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Damkerng T.

1:01 PM

I guessed who voiced Olaf wrong!

Anonymous

Oh, I'm terrible at guessing that sort of thing! :-)

Damkerng T.

I didn't know Santino Fontana, but I think his voicing Hans was really great.

user116848

1:32 PM

hi

Damkerng T.

Hi! BRB in a bit.

user116848

Is "Truth be told" considered odd. Because I got criticised by saying that somewhere in the chat :(

Damkerng T.

I think maybe it's about context.

Even though I think it's very unlikely that I'll say it in everyday speech, it's perfectly understandable. I'm not a native speaker, though.

user116848

Too much strictness in ELU site. My fairly old answer got two negative votes and some criticizing comments

user116848

So I deleted the answer

user116848

1:47 PM

Because I didn't feel like bickering with native English Speakers yanno :D

user116848

Because they are natives and can kick my a** in English Language :-)

Damkerng T.

I see. That (being strict) is not a surprise, I think. -- Me know. :)

user116848

Answers comments are very mean sometimes

user116848

People ready to fight and bicker :-)

Damkerng T.

Try to read them neutrally first, I mean, if you can.

Sometimes they could be harsh, indeed.

user116848

1:49 PM

Yes. You are right though.

user116848

Yes I don't like the harshness sometimes

Damkerng T.

So, even though it's not that hard to get points on ELU, I usually think I should put my energy elsewhere. That's the reason why you don't see me often over there.

That doesn't mean ELU is a bad place or anything. Actually, I think it's quite opposite.

user116848

True

Damkerng T.

It's a rather big community, and different people take things differently.

user116848

Because here at ELL many natives don't go through our answers. At ELU they do!

Damkerng T.

1:55 PM

Yes, so I think ELU is better for many things, but not everything.

And it depends a lot on who answers the question.

user116848

Also to learn new stuff ELU is a nice place. Here at ELL it's usually same old grammar stuff in the questions

Damkerng T.

nods -- Rather true, though every once in a while some interesting stuff will pass by.

user116848

Yes that too :-)

Damkerng T.

I think ELU gives you a feeling of "Real English", though you can get that from almost everywhere.

On the other hand, some ELU questions aren't that interesting either. For example, english.stackexchange.com/questions/46677/…. Should I learn that? Wait. Maybe I already knew that. :)

user116848

That looks like one of those fancy words :-)

Damkerng T.

2:01 PM

Huff and puff aren't very fancy, imo, I found it many times in novels.

Umm... I mean any kinds of novels, not any specific kind.

user116848

@DamkerngT. No I mean "onomatopoeia"

Damkerng T.

Ahh... I see. Yes, I think you could say that.

It has one advantage, though; it means exactly what it means. :)

user116848

Yes

user116848

2:19 PM

Sorry for the short response I am busy with some browsing and stuff :-)

Damkerng T.

That's a perfectly fine response for me.

user116848

So I learned today that "I'll see you when I see you" is considered impolite. I didn't know that before. But I guess it looks okay to say to some buddy or friend that we know well.

user116848

2

Q: Is the expression "see you when I see you" impolite?

Once, I have received feedback that using "see you when I see you" is not very polite. Do you have the same opinion? What other expression should I use in case I have no clue when I will see the other party?

Damkerng T.

Politeness varies from one place to another, I think. I don't see it as rude or impolite.

user116848

That is true. It also depends upon cultures, way of thinking etc.

user116848

2:26 PM

Me too. I used to consider it as a funny and friendly goodbye

Damkerng T.

Oh, sometimes, in my first language, we mockingly say, "See you again when the nation calls." :-)

user116848

I see hah.
Did you know 'goodbye' is short for: "God be with you".

Damkerng T.

(Or "when our country calls", it's just a rough translation on my part.)

@Arrowfar I think I've heard that.

Earlier this year, I read one of Hemingway's novels, and I learned a handful of uncommon phrases.

