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Offline Mince

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Help needed
« on: July 11, 2007, 01:15:33 AM »
I have asked my students to post regularly on my student messageboard over the next eight weeks, so that I can check their punctuation, spelling and grammar. (I do this for free over the summer.) I let them chat about anything they want. If any of you are so bored that you would like to annoy and wind up some truly delightful students (aged 13 to 16), I could do with some help. All you need to do is post whenever you want about whatever you want - a bit like you do here. You even get an animated avatar.
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Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: Help needed
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2007, 02:26:14 AM »
Sign me up - I've got two good topics right off the bat.
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Re: Help needed
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2007, 05:22:12 AM »
Can I pretend to be a 14 year old girl called Amber, like last time?

I sooo-ooo picked up the lingo.
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Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: Help needed
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2007, 08:18:41 AM »
Quote from: Malc on July 11, 2007, 05:22:12 AM
Can I pretend to be a 14 year old girl called Amber, like last time?

I sooo-ooo picked up the lingo.

I think you may be confusing message boards with somewhere else, Malc.

As for the suggestion, Mince, I have never been so insulated in all my days, but so long as you don't even think about correcting my literature, I guess there's no harm in it...unless Malc does do his juvenile drag act.
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Offline Mince

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Re: Help needed
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2007, 10:18:40 AM »
Tarquin, I actually asked everyone here because their English is good.

I don't check the English of the adults - I have enough work to do with the students.

I believe that so far I have Dianne and Tarquin, which is great.

No, Malc, you can't masquerade as a 14-year-old girl. I would like your style of humour on my student board, however.

No one on the student board, including the adults, is allowed to give out personal information (for obvious reasons) except for me (and my name on the board is Malcolm). So you all need to choose a nickname. At the moment, the only other adult on the board (besides me) is a female friend from America who calls herself Feather.

There will also be a debate section for anyone who enjoys that kind of thing, though if you post in that forum you must do so to further the debate. (Humour, sarcasm and irony that does further the argument is allowed.) In Chat, however, anything goes.
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Offline Mince

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Re: Help needed
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2007, 10:31:53 AM »
Choose your avatar from here (or come up with your own animated avatar):

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Offline Mince

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Re: Help needed
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2007, 11:27:13 AM »
Please remember that there is no commitment here. You just post when you enjoy doing so.
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Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: Help needed
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2007, 12:04:50 PM »
Er...should we know where to find this forum yet, or are you just building up the tension for now? I don't know about Diane, but I'm a coiled spring here.
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Offline Mince

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Re: Help needed
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2007, 12:08:42 PM »
I have to register you on the board (since it's a private board). You can't register yourself. So you need to choose an avatar first.

Coiled spring indeed!
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Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: Help needed
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2007, 12:58:52 PM »
Can I have this one?

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Offline Mince

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Re: Help needed
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2007, 01:00:02 PM »
Yes, of course.

Now choose a username.
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Offline Mince

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Re: Help needed
« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2007, 01:02:17 PM »
By the way, my friend and I love the avatar. Where did you get it?
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Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2007, 02:15:15 PM »
I got it from http://www.animatedavatars.org/index.php .

There are some well dodgy avatars there, so if you're at all prudish or of a nervous disposition, you have been warned (that should guarantee a stampede to the site). It was the first site that Google offered me after I searched for 'animated avatar' - there appears to be many more.

Username:  Rufus

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Offline Mince

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Re: Help needed
« Reply #13 on: July 11, 2007, 02:43:58 PM »
Tarquin, I have sent an email to you. Tell me if you don't receive it.
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Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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« Reply #14 on: July 11, 2007, 03:37:53 PM »
Shall I tell you if I do receive it?

'Cos I did.

I await your instruction.
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