I am nothing near a polyglot. Just have a knack for language. I studied English in college and spent a lot of time on linguistics and linguistic anthropology because it is fascinating.

I've tried to varying degrees of success to learn a dozen languages the last two decades. So far, French and Mandarin are the only ones growing at any pace.

Good grief, with the zoom boom, I should try to find a French language exchange!

Still, living in Taiwan makes Mandarin far more important.

Other than that, a bit here and there of Japanese, Latin, Old English, Tagalog (my partner is Filipino as well as my daughter), and some things here and there of Spanish and German.

IDK, language has always been one of those things my brain moves into, deconstructs, and absorbs readily. I just don't have the willpower to stick with it until I achieve certain levels of ability.

Still, language exchange is a good idea!

I dont think I belong here. :(

Sorry! We went a bit mad.

you're fine Art :) just some good old fashion RP :) your welcome to join in :) its just that Rus and Kate both speak French :)

It's really enjoyable and very hard to control when two characters click.

I'm sure Rus can see Kate's inner Ravenclaw shining huh? :D

No thanks. I'd rather just be removed. Please do that ASAP.

I love the interaction going on but unfortunately I don't speak or read French.  I have down that Bella can but was hoping we could just note that our players were speaking French.  Having to try to google translate everything being said is going to be very time consuming, and then time consuming again to try to respond back in French.  :/  I apologize profusely for not being able to communicate in anything but English, but I'm actually quite a bit older and we were never made to learn other languages in school and circumstances in life have prevented me from being able to have time for extra learning.

The RPOL language code is extremely effective at this kind of thing, neither I nor Sara speak French so it is all gibberish to me either way, but the tools are there if you all want to use them I can help talk you through the procedure.

Oh, apologies. I really didn't mean to get carried away. Though I was having fun and enjoying the RP, it certainly is not fun for others to feel alienated. And it is no good to potentially derail the game.

I really mean that, sincere apologies.

I think it is fine for us to shift to the "we're speaking French" sort of comments or using the RPoL language codes, yeah.

@ Kate - Yeah, Ravenclaw is certainly there. Rus is a rather solid Hufflepuff and an extrovert. Which is stupid hard for me to RP. Him being chipper and friendly is so not my personality in the least. But it is fun to RP outside your comfort zones occasionally.

@ Arthur - I am very sorry if I played a part in you feeling that way. It was not my intention.

@e everyone - Apologies again. I'll be shifting to noting the language Rus is speaking rather than posting like that. Well, unless Kate is up for it and we're in one-on-one situation. If language groups are set up, I may try that.

We'll get back to Gringott's in a moment. JJ, Sara, Rus and Arabella should by now get a strong urge to investigate what's going on at Gringott's.

As for languages, it's ok to use French in short sentences, I did that now,too, but it is indeed better to just indicate foreign language. Unless you encounter a language for a first time.

Now Ive written myself out. Please remove me. This is the second time Ive made this request.

I'm sorry to hear you're leaving Arthur, but good luck. :)

updated my posts to have a translation of all the french i posted, using google translate

LOL!  I guess I should have waited but I used google to translate so I could post.  I'm really sorry to ruin the fun you were having, Kate and Rus.  It really was awesome.  *big hugs*

Edited my post ... got so wrapped up in translating I forgot that Marcus had spoken too.  I think I mentioned before I suffer from ditz moments ... a lot.  :P

*hugs back* glad to be entertaining for you Bella, :) any idea what houses you'll be going in?

I'm hoping for Hufflepuff but wouldn't mind Gryffindor if there needs to be some shuffling.

Ravenclaw or hufflepuff here :) Kate's an easy sort for Ravenclaw, but how much of that is because she's been alone most of her life, only relatives, tutors and the occaisonal business dinner being her only company.  Hence Fenny is her best friend every, her loyal fox that she's had for 5-6 years. So, how loyal would she be to her first true friends? That's hard to say, Would it be enough to eclipse her love of books, knowledge, reading, and solitude.  She has the hard working part down easily though :P she's an intellect caster though.

CAN I PLEASE BE REMOVED? THIS IS THE THIRD REQUEST.

You really need to give the HM a bit of time.  He is probably at work or taking care of other things and will get to your request as soon as possible.

She's most likely correct although one game i left still gives me updates some year and a half later...so..not all GMs react to the requests.

So who's up to post next and who's in favor of us rushing gringotts? :)

I’ll post here in a second and ready to rush to Gringott’s.

oh for those who are interested Fenny's description has been posted :) any feedback is welcome :)