He usually writes "Good-bye" instead of "Goodbye", and that's a very good hint.

(Being curious I searched about it a bit.)

2

Q: that looks an interesting book; they look good guys

That looks an interesting book. (OALD) ‘Look’ can take an NP for its complement by OALD. Now what I’m wondering about is if a person/people could be a subject in the structure, for instance, “They look good guys.” If we can’t, does it have to be “They look like good guys”?

complementation

This confirms that BrE is still a big part of my English.

I speculate that it might sound odd in AmE.

user116848

It might

user116848

So Damk I wanted to ask you that do you believe in 'chi' concept. I mean Chinese do. I was watching a National Geographic documentary in which they were discussing 'fight science' (I mean various fighting methods from a scientific point of view) and a Chinese looking guy in demonstration says something like "chi gum' to increase his power or whatever. It sounded like 'chewing gum' to me :-)

Damkerng T.

2:35 PM

I do believe in Qi.

user116848

What's that?

Damkerng T.

It's the spelling of your chi. :)

I think I'd better check which one fits English and which one fits Chinese (Mandarin).

user116848

I see hah.
You follow Buddhism, right?

Damkerng T.

Yes, I am. :)

user116848

So in Buddhism is there a concept of "Qi" or chi?

Damkerng T.

2:36 PM

Hmm... I think it's a common belief of Chinese people.

user116848

Ah, I see.

Damkerng T.

Though I speculate that its origin is India.

user116848

India? I don't know. I am not Indian :-)

Damkerng T.

I see. :)

Do you know Shao Lin (or something sounds pretty similar to that)?

The source of all Kung Fu, they say.

user116848

Yes from the kung fu movies lol

Damkerng T.

2:39 PM

According to the legend I heard, all those Kung Fu was derived from a monk who traveled from India.

user116848

They seem to fly a lot in kung-fu films lol

user116848

With strings or whatever :-)

Damkerng T.

Umm... It's a bit different in movies. :)

But real Shao Lin monks can do many extraordinary things.

user116848

@DamkerngT. Very Interesting. I didn't know

user116848

@DamkerngT. In reality? Like?

Damkerng T.

2:40 PM

I don't know if I can find a documentary for that, though I'm pretty sure History Channel has some.

Like you can't pierce a spear into their stomachs. :)

user116848

Yes I know. Many programs on this topic though

Damkerng T.

And their martial arts are pretty real.

(Not those flying stuff, though. :)

user116848

@DamkerngT. Yes they seem to gather 'Qi' for that. I don't know how they do that Their stomach etc. gets rock hard I hear :-)

Damkerng T.

I don't know that either.

I wish I knew. :)

user116848

Hehe

user116848

2:43 PM

Like the Ong Bank guy. He looks hard core too :-)

Damkerng T.

Qi is very important in acupuncture.

user116848

I see

Damkerng T.

@Arrowfar Ah, Ong Bak is a bit different.

user116848

@DamkerngT. For the the patient or the doctor (acupuncturer)?

Damkerng T.

It's a specific kind of our martial arts.

@Arrowfar For both.

Basically, the doctor reroutes the flow of Qi of the patient.

With all those needles.

user116848

2:45 PM

I see. So people who don't know Qi can't go through with the acupuncture?

Damkerng T.

Not necessary.

user116848

Hmm then for it to be very successful you mean?

Damkerng T.

Though, keep in mind that acupuncture is an alternative medicine, so, like a lot of things, the result could vary.

user116848

Yes I have heard that

Damkerng T.

But sometimes it's very successful, and it's very surprising.

Oh, some Qi definition in UD is hilarious!

> An ancient magical Chinese superpower force used as a plot device in kung-fu movies when the writers are having a slow day.
And then the kung-fu master is surrounded by a billion bajillion Commie-Nazis with machine guns, but then he uses his Qi and all their heads blow up.

user116848

2:49 PM

lol

Damkerng T.

