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dmb
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 Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 4:50 pm Post subject: Famous for 15 minutes |
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| Ok, it has been established that baba Alex and Molly are in the news. I heard that I was on tv last night- I was sitting next to the blond haired judge from Turkish fame acadamy on Nevizade when he got interviewed. I have been on tv before/ in the papers before and will explain later. So what is your claim to to fame? |
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I have met that tefl nazi Rod Bolitho. Does that count? |
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dmb
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I've had lunch with Rod at an IATEFL conference(at Bilkent) Why is he a nazi? |
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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| dmb wrote: |
| I've had lunch with Rod at an IATEFL conference(at Bilkent) Why is he a nazi? |
According to my Oxford Learner`s Pocket Dictionary a tefl nazi is:
''a tefler is someone who is wildly excited by tefl and reads, writes and talks tefl ad nauseum.''
BTW I stayed in the same hotel as him and had drinks with him. He was trying to pull a very handsome student and I have always wondered if he did pull. |
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dmb
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 11:58 am Post subject: |
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| I take it you are not a TEFL nazi then 31 |
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dmb
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Now now- no personal insults on this forum. |
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bigbadsuzie
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:44 pm Post subject: In defence of Rod |
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| I saw him once too,not so long ago ,he wasn't that boring and something he said I remembered. |
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dmb
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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| He is quite a regular in Turkey isn't he? I'd guess only Jane Willis is more regular |
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Golightly
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks to my wife working for Anavatan, Mesut Yilmaz was supposed to have turned up as a witness for our wedding. Unfortunately(?), the coalition governement of the time decided to collapse the day before, so Mesut had to stay in Ankara to try & become P.M. all we got instead was a lousy Finance minister - Ozdemir, if I recall correctly.
Mesut did phone us the following day though.
I also once got chatting with that utter knob who's a gameshow host *beep* light entertainment dork - can't remember his name, rather camp, wears glasses, presented carkifelek in the nineties. He was making a 'comedy' about the Byzantines in Aya Sofia.
Also knew (slightly) the chaps from Grup Vitamin (remember them?) |
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dmb
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| I taught Hulya avsar once. She was taking lessons with the school and her normal teacher was ill and I had to cover. |
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dmb
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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Remember Miss Turkey who came second in Miss world. The papers claimed that she didn't win because she couldn't speak English. My mate used to teach her  |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Entrailicus wrote: |
| Do you mean Jane 'I've got this great new idea called TBL' Willis? |
Or Jane 'Prabhu is a personal friend of mine' Willis. |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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| dmb wrote: |
| I take it you are not a TEFL nazi then 31 |
No but I used to be a tefl nazi. I used to go to EFL conferences and even gave a paper at one once. I went to the IATEFL conference when it was in your home town. (at Herriot Watt) |
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dmb
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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 I am surprised they let you in  |
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dmb
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Ah so this is your new project. Can I ask what your proposal is? |
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