h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Thank you for correcting my writing English.
I've not been any confident on neither my writing English nor spoken English. I don't know how much worse my English has become.
The thing I believe is that if I keep studying English, no, try to read, write and listen to English(BBC Radio through the internet) every single day, I think my Enligsh will keep the same level (especially writing), but it's very hard to keep my spoken English as I was used to be with my British/American friends without chatting, speaking directly with them or British people(people whose first language is Engish)

But I think if I keep come here from time to time and write English, I'm sure that I'll find lots more about everyday English in use

Do you think my Engish(writing) is very bad?

Taamyu - if you're still looking for someone to voice chat with, I could dig out my microphone and connect it up if you like

*injured look* So could I!!!

Joe
Hurray
Could you???
Well, I'll leave my message to your own space
The thing which I'm worried about that we have 8 hours time differences so we may have difficulties to decide the date, time... but I think we'll do
I'll rush to your space

And so could Kat

Kat,
What does *injured look* means?
Is it positive good meaning or negative meaning?

And "So could!!" means, I can do voice chat with joe?

I'm sure, now, my Engish writing will get better if I keep coming here
You and Joe are such a tremendous my English teacher

AAAaaaawwwww
Do you mean both of you can prepare for microphone
If so, I may teach you some Jpaanese as well if you want to

One thing, May I add you, Kat and Joe into my Friends' list here?

As far as I'm concerned - of course you can

Yup of course you can add me to your list.

The injured look was because Joe forgot that I can also talk on the internet, so it was negative and you picked it up second time

gotcha
I'll mail you, Kat from my PC.
And add you on my messenger list, too.
I suppose Yahoo is better for us as I haven't lots of freidns there whereas the number of msn friends has been increased
So, now I try to use Skype with some friend to whom I often do voice chat(only 3 friends). 2 of them are Japanese and one is French, so I don't worried about the time differences.

Such a wonderful thread here.
It's pity of me for not coming here for long time
Kat.

As you may read my space, I studied English Literature when I was university students and got MA Unbelievable.
I studied Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
My favourite one

Kat
I wonder if you delet my thread which I left my message to your space, Kat cooooooo (someting like that)
If you're not intereted in me, Please let me know.
But I'really talk with you about lot of things though my konwledge is fo poor.
I believe you and jo make me confidint both on myself and on my English too.
If you liesten to my English, You can find out how worse my english is

Taeko

Sorry I am here. I was reading something about bats. My computer is also having a tantrum and won't let me do more than one thing on the internet at the same time, which is why I haven't spoken to you on IM yet.

Hopefully I'll get it fixed tomorrow and will be able to talk to you then.

Wonderful

Looking forward to seeing you soon

Taamyu

Try to keep this threa, too

I read the headlines of today's Guardian.
One of them is said;
"Niger famine crisis 'at 11th hour'"
I can understand the outline of the article, but I don't understand the meaning of "at 11th hour"
Dose it mean they'll be dying "in" 11 hours?????
No, I don't think so.
The whole article is as below:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/famine/story/0,12128,1532354,00.html
Very sad story

Taamyu

Okay "11th hour" means at the most important and crucial time.
So if, for example, evidence on a crime case was rushed in, in "the 11th hour", it would mean that just at the important time when they really needed it, the evidence was brought in.

At least I *think* that's what it means

Thank you, Kat,
Gotcha.
I checked it with dictinary "eleven" and found the meaning which you explained
it seems that originally it comes the Bible

I thought "at the eleventh hour" meant the same as "at the last minute"?

Yup, like I said, at the most crucial moment before something is decided

What if the most crucial time was earlier, when the evidence was *really* needed... and although it didn't turn up, they got it just before the file was closed? That would still be the 11th hour