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Welcome, welcome one and all! :wave:
It makes me feel bad when people describe themselves like that, although I will be the first to admit I do the same thing. I hope you will like it here and find many new forum friends. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mina Catarina
I do the same...I think deep philosophic thoughts while posting in the games forum. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by TurkeyBLT
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Welcome :D
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everyone!
hey,
i'm isaac.
i admittedly despised literature when i was growing up. but coming to college made me grow quickly. i fell in love with ginsberg's 'howl' and it was after i realized how fascinating poetry could be that i became hooked. so here i am now, a student with great hopes for what literature can offer.
i read a lot, but i feel that reading just doesn't cut it. through literature, i can be lifted and supplanted to a different realm, but if i keep these experiences to myself, i find that i have a tough time actually experientally relating to what i read.
so i guess thats why i joined this forum. sort of like an anonymous support group, no faces, no hand gestures, just the purity of language, just speech, and just the flow and release of ideas. if anyone wants to let me know where to even begin here on the forums, please--help would be greatly appreciated.
peace for real,
isaac.
Hi there youngdone. :)
Hi Brother Isaac. You can begin however you like, but based on your statement you might want to read through the poems, poets and poetry section. A great many of the members also post their own poetry in the writing/personal poetry section.
General literature (the area to discuss authors not found on the author list as well as just general lit discussion.) can be found here, and you can chat and play games in the general chat section.
Hello to all newcomers -- you will love this site! :wave:
Hello,everyone!I'm Yanni kang,a newcomer here........Now I must go and look arond.
Hi all! I hope you all enjoy yourself over here; talking, discussing books and playing creative games! :)
Hi all. I am a writer and actor seeking info about chautauquas. help will be appreciated. Thanks. Cliff.
Hi everyone,
I've made a couple of posts here and I've been really enjoying reading other peoples posts, but I'm yet to introduce myself really.
I'm an English Literature student in New Zealand. I also major in Maori language and Maori studies if that is of any interest to anyone...
After spending my first few (!) years out of High School, getting drunk and falling down a lot, I decided to go to University on a whim, just to learn another language really (Maori). Anyways, one trimester I had a spare time slot to fill so I decided to take an ENG-LIT paper too, and now I'm a essay-loving, poetry-devouring, literature junkie. That's not to say that I never read critically before, or that I never had quasi-intellectual (and often drunken) literary discussions, it's just that I never wrote the essays. But now I do, and I love it.
The ironic thing is, I actually received an automatic scholarship to study English literature after I got 96% or something in my final High School exams (in NZ we call it Bursary??). But at that point in time (age 18), I was convinced that I would never go to University, let alone to study English. No, no. My primary aim was to get drunk and fall down!
That well and truly accomplished, I am now free to be an almost teetotaling (almost...) poetry nut who likes to sing and draw and read. Hiya.
I would put favorite authors, books, poems etc, but there are so many it's ridiculous. Oh well, maybe a few:
Yukio Mishima, David Foster Wallace, E.E. Cummings, T.S. Eliot, Patricia Grace, Anais Nin, Knut Hamsun, Jane Austen, Janet Malcolm, Stevie Smith, Philip Larkin, Rosemary Wells, Tove Janson.
And on and on....
I really like this forum.
Hi Cliff Gravel. I don't know what's chautauquas so I am sorry for not being able to provide any help. I hope you get to find information about it.
Hi Aunty-lion! Welcome to the forum. I am glad you are liking this forum. :)
Hi All,
My name's Sue and im new to these forums so thought id stop by and say hello. Ive been looking for a good literature forum for a while and this looks like a chatty place, look forward to chatting to some of you soon.x
I don't know about Maori studies or the language. But, I think I have read a short story on a Maori village (I think the name of the story was also the same). Does this place have hot water springs? The only thing that I remember is the springs with medicinal properties. Do you know of such a short story? Or am I imagining reading it somewhere? Or is it someplace else that has hot water springs?Quote:
Originally Posted by Aunty-lion
Oh, I almost forgot...
Welcome all newbies :wave:
:D :D
Hi all! Looking very much forward to speaking with you in the forums. Believe me, it's a lovely, friendly, happy place, and many opportunities for intellectual (quasi- and otherwise):D discussions.
Welcome to all the newbies. Nice to see fresh "faces" here. ;)
Hi Madhuri,
Yeah, Maori is the name for the indigenous people and language of New Zealand. We have a lot of thermal pools and springs in NZ, especially in places like Rotorua and Taupo. Maybe that was it?? Apparently they are very therapeutic, but I'm not an expert.
