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Chat with students, Sue in Japan, Ying Lan from Taiwan, Nicia from Brazil, Gosia from Poland, guest Amer from Turkey - and teachers Vance, Michael, and Maggi

June 4, 2000

This chat took place almost entirely in the voice chat room and in the accompanying text chat, which you can read in the logs. No one was at the Palace or Homestead text chat, so the only logs we have are from when people wrote in the voice chat. It started with Maggi and Vance talking to Ying Lan about what she’d read lately, and eventually we were joined by Amer, a Turkish man with a ready laugh living in New Zealand. Michael came along next, and after that, Sue in Japan appeared on Yahoo Messenger, and Vance let her know where we were so she could join us in the chat. Shortly thereafter Gosia from Poland appeared on ICQ, and Vance invited her to join us, which she did despite not having a mic. Though we’ve known Gosia for a long time, it was her first time to hear us talk, and we finally learned to pronounce her name correctly. Finally Nicia from Brazil appeared on ICQ and with some coaching from Vance and much persistence with her provider who kept bumping her, she too managed to be heard for the first time online. It was interesting getting to know each other in this additional dimension, and we look forward to actually hearing from Gosia next time!

Maggi has joined

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Status: Connected

Vance has joined

Vance: Hi. I'm putting on a mic

Maggi: ok

Maggi: mc on icq is his youngest son at the moment.

Vance: oh

Vance: Hi Ying Lan

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Vance: bye Ying

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Maggi: oh dear...Ying got bounced again.

Vance: I can hear you. Looking for mic

Ying: "I had grown daughters of my own, I felt like a lost child." The lady is a mother or not?

Ying: please answer the question by typing.

Vance: The lady is a mother if she has daughters

Maggi: ok...yes, she is a mother and her daughters are adults.

Maggi: I need to know the context to tell you why she feels like a lost child

Vance: or she feels lost or vulnerable

Vance: directionless

Maggi: it means you can be hurt easily...

Maggi: have no one to guide you...

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Vance: admire

Ying: jealous

Vance: Who was jealous? The lady who murdered her friend?

Ying: yes, she was.

Ying: Because they were falling in love with the same guy.

Maggi: jealousy is not good.

Vance: ok, but she would have done that despite her level of education

Maggi: that is an emotion and nothing to do with education

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Vance: one moment, on the phone

Vance: brb

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Michael: Is anybody talking?

Maggi: sure we are

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Maggi: Vance is on...was on the phone

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Vance: I'm back, adjusting sound

Michael: I may have mine in the wrong plug...

Michael: Can you hear me?

Maggi: can you hear us...?

Ying: NO...

Michael: I can hear you...

Michael: Now - can you hear me?

Ying: no

Ying: I heard you...

Michael: You don't fail Ying!

Michael: Like me?

Maggi: present company excluded...

Michael: Thanks Maggi!

Maggi: It comes with the turf...

Ying: Thanks ...

Maggi: I find those who speak English as a second language.sound very pleasant to my ear...

Michael: Interesting music Ying!

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Ying: hijeck

Amer joins as Guest298

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Michael: LOL!

Michael: My golf is terrible!

Ying: Hi, guest 298.. Have your name? change your name

Ying: Do you like to play golf?

Guest298: hi ying

Ying: It is a very expensive sport in Taiwan.

Ying: Hi,

Michael: I like golf Ying, but I don't play very often.

Ying: You could change your name

Maggi: you got cut off mid way mc

Michael: smile...

Vance: She likes Tiger Wood

Michael: Tiger Woods!!!

Vance: Woods, yeah, that one

Michael: 288 - what is your name?

Ying: 298 not 288

Michael: I mean 298.

Maggi: who is guest 298...cute giggle ^.

Vance: What don't you like Amer? Are you in the text chat too?

Maggi: ^just barely 298

Michael: And you're very soft. I can just hear you.

Maggi: it's a man!!

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Maggi: always...:-)

Michael: Maggi loves men.

Maggi: see

Ying: michael loves women, too.

Michael: Hello Amer.

Ying: hello amer..

Ying: How to pronounce your name. amer?

Maggi: Hi Amer

Ying: I met amer by icq and invited him to come here.

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Ying: Have no idea about Amer.

Maggi: Hi Sue

Ying: Hi, sue. you are late tonight.

Michael: Hello Sue.

Ying: SIt is time for you to go to bed

Ying: Sue,

Sue: sorry, i just came back now

Sue: HI, everyone.

Amer: <Type here to chat>

Amer: hi sue

Maggi: hot or hard?

Sue: hot

Sue: no sound here

Maggi: everyone is quiet

Michael: Maggi asked if you can still speak Chinese Sue?

Vance: Maggi asked if you can speak Chinese still, Sue.

Michael: Snap Vance!

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Michael: And 'mi hao' means 'how are you?'

Maggi: ni hao

Sue: yes.

