*cough cough* Uhhhh...Hey look! Someone even newer is right over there! . . . somewhere... I coulda sworn...
Alright, alright. So I'm the newest. I can take it. Been reading along for a day or two and thought I'd follow this trend of saying hi and introducing oneself before getting into the heated debates...errr...pleasant discussions with you all.
Huh. Funny. I don't seem to have too much to say.
About me, I guess? I'm an archaeology student from Ontario, just about to get my expensive piece of paper otherwise known as an undergrad degree. No idea what's next. Ummm...I like books and mythology and classical/medieval stuff and Arctic/Inuit culture and languages in general (any Irish Gaelic or Inuktitut speakers out there who want to get in touch?) and discussing/debating weird esoteric ideas on religion among other things, and actually I've also lately been stuck on thinking about processes of creation (as in art/creativity, not worldly genesis). Hmm. You know, I pretty much like everything, really. Oh, but I do know next to absolutely nothing about politics so I probably won't be joining any of those threads (for all our sakes). I also don't know much about OSC to tell the truth (maybe I shouldn't admit that), other than having read that essay on choices posted below -- but I seemed to have missed the boat for that topic. Next time, next time.
Yep. Well, that's me. And now the person who told me about this place must know exactly who I am while I'm stuck still guessing on his screenname. I'll find you in here yet, D...
Anyway, hi everyone!
~Asta~
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Welcome. Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Hello! Don't worry, you won't be newest long. Thanks for introducing yourself, and welcome to Hatrack!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome!
What's with all the newbies being college students? It's not spring break yet, is it?
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
I think you mean university students. Seeing as how a couple of them are Canadian.
*waves Maple Leaf*
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Welcome, Astaril!
I don't speak Inuktitut, but I know people who do. . . I've been to the North West Territories, at least, and yes, north of the Arctic Circle. My sister lived in Normal Wells, and I went to visit. What an interesting experience!
So now that you almost have your undergrad degree, what do you want to do next? Cuz I gotta tell you, the way you're describing yourself and your interests, you could pass for a writer. . . Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
I remember the first thread I started. It was the only one that lasted more than two pages. Haha. I just passed my 6 month mark in december.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
twinky, huh?
Posted by Mr.Gumby (Member # 6303) on :
Good to hear you're from the good part of Canada. jk all of Canada is... um... great...
anyways, welcome to hatrack
btw what part of Ontario are you from?
Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
Greetings! I'm glad you're here!
Medieval stuff, huh? You ever hear of the SCA?
I got a kit (cassettes and booklets) recently from the library entitled "Gaelic Made Easy" in an attempt to learn. It was most definitely NOT made easy. But I don't think "Gaelic Made Extremely Difficult and Confusing" would sell very well.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Greetings.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Hi, Astaril!
Hi, HesterGray!
Welcome to Hatrack.
(and hi, Gambusi!)
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Hello!
I'm liking this influx of Canadians! Where in Ontario are you studying, Astaril? I myself am a First Year student studying English/History/Politics at the University of Toronto.
Anyway, Welcome! Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
rivka, we call it university. College is something different here.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Oh. Ok. But . . . university has a relatively pretentious connotation here. College would be more generic.
*curious* What does college mean in Canada?
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
Canadians represent!
Wait, this isn't some sort of American Internet Brain Drain, is it? Can't we find our own web sites?
Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :
Hey! Greetings!
Yes, we call Universities "colleges" too, even though colleges are actually subgroups at universities (or stand-alone units). Strange, I guess.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Colleges (sometimes "Community Colleges")in Canada are what you might call Technical or Practical Post-Secondary Education. You tend to get a more hands-on approach and subjects taught there.
(someone correct me if I'm wrong)
Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :
I get it. I think we call the Community colleges as well, or technical schools.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Nah, Teshi, that's about right.
CANADIANS RULE!!!!! Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
You know, there are actually a fair number of Canadian posters here. (quid, I consider you Canadian even though you live far away )
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
quote: Hello! Don't worry, you won't be newest long.
Nope. Not at this rate!
This influx of newbies is great! Fresh blood always livens up Hatrack when the old fogies get too set in their ways.
quote: I also don't know much about OSC to tell the truth (maybe I shouldn't admit that)
Strangely enough, knowledge of OSC is *not* a requirement to be a Jatraquero. But I'm sure you will find plenty o' people here more than willing to get you hooked on him.
Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
Welcome.
quote: we call it university. College is something different here.
We call it university too, and college here is actually high school. Community college, I believe, is what we call polytech... Silly Americans. Even Canadians are more correct.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
And that's supposed to mean... Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I wouldn't necessarily say that University has pretentious connotations here. University just means that the school offers post-graduate programs, wereas a college only has undergraduate.
So, I did my undergrad at a University... but I always refer to it as where I went to college. Just 'cause it's more common usage. (Yeah, more common usage HERE. )
[ March 01, 2005, 11:19 PM: Message edited by: ElJay ]
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
quote: quid, I consider you Canadian even though you live far away
Twinky, that's so sweet! And correct, too! I am a Canadian, and I'm not giving up my citizenship just cuz I don't plan on ever living in that country ever again! It has many, many more advantages than a Sri Lankan passport has.
In Sri Lanka, colleges are schools - as in, grades 1 through A levels (it's based on the British System). University is for degrees. Funny, I only found out about that college thing a couple of months ago. Hmm.