Thanks for the welcome, I'm really enjoying the forums.
That is an intersting mix - hi there, fellow Kiwi!Quote:
Originally Posted by Aunty-lion
As Kiwi Aunty has said, there are literally hundreds of hot water springs and spas around and most would have had a Maori village nearby, in the past, mainly for cooking. The only one nowadays where a village is preserved, is Whakarewarewa, in Rotorua.Quote:
Originally Posted by Madhuri
Some of the hot springs do have mineral-enriched water which has actual therapeutic benefits, but several are also home to the amoeba which causes amoebic meningitis - a fatal disease.
Hello. I'm Shannon and I own more books than articles of clothing. I'm a dirty tree killer.
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by CountingSheep
If thats the case you are in the right place! welcome!
Kia ora Aunty lion!
Hey, are you also from New Zealand? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
I agree! Welcome Shannon! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
Thanks for the warm welcome!
hey. i'm new. my name's Jessica. sup!? i do have a question... how do you get an avitair? lol hehe srry.
Hello, everybody.
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Well, as long as you don't count down a redwood just to make one toothpick, it isn't too bad. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by CountingSheep
This is one site for free avatars here. If you don't find any you like you can always do a google search. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by lovemysweet5678
Hi everyone!
Thanks for all the warm welcomes.
Wow! You sure do know a lot about hot springs The Atheist (that feels funny writing a name that begins with a "the" hehehe). I'm now feeling glad not to be a hot-springer myself (not being a major fan of fatal diseases).Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Kia ora ki a koe hoki Niamh. Kei te pai rawa atu tou reo Maori!
Hi Friends,
i'm soumyakans and i hail from a country and do a job very different from most of you. Software is my profession and literature is my passion. i take to books of any field - fiction, philosophy, sociology and Science. i particularly enjoy classic literature (Oscar Wilde, Thomas Hardy, Somerset Maugham and O.Henry are my most favourite authors). My next bext interest is theoretical Physics as i had graduated in Physics before entering the Software field. i'm trained in Indian classical dance and music and enjoy almost all forms of Music that i come across. Its nice to meet and know you all. Hope to interact more with you through the Literature framework.
:blush: All i knew was Kia Ora! but i think i understand you!Quote:
Originally Posted by Aunty-lion
Hey i'm new here so thought i'd say hi. So, HI!:wave:
I'm a UCLan 2nd year student studying English Langauge with English and American Literature.
I love motorbikes, football, figure skating, linguistics and traveling.
Hope everyone is sweet as,
Love and hugs.
x x x
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hello and welcome!:D
I'm a new member here (thought I've already post twice sorry...:blush: )
writing from Milan, Italy.
I generally love reading but what I love the most is reading in English because it helps me in learning new words and keep the language alive and rich (or so I do hope!)
I've started reading in English with light books as Bridget Jones Diary, because I thought they were more at my level, but in the last two years I've moved on British History Books and English Literature Classics.
I'm currently reading Jane Eyre and I'm enjoying it very very much! The plot is so charming and the English of Charlotte Bronte is a pleasure to read.
Beside reading I also love animals (I have 4 cats :)) and nature, when I have the possibility to leave Milan for a while I like to take long walks through woods or national parks.
I love drawing, sewing and go to the cinema :)
and doing the shopping of course! :D
I hope to find friends here to discuss about books and maybe history!
thanks everyone to be here :)
Welcome to lit net Ann. We have a few members here from italy. Italy is my favorite country in the world to visit. I absolutely love it all. I hope you will like lit net. Please feel at home.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anne Boleyn
wow thanks for the beautiful welcoming! so nice for me to see you love my country! In which cities have you been?
never been in NY yet but it's in my list of places I must visit as soon as possible ;) ...they say it is the most "European" city in Us, is this true?
Hi Anne and welcome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anne Boleyn
I love Italy too, i've spent two weeks in Rome once and just passed through Verona. It is an amazing country, full of history and i just love those narrow streets.:)
I've just joined, so, hi and I hope I have a great time on here!;)
Hi all! :) Enjoy your stay here.
Well, I've been to just about most of the major cities. My family is actually from a town near Avellino. So I've been over a few times. Is New york like a Europewan city? I don't know. It does have lots of culture, but being 8 million people makes it different from any city I know. The shear size of it, and of course the skyscrapers, makes it different. Lot of people of Italian ethnicity here though. :) Like me. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Anne Boleyn