Hey, I think you mentioned once that your language is not very different from Hindi.

I'm not sure, but you might have a word that sounds like Prana.

user116848

Yes it means 'old'

user116848

purana

user116848

In Urdu

Damkerng T.

Oh, I expected it to mean something like Qi.

user116848

2:52 PM

No we don't have Qi concept :-) That's why I asked

Damkerng T.

Ahh

user116848

It's more of a Oriental practice i guess

user116848

This chi :-)

Damkerng T.

Probably, yes, I think it is.

user116848

I know

Damkerng T.

2:53 PM

I'm guessing that you might've heard Chi Gong as "chi gum".

Qigong

Qigong, chi kung, or chi gung (simplified Chinese: 气功; traditional Chinese: 氣功; pinyin: qìgōng; Wade–Giles: chi gong; literally: "Life Energy Cultivation") is a practice of aligning body, breath, and mind for health, meditation, and martial arts training. With roots in Chinese medicine, philosophy, and martial arts, qigong is traditionally viewed as a practice to cultivate and balance qi (chi) or what has been translated as "life energy". According to Daoist, Buddhist, and Confucian philosophy, respectively, qigong allows access to higher realms of awareness, awakens one's "true nature", and helps...

user116848

@DamkerngT. Yes may be haha :-) (Thanks for clearing it up)

user116848

Very true. I'll remember it.

Damkerng T.

It's spelled Qigong, but I always pronounce it as "Chi Gong".

user116848

So it's the full word for chi I see

Damkerng T.

nods -- I think both qi and chi are acceptable in English.

Oh, wait, you asked a different question.

I think Qi and Qigong are different.

Qi = energy

user116848

2:57 PM

But chi is more commonly seen in English related texts and mivies

Damkerng T.

Qigong = do some activity to cultivate that energy

Tai Chi (mentioned in that page too) is very popular.

user116848

Oh, I see. So they are not the same? But in the above wiki article it says in the first line that it is same

Damkerng T.

I can't find the place where they mention that the two words are the same.

user116848

@DamkerngT. Yes and Wing Chun style that I love :-)

Damkerng T.

Oh Wing Chun is graceful.

user116848

3:00 PM

@DamkerngT. Qigong, chi kung, or chi gung (simplified Chinese: 气功; traditional Chinese: 氣功; pinyin: ......

Damkerng T.

Qigong is a word that derived from two Chinese words: Qi and Gong

user116848

Oh, you meant only 'Qi'?

user116848

I see

Damkerng T.

nods

user116848

Yes that is not described in the article

Damkerng T.

3:02 PM

Traditional Chinese: 氣 = Qi, 功 = Gong

It's a bit unfamiliar to you, I guess, these Chinese characters.

user116848

Yes totally :-)

user116848

So Damk I 'll see you when I see you (I am not trying to be rude here :-) )

user116848

later!

Damkerng T.

LOL

See you soon!

Damkerng T.

3:26 PM

Scant means "very little". Ref.: macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/scant — Damkerng T. 2 mins ago

They deleted the account even before I posted that comment!

That was very quick!

Damkerng T.

7:17 PM

0

A: Meaning of "doesn't even begin to cover it"

I haven't seen the cartoon but I got the following from the script: Peaches: "Do I look okay? Louis? Louis: Okay doesn't even begin to cover it." So may be Louis is having fun with her by saying that Peaches doesn't look fantastic.

@Arrowfar I think it means the opposite.

> Peaches: "Do I look okay? Louis?"
Louis: "Okay doesn't even begin to cover it."

Okay can't cover what Peaches looks = Peaches looks way better than just okay.

In any case, you were the first who cared about the context.

I didn't vote anything in that question. I wish someone would write a simpler answer.

