there one tries to avoid?
A deaf student? Really?!? You're serious that you think that person might write that way because they are deaf? Really?!?
Good lord.
Haha, I had to laugh when I saw this. My fiance's grandmother's name is Marietta.
Oklahoma has a Marietta too, and it is AT LEAST that boring.
Am I the only one who is disturbed by the slightly off center placement of the festive clip art?
I spent the whole note thinking that Marietta was someone, not somewhere. Someone very, very boring. Wonder if there is anyone named Marietta IN Marietta. She must be a real hoot!
I used to work in a call center that relayed telephone conversations for the deaf and hard of hearing (they'd type, we'd read to the hearing caller/the caller would talk, we'd type to the deaf caller), and some of them did write a lot like this. American Sign Language is not the same as English -- it uses a completely different grammar, and prepositions, articles, etc., aren't used. In a lot of ways, ASL is like Chinese. Some deaf people write English very fluidly; others' writing is strongly influenced by ASL.
Not saying I know it was written by a deaf person, but it's not impossible.
Nothing like renting video types to pass the time.
ab in marietta- you sound like yoda. :)
Turbo and Jenny, Carol is right when she says that a deaf student could have written this. Sign language is not a direct translation of English, and in fact, most studies show that users of ASL write English on about the third grade level.
However, as an ESL teacher, this does appear to be the work of a non-native English speaker. The most obvious give away is the use of the infinitive form of "to watch" rather than the correct conjugation. I assign my students listening exercises like watching films (because good input is the only way to increase output...)
I kinda want to give this person a hug, in future.
Finally I have caught up with you. Your late fees are up to $63.43 If you're so bored you could kill some time and pay up. By the way, did you enjoy pick of destiny?
Hope she or he enjoyed the videos she or he rented. How funny. The note that is. =)
Marietta is NOT boring
The writing sounds just like my S. Korean friend speaks and writes . Just today he sent me an email which says in part : "Because of the final result of custody trial which is not that satisfying me , I am pretty unhappy, but.. . Anyhow , life is still ongoing .I will drop by you again soon . Be happy . "
This reminds me of being in Japan or at the manicure shop. They can really destroy the English language. Check out www.engrish.com! They have a translation page that works kind of like AB's message!
You can send an Engrish message to you lover and really confuse them!
this makes me think about when i was in israel. sometimes what i thought was perfectly good hebrew wasnt understandable by my family. it was actually pretty funny.
I saw a lot of people talking about this person being deaf.
If they're deaf, why were they talking about practicing their listening?
Tess , that engrish website IS hilarious ! I submitted an instruction booklet that came with a B.B. gun . It butchered English .In it , # 14 was "Do not ever to look into barrel at discharging flame bullet " .
Yes Ohio is very boring... except when Dirty Found comes to visit! I think Arthur Jones has stolen my heart.
Nothing like reading pornographic notes to make the ladies swoon, eh?
I wish Dirty Found, or Found at all, would come to my town. :(
Carol and Betsy are absolutely right.
Those Found guys at Wexner were hilarious!
Do NOT look at Pete's Hole.
That is all...
I went to high school in Marietta! I lived there for 5 years. And he/she is right, it is QUITE boring. And there really isn't much to do. We'd hang out at Wal-Mart.
@ Turbo:
Rock on.
Marietta ees very boring. Me no find eny zeebas to keel. Me do find lots of video types of zeebas tho.