Michael: Oh - ni hao.

Maggi: ni hao ma is more polite

Michael: OK.

Sue: ni hao ma seems like a question to ask if you are allright.

Maggi: at least that is what they tqaught us

Sue: ni hao, means how are you..

Michael: Should be OK Vance. Why?

Maggi: it was a long time ago...

Michael: New Zealand.

Ying: New Zealand

Maggi: wow

Sue: It is no problem for me

Vance: Sunday July 2 there is a conference in Barcelona

Michael: Amer - can you turn up your volume?

Vance: It's at 9:00 a.m. GMT, that Sunday

Vance: On Sunday June 11 I want to practice, at 9 a.m. GMT

Michael: Sorry Amer - I can only hear very softly.

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Michael: Sure Amer.

Vance: start / programs / accessories / multimedia / volume control

Michael: You're tempting me Vance!

Vance: you only live once, Michael

Sue: funny

Maggi: this is true...

Sue: oh?

Sue: Nobody pays me too

Michael: Then you understand Ying!

Amer: agree with you ying

Vance: what? can you write it?

Ying: amer?

Ying: How to pronounce the word "amer"

Amer: yes yingmy name is amer

Michael: How do you pronounce.....

Michael: Yes Amer we hear you!

Michael: Media Ring?

Vance: http://www.mediaring.com

Vance: In volume control / properties / options / recording

Vance: removed

Michael: She removed it from her pc.

Vance: snap

Sue: ha, i am back finally.

Vance: great

Amer: welcome sue

Sue: hi, Amer

Amer: hi sue

Sue: Amer is from New Zerland?

Amer: yes you?

Sue: I am chinese living in Japan now

Amer: nice to eet you sue

Michael: Nice to eat you???

Michael: LOL

Amer: hhahahahaah typing error

Sue: i am sour

Michael: And a good typing error! (good joke!)

Michael: I did Maggi.

Amer: michael i can hear you clearly

Michael: I knew what Amer meant!

Vance: faint

Michael: That's better!

Sue: See you next time, Ying.

Amer: thanks very much ying

Amer: take care

Michael: I'm glad you didn't go to bed when I came!

Vance: Nicia is coming, in case you want to stay just a litle while longer

Maggi: Nicia is going to try to come agaqin.

Michael: Can't hear you Ying!

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Sue: HI, Nicia

Amer: hi nicia

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Michael: Nicia came and went....

Amer: Sue do you have icq

Sue: yes, Amer.

Michael: You betcha!

Amer: can i add you

Michael: I'm busy but I am listening!

Sue: sure

Amer: ok my no is

Nicia: yes!

Sue: what is the meaning for " betcha"???

Nicia: how?

Amer: 74863284

Vance: yeah, you can read this?

Vance: I betcha means I will bet you

Nicia: mabe my microfone is out... I will check it

Sue: ok, i know it now.

Sue: i thought bite you

Maggi: you bet...

Nicia: no...

Maggi: in this case he was agreeing with me

Vance: Hi, ok, to help you with your mic ..

Nicia: oh...

Vance: So, do you want to test you mic?

Vance: your mic?

Nicia: mabe I need to do audio configuration...

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Vance: One way to test your mic is with sound recorder

Nicia: I dont know what is happening...

Nicia: yes... but they said I have problems...

Vance: start / programs / accessories / multimedia / sound recorder

Vance: To adjust volume: start / programs/ accessories / mulitmedia / volume control

Nicia: I will try

Vance: Then options / properties / recording

Sue: Amer's laughing is funny, with a kind of step

Maggi: yes...he has aq nice laugh

Nicia: mabe when the men who install my multimedia dont do it well

Vance: Can you hear us?

Nicia: I can hear!

Nicia: yes... but I´m angry again...

Nicia: yes... its complicate...

Vance: But each time you get closer

Nicia: yes... I´m close you...

Nicia: but I can talk...

Nicia: :(

Sue: I have to run now,

Sue: late for me, have to get up early tomorrow

Maggi: take care...:-)

Sue: bye, hope to meet you next week

Nicia: I can hear Vance very well.

Nicia: bye Sue!

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Amer: Aeronetical Engineer

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Nicia: I have problems...

Nicia: Nice to hear Maggi!

Vance: Yeah, I hope you speak German

Nicia: yes... but I´m without microfone...

Maggi: oh...

Maggi: maybe next time

Nicia: yes... thank you!

Amer: my icq no 74863284

Nicia: about what?

Vance: http://www.netword.com/webheads

Nicia: I will do it in english...

Amer: this is my icq no

Nicia: it is in portuguese yet

Maggi: ok...got you Amer

Nicia: I will put you there...

Nicia: hi Michael!

Maggi: Michael can only hear us Nicia.

Nicia: but he can see the text chat?

Maggi: I don't know if he is looking ...

Maggi: he is writing emails and listening

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