Edit to add: Eljay, I didn't know that that was the distinction in the US, but it makes sense to me now. Thanks for clarifying.
[ March 01, 2005, 11:22 PM: Message edited by: quidscribis ]
Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
Oh, I didn't mean you Teshi. Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
quote:
Whatever anyone else says, I like that smiley.
quote:Twinky, that's so sweet! And correct, too! I am a Canadian, and I'm not giving up my citizenship just cuz I don't plan on ever living in that country ever again!
I meant that even though you live somewhere else, when I think of Hatrackers who live in Canada I think of you too. Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Twinky, that makes even more sense. I guess I'm still there in spirit a little bit. I love Canada, it's a great country. I just don't want to live there - I'd rather see the world. . . Expand my horizons . . . And not pay the terrifying taxes . . . Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
That's fine. I want to do those things too (and have been, or at least have started to). Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
It's fun. It's even better when there's a spouse involved.
And, uhm, Astaril, yes, we are in the habit of severely derailing threads here. Can't seem to help it. It's like a nasty addiction or something. So, uh, just join in the fray!
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
While I suppose that's possible, I'm in no hurry to find out. Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
Gah! Right. This board moves quickly. Well, to condense replies:
Thanks everyone for the welcome!
rivka: In fact, spring break was last week. Hardly spring. Definitely a break.
quid: That's awesome about going up north. I was up there last summer and fell in love. With the land I mean. Though otherwise, it might be a more interesting story... And as for that writer deal - funny - I've thought of that. Find me someone who wants my writing and I'm in!
Gumby/Teshi: I'm in Waterloo, currently. Originally from a little farm village by Georgian Bay. As of September, I'll be somewhere else. No idea where. But somewhere else.
Hester: I have indeed got some friends involved in the SCA up here, but I don't know too much about it. It does sound awfully fun. Mostly my medieval knowledge is limited to (very) mildly accurate re-enactments and swordfighting... I'm really a classicist at heart. And I don't think there *is* such thing as Gaelic Made Easy. Easy becomes a very relative term when applied to Gaelic. "Ádh mór" to you with that!
Bob: We can find our own, but using others' is so much more efficient. Incidentally, do I...know you? *dunhdunhdah* Well, that didn't take long. Your syntax is just too unique, I guess...
ElJay: I always wondered why they bothered with two names (college/uni) for schools down there too. Interesting.
As for the derailing, I *did* just join in by derailing your derailment and replying to everything else. Feel free to continue now...
Oh, but since everyone else is doing it... to the Canadians! Yeah!
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
quote: Oh, I didn't mean you Teshi.
Well actually, technically, I'm not a Canadian, but I like to defend my presently-adopted* country, even if I am yet to be adopted.
*I do not know where I intend to end up, yet.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
That's not quite what I meant, ElJay. I attended a university -- that is, as you say, a school that has both grad and undergrad programs. I meant, if someone said "Where do you attend university?" instead of "What college do you go to?" I'd think they were a bit of a snob.
Or a Brit. Or, apparently, a Canadian, or Kiwi.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
quote:Incidentally, do I...know you? *dunhdunhdah* Well, that didn't take long. Your syntax is just too unique, I guess...
You know Bob? Eeeeenteresting. I wonder if *I* know you. (I went to Waterloo and have known Bob since we were both very small.)
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Welcome Astaril!
I'm not Canadian, but I'm not American either, so I guess that makes me cool, or something. Anyway, welcome! Good to see you.
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
Know me? Why whatever do you mean?
<--- The very paragon of virtue.
Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
quote:I meant, if someone said "Where do you attend university?" instead of "What college do you go to?" I'd think they were a bit of a snob.
What if they said "Where do you go to uni?"
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Then I'd know they weren't from around these parts. Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
Well, Bob, you're the very *something* of gone-off virtue, anyway...
twinky, I don't think you do know me. I believe we've met once or twice in brief passing though. Or I may have been mentioned by Bob - don't really know? Hmmm, we could switch the guessing game on to you now since I solved my part already...
Oh, and, if someone has a second, how does one work that quoting someone else's reply magic?
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Here are some details about UBB code, which is what's used to do stuff like quotes, bolds, italics, and bulleted lists.
Also, I think I might know who you are. I'll have to ask BtL to see if I'm right. Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
quote: What if they said "Where do you go to uni?"
I detest that term.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Why?
I was kind of surprised the first time I heard it (which was in New Zealand), because despite five years at university it never occurred to me to abbreviate the word. I still don't, even though the abbreviation is certainly more efficient than saying or typing the whole word. Force of habit, I suppose.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
All my German friends say uni. *shrug* I've never heard anyone else use the term. Of course, I've never been to New Zealand.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Everyone I knew abbreviated it, too. But maybe that was just RedNeck Alberta.
Eljay, why are you still awake?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
To keep me company. Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
To keep rivka company.
I just got home, actually, and I need to wind down a bit before going to bed. Plus I've got quite a bit of interesting e-mail to read...
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Share share share!
I like interesting email. Too bad I hardly ever get any!
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
*yawn* Nope. Not this time.
Anyway, I am headed off now... goodnight all in other timezones or silly enough to be up this late! Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
G'night.
I'm gonna try to sleep too.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
G'night! Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
quote: Here are some details about UBB code
See, I'm a master already. Thanks, twinky.
And now I'll let this dead thread rest.
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to the Canadians! Yeah!
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