Ice Boy

I think a cost analogy would be good here.

user116848

@DamkerngT. Oh, hi again

user116848

@DamkerngT. Yes at first I thought the opposite too. But I'll have to watch the cartoon to confirm it :-)

Ice Boy

A hundred dollars does even begin to cover the expenses.

user116848

:-D

Ice Boy

7:26 PM

Saying you're "sorry" doesn't even begin to make me feel any better.

user116848

@DamkerngT. If you can confirm it somehow then I'll change my answer. But Peaches is an elephant in the cartoon that's why I guessed what i guessed :-)

Damkerng T.

Actually, the other answers are correct.

(Sorry, I went away for a bit.)

Hello @IceBoy!

Ice Boy

@DamkerngT. Hi pal!

Damkerng T.

> Those measures do not even begin to address the problem.

= Those measures can't address the problem.

Ice Boy

good one^

:-)

Damkerng T.

7:34 PM

= Those measures are really nothing. Don't begin mentioning that they can cover the problem.

user116848

Or may be Louis is having fun with Peaches (since she is an elephant) that by saying "....cover it" he means 'you are so big that even saying okay won't even cover the whole you'. May be.....may be you are right. I don't know.

user116848

I answered just for the sake of answering :-)

Damkerng T.

I didn't see the movie. But if Louis meant that it must've been irony.

user116848

I didn't watch it either

user116848

Just searched about the character

user116848

7:37 PM

Let's see....

Damkerng T.

A normal reading would be as I said (~ the other two answers said).

user116848

Yes a normal and easier reading is that "Peaches looks pretty" :)

Damkerng T.

No. It's rather literal.

20 mins ago, by Damkerng T.

> Peaches: "Do I look okay? Louis?"
Louis: "Okay doesn't even begin to cover it."

"Okay doesn't even being to cover your look."

user116848

So 'pretty' in this sense? Not ugly?

user116848

Even.....er..elephants :D

Damkerng T.

7:39 PM

When okay is not enough, it would mean that your look is way better than that.

However, as movie scripts usually do, they might've picked to deliberately use a less common meaning (as in irony).

user116848

I see.

Damkerng T.

Movies are full of "pun intended" and sometimes non-native speakers are not able to tell.

user116848

Yes that is true

Damkerng T.

(I'm talking generally, not about you in this case. In this case, we both still haven't seen the movie, so it's hard to tell.)

user116848

But if I watch the cartoon then may be by the manner of them talking I might get the idea and the jest

user116848

7:42 PM

Yeah np

Damkerng T.

Yup. And I'm sure that you'll be able to tell its meaning once you see it.

user116848

Yes. But I don't like watching cartoons or animation :-)

Damkerng T.

Hehe :-)

I've seen Ice Age 1 and 2, I think.

Maybe a bit of 3.

user116848

Yes I watched 1 in the past.

Damkerng T.

I'm not sure what that creature is, but he was funny. :-)

user116848

7:45 PM

Yes it seems funny :-)

Damkerng T.

I think he's the main character that helps the sequels to exist. :)

user116848

May be he is like the little one in most cartoons that plays jokes on every one.

Damkerng T.

Without this guy, I bet that Ice Age 2 would've been a flop.

user116848

Yes, funny cartoons are fun to watch.

Damkerng T.

Oh, heck, he was a squirrel! (According to IMDb)

> Scrat the sabre-toothed squirrel was a creature that lived about 20,000 years ago during the days of the Ice Age, surviving the unmercifully cold climates and dodging danger of all varieties on a constant, everyday basis. Scrat's primary goal in life was to find a place to stow his beloved acorn, an acorn that Scrat was more than just a little attached to, risking life and limb to attain it.

Squirrels in my garden look much cuter than that! (But probably less funnier. :-)

I think squirrels are funny by nature. :)

Oh, that makes sense. Squirrels in my garden seem not to do anything else but pick some nuts, bury them somewhere, and go pick some more again. :)

user116848

7:54 PM

Yes squirrels are little devils :)

user116848

Yes I think I remember the sabre-toothed squirrel from the cartoon

user116848

And that funny character from the Lion King :)

Damkerng T.

