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Blueali13 · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 8:55 pm Post subject: Oh no, not another one...!!

Hiya all, I'm another newbie and have been quietly following your posts for a little while now. I'm moving out to Ankara in late August after accepting a job there. My situation is slightly different as i'm a primary school teacher not an ESL'er. I haven't been to Turkey ever (Oh god! How scary!?!?!) but i'm going over to visit the school in about 4 weeks Laughing

I might need your help if i get wobbly before i arrive in Turkey from the UK and also i might have some 'stupid' questions to ask.

I've enjoyed 'listening' to your conversations and feel i kinda know ppl in Turkey already.

Catch you guys soon

FGT · Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 762 Location: Turkey

Welcome to (cyberspace) Turkey!

yaramaz · Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 4:44 am Post subject:

Feel free to ask away. We wont bite--- well, I won't anyway. Very Happy

vre · Joined: 17 Mar 2004 Posts: 371

Welcome

Can I ask the school?

Anyway, I'm in Ankara and we can meet for a coffee when you are here if you like. Dont worry. You will easily adapt!

Blueali13 · Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 4:59 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the welcome everyone!

->vre i'm going to be teaching at the British Embassy Study Group. It is really a school but due to legal reasons they have to call themselves a study group. I think it's because they follow the English National Curriculum. I'll be starting work there late Aug early Sept but i'm off to visit at the end of May. I'll get to meet my new children, meet the staff, tour round the school and get to see some of Ankara too. I'm also tagging along on a school trip to Cappadocia so i'll get to see some of the fantastic scenery aswell!

gelin · Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 144 Location: Istanbul, Turkey

I lived down the hill from the school. It's located near the British Embassy in Cankaya. They have an amazing turtle population and there is the sound of shells a'clacking come spring Smile

) It's truly amazing. I lived in Ankara for 7 years. I really liked it.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Turtles in Ankara? Don't turtles need a sea?

Blueali13 · Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 11:57 am Post subject:

gelin,

I was told that the Ambassadors wife was so taken with the turtles in the school grounds that she got the groundskeeper to move them onto the Embassy lawn so she could see them all the time! They all tried to escape as soon as they were there. When i go over in May a govenor of the school and i am going to liberate them!! Laughing

Blueali13 · Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 12:00 pm Post subject:

gelin,

I was told that the Ambassadors wife was so taken with the turtles in the school grounds that she got the groundskeeper to move them onto the Embassy lawn so she could see them all the time! They all tried to escape as soon as they were there. When i go over in May a govenor of the school and i am going to liberate them!! Laughing

Blueali13 · Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 12:02 pm Post subject:

gelin,

I was told that the Ambassadors wife was so taken with the turtles in the school grounds that she got the groundskeeper to move them onto the Embassy lawn so she could see them all the time! They all tried to escape as soon as they were there. When i go over in May a govenor of the school and i am going to liberate them!! Laughing

gelin · Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 144 Location: Istanbul, Turkey

Different kinds of turtles, dmb. They don't all need a sea.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I think these are what we in BritEng call "terrapins".

vre · Joined: 17 Mar 2004 Posts: 371

could be tortoises. Is the plural for tortoise tortoises? We get a lot of them in Ankara, casually walking down the road and nearly getting their lovely shells crushed by all the crazy turkish drivers. Some look ancient. I quite like them. I think terrapins are much smaller dimi?

Albulbul · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 364

One tortoy, two tortoise ?

For some reason Americans do not use the word tortoise. They call them turtles. Similarly they are blissfully unaware of what a "budgerigar" or "budgie" is.

Benighted colonial 'eathens !

Blueali13 · Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 9:22 pm Post subject:

How about the plural for mongoose??

Dear Santa,

Please can you bring me 2 mongooses...???
Er 2 mongi...?
Mongeese??

Ok, dear Santa, please bring me one mongoose. And another mongoose.

Love Blue Laughing