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   Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:   
      
    AH>  Different people have different preferred learning   
    AH>  styles... and if Denis's instruction in English thus   
    AH>  far has been mainly from textbooks I think it must   
    AH>  require a great deal of courage on his part to   
    AH>  interact with folks who routinely use colloquial   
    AH>  English in Fidonet echoes.   
      
    AK>  I also wonder about my speaking abilities.   
      
      
              I applaud your courage too, because generating language requires a   
   much higher order of skill than understanding it & when you're speaking aloud   
   you don't have time to consult a dictionary or a grammar book....  :-)   
      
      
      
    AK>  Maybe some day the echo writers in ENGLISH_TUTOR would   
    AK>  be able to talk a little via Skype and have a baptism   
    AK>  of fire. ;-)   
      
      
              Interesting idea.  I've often thought it would be nice to visit my   
   correspondents from Russia & elsewhere in person, but for various reasons the   
   chances are slim to zilch.  OTOH... one of the things many of us have learned   
   from COVID-19 is how to maintain contact with our nearest & dearest via Skype   
   (or Zoom or whatever) when we can't go out visiting the way we used to.   
      
      
      
    AK>  Although there is a difficulty -- you have a night   
    AK>  when we have a day. ;)   
      
      
              Yes... but it may not be insurmountable.  I see when you post from   
   Tommi's system that you're evidently a morning person, whereas Dallas & I are   
   not.  I'm just beginning to hit my stride at 8:00 PM local time... [chuckle].   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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