I've forgotten almost everything about Lion King. It was a long time ago.

user116848

Yes it is very old.

user116848

@DamkerngT. So yesterday oerk was telling me to link the pic that I pasted in my answer.

user116848

7:59 PM

I told him in the comments that I got it off the google images but couldn't link the site because it was some commercial site.

user116848

So how could I have linked the pic?

user116848

Any ideas? Because oerk was very persistent on telling me to link the pic.

Damkerng T.

Oh, you should do that.

user116848

Oh, all the comments got deleted in the answer though (In the pic answer).

Damkerng T.

Copyrights aren't taken lightly in the US, and SE is US-based.

user116848

8:01 PM

Yes I know due to copyright he wanted me to give some link.

Damkerng T.

Now, there is a thing that called "Fair Use", which is basically an exception if we use other's work fairly.

However, it's much safer to use public domain stuff.

user116848

So I gave the link to the page I got it from. I mean the images page [here] (eduplan.us/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/…)

Damkerng T.

Where is your answer again?

user116848

2

A: One of my favorite movie / one of my favorite movies

So "One of my favorite movies" is correct. It is like saying "One of the balls (i.e. one of the many 'balls') (not ball)

user116848

So any ideas here as to how to link this pic?

Damkerng T.

8:05 PM

You can do something similar to what I did in my profile.

user116848

haha let me look again

Damkerng T.

"ASIMO, signing the word 'Hello'" by Honda News, used under CC BY / Cropped from original.

user116848

So I should have given the university reference. It was on some uni page actually.

Damkerng T.

In your case, you can do something a bit more casual, I think, like: Source: http://...

user116848

Oh, I see. Thanks Damk

Damkerng T.

8:07 PM

Or Image source:

My pleasure!

user116848

2

A: One of my favorite movie / one of my favorite movies

So "One of my favorite movies" is correct. It is like saying "One of the balls" (i.e. one of the many 'balls') (not ball) (Image source: http://www.eduplan.us/careers/branding/ )

user116848

Okay I put the source

Damkerng T.

Yay!

fahdijbeli

8:44 PM

hi

Damkerng T.

Hi!

user116848

10:12 PM

@DamkerngT. You were absolutely right :-) (I changed my answer) (Fumble fingers said what you said)

Damkerng T.

Ah, I see. I'm glad that you understand it now. :)

user116848

Yes totally

user116848

I think I should have listened to you. FF gave me -1

user116848

It's always the simple thinking that helps. I was thinking complex.

Damkerng T.

nods

user116848

10:21 PM

I have heard that in every field simple thinking helps

Damkerng T.

Simplification is not simplistic. :)

user116848

Yes ha,ha :)

user116848

So you on computer or mobile? I am on computer that's why when I leave or switch it off my avatar disappears :-)

Damkerng T.

I'm on both. It depends.

user116848

Ah, that's nice

Damkerng T.

10:23 PM

But I'm usually on PC.

user116848

Me too

Damkerng T.

If my response is obviously slow, chances are I'm on my iPad. :)

user116848

LOL

Damkerng T.

I still can't type fast on my iPad, no matter how hard I tried. :)

user116848

I have never tried any iPad. Desktop works fine for me :)

Damkerng T.

10:25 PM

But you have a smart phone, probably iPhone?

user116848

Do you leave your computer on in the night?

Damkerng T.

I usually keep this PC running.

Basically, there are two PCs always running in my office.

user116848

I see

user116848

So what settings do you use? I mean for power and safety for hard disk etc.

Damkerng T.

Energy saving, I believe.

user116848

10:28 PM

@DamkerngT. No I use the old ones :)

user116848

I don't use internet on my cell phone

Damkerng T.

This one is a bit typical. The other one, which is my main server, is a particularly low energy consumption model.

