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dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

As a teacher I believe we should never give up on our students. But my patience is wearing thin.
Yes 31, I am talking about you. 31 is obviously an intelligent bloke with alot of experience about Turkey. Please say something positive about teaching EFL in Turkey.

yaramaz · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 12:43 pm Post subject:

dmb, I am currently channelling 31 (it's one of my TEFL- skills!) and he says, ' Gosh, golly, I sure do like lahmacun! Turkey is great for lahmacun- with or without ayran. And gosh, do I like ayran. Almost as good as a litre of G�zel Marmara.'

Oh, he is fading now. I'll try to re-chanel him later for more High Points of Turkey.

yaramaz · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 12:50 pm Post subject:

Oooh! Ooooh! He's back! Stand back...

'I love the anarchic way Turkish students apply definite articles to everything that didn't previously require one- I like being The Otuz Bir and I love living in The Istanbul in The T�rkiye. I also like to eating and to the playing football. Yay for linguistic anarchy!'

31 · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 1797

31 · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 1797

Just as I thought I was getting the quote function right I have messed up. Now I feel even more of a failure.

31 · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 1797

31 · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 1797

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Psst 31 yaramaz isn't British,

31 · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 1797

Oh that is why Yaramaz incorrectly uses gosh and jolly and talks about a pound account and worked in California for 350 dollars a month.

yaramaz · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 6:09 pm Post subject:

Er, otuz bir, my dear, I can say whatever I wish because English is a free language. And dang it but I did have a pound (er, Sterling) account--- in Turkey. And the California gig was via the internet not in situ. I see nothing wrong with any of these statements. You say them as if they were errors of some sort. How odd. You need to learn to nit pick better.

31 · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 1797

Yaramaz

I am not getting at you. Sorry about the pound account thing, that was pathetic. I don`t want any trouble with you and have enjoyed your posts. The whole chanelling thing I found a bit odd. That is all. I respect the fact that you put the time in working in Kayseri? it must have been challenging.

31

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

yaramaz · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:06 am Post subject:

Otuz bir- the channelling thing was merely the end result of not enough sleep and too many weird classes. Consider it temporary expermimental lunacy. You were merely the accidental recipient. �ok �zg�num.

PS Dang it.

corall · Joined: 23 Apr 2004 Posts: 270 Location: istanbul, turkey

i love it when you say that yar! Laughing

yaramaz · Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 9:43 am Post subject:

Aw, dang it, Corall- yer making me blush! Embarassed

(must be the west coast slow-talkin' doofus in me coming out... shucks!)