And it has no screen attached.

user116848

Screen attached? Monitors are not attached

Damkerng T.

Yup. No keyboard, no mouse, no display (or monitor)

user116848

I see. So it's like a backup one

Damkerng T.

10:30 PM

I typed a period there, but somehow it didn't work. :)

@Arrowfar It's actually the main one.

But no one is really sitting in front of it.

user116848

hah So how does it work? I don't understand

Damkerng T.

Hmm... It's kind of office server, which really works as server.

There are many ways to control it.

The simplest ones are Telnet and Secure Shell.

I think I disabled its Telnet port a long time ago.

user116848

Telnet

Telnet is a network protocol used on the Internet or local area networks to provide a bidirectional interactive text-oriented communication facility using a virtual terminal connection. User data is interspersed in-band with Telnet control information in an 8-bit byte oriented data connection over the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). Telnet was developed in 1968 beginning with RFC 15, extended in RFC 854, and standardized as Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Internet Standard STD 8, one of the first Internet standards. Historically, Telnet provided access to a command-line interface (usually...

Damkerng T.

Yes. Exactly!

user116848

So it's like networking?

Damkerng T.

10:33 PM

Of course.

user116848

That's new for me. I didn't know :)

user116848

Searching Secure Shell.

Damkerng T.

It's kind of an internal network. :)

user116848

Hmm right

user116848

Secure Shell

Secure Shell (SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol for secure data communication, remote command-line login, remote command execution, and other secure network services between two networked computers. It connects, via a secure channel over an insecure network, a server and a client running SSH server and SSH client programs, respectively. The protocol specification distinguishes between two major versions that are referred to as SSH-1 and SSH-2. The best-known application of the protocol is for access to shell accounts on Unix-like operating systems, but it can also be used in a similar fashion...

user116848

10:35 PM

You are very computer savvy.

Damkerng T.

I once was a hell of a programmer. :)

user116848

So what changed?

Damkerng T.

Or so they said.

I turned my interests into something I think more interesting. :D

user116848

So what's this new interest?

Damkerng T.

Did I tell you that I conceptualized something similar to iPad two years before the first iPad came out. :)

user116848

10:37 PM

No way :-)

Damkerng T.

@Arrowfar Must be English-related. :)

@Arrowfar Oh, yes way. However, they rejected my idea because it was too outlandish, at that time.

Who would use computers with their fingers and hold one in their hands? They said. :)

Now everyone does it. :)

user116848

@DamkerngT. I see. So do you get paid for your this English related interest? Or it's just a hobby?

Damkerng T.

I use my own money in this venture.

user116848

Hehe. Like all of us here.

user116848

But I don't spend too much time answering lol

Damkerng T.

10:40 PM

:)

user116848

There are zillions of questions.

Damkerng T.

By the way, my spec was 8-inch, not 11 like iPad.

user116848

On ELL

Damkerng T.

Perhaps because I'm smaller than Steve Jobs. :)

user116848

LOL

Damkerng T.

10:41 PM

@Arrowfar True.

user116848

@DamkerngT. May be if you were in the US they would have appreciated your concept :-)

Damkerng T.

I guess so. I hope so. :)

user116848

Yes in the US people value such things unlike here

user116848

:-)

Damkerng T.

What really strange was they were those folks who were looking for the next YouTube (at that time). :)

user116848

10:42 PM

My country is far worse I'd say lol

Damkerng T.

On IT?

user116848

No I mean generally in laws, tech etc.

Damkerng T.

Oh.

user116848

Did they came up with any ideas for the next Youtube?

user116848

Youtube is fine as it is I'd say.

Damkerng T.

10:45 PM

The fact that they rejected my idea probably can explain why the next YouTube (or YouTube itself) has never been originated from my country.

user116848

I see :-)

Damkerng T.

Who knows what could happen if they accepted my idea. :)

user116848

Yes. Totally. Then you wouldn't be talking here lol

Damkerng T.

LOL

user116848

You would be taking sips of tequila :-)

Damkerng T.

10:48 PM

I probably come here anyway, trying to brew up something more. :)

user116848

haha

user116848

But here we never drink alcohol

user116848

Do you drink it?

Damkerng T.

Ah, I remember you told me that.

user116848

I mean I don't have any problem with it though :-)

Damkerng T.

10:49 PM

I did. I think I really don't anymore.

A little is probably okay. :)

user116848

Yes

user116848

Totally lol

user116848

Fumble Fingers gives very good answers here

user116848

Also at ELU

Damkerng T.

He is a highly knowledgeable person.

user116848

10:52 PM

Simple and good answers

Damkerng T.

I'm glad that we have him around.

He tricked me to post an answer a few times. :)

user116848

Yes. Whenever I post a question I hope it gets answered by someone top notch like him :-)

user116848

@DamkerngT. Yeah? Howcome? :-)

Damkerng T.

Hmm... I think it's not that hard to find some of them. Let me see.

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A: The summer training or (just) summer training

Though both StoneyB's answer and FumbleFinger's comment have already discussed the four "the"s in your question, I would like to provide additional information about articles, in hope that it'd be useful. Using articles properly is difficult for learners, especially the learners who speak langua...

@Damkerng: I was kinda hoping you would provide the answer! (I don't think I have time right now.) So far as I'm concerned, the first the before training has got to go (they could either be kept or not for the other two). But I think "countability" is relevant, in that fields are countable, and that one needs the article. — FumbleFingers Feb 13 at 18:30

See how he tricked me. :)

Yes, it's an excellent answer. Those two "basic rules" (which I would have struggled to identify so clearly myself) cover the vast majority of cases learners actually need to become familiar with. So it's good that you stick to those and avoid digressing into "exceptions" that might be interesting to a few (advanced learners and even native speakers), but are likely to be just intimidating/confusing to many more of what I imagine are our target audience. (My comment ploy to "tickle" you into answering obviously worked out well! :) — FumbleFingers Feb 13 at 22:32

user116848

Hehe

user116848

10:56 PM

you give very elaborate answers :)

user116848

+1 from me too!

Damkerng T.

In a perfect world, my answers would be similar to that one. :)

Oh, thanks!

user116848

In real world? So you teach English in real life?

Damkerng T.

I mean, I don't want to really post a long one. I want something that is to the point, and if it's getting long, it should have some kind of sections or such.

Nope.

user116848

I have noticed too many one or two liner answers that accumulates tons of votes :-)

Damkerng T.

10:58 PM

Though I casually taught some who are close to me, and helped those who asked me sometimes.

user116848

That's very nice of you.

Damkerng T.

@Arrowfar It's quite natural. People don't want to read something too long.

Thanks!

user116848

Whenever someone asks me I guide them too :)

Damkerng T.

See, you're kind, too. :)

user116848

hah

Damkerng T.

11:00 PM

I think most answerers here or on ELU must have at least some level of desire to help.

user116848

Yes. I have asked that question on ELU chat too. They all say that they like doing it.

user116848

It also helps with our learning and such

Damkerng T.

nods -- Oh, this reminds me of what some people say, the best way to learn is to teach.

user116848

Also there are other interesting SE sites as well. I drop by in them from time to time

Damkerng T.

I haven't checked it out, but I wonder if there is an accounting stack on SE. :)

user116848

11:03 PM

Yes teaching is the best way to practice what we learn

user116848

@DamkerngT. Yes I have waiting for that :-) (I also did my part in the Area 51 for that)

user116848

*have been

Damkerng T.

Oh! So it's started out already.

user116848

No it's in the very early stage. Like 9% complete iirc

Damkerng T.

Ahh... Gotta go. It was a very nice chat with you. See you soon!

user116848

11:06 PM

See ya!

user116848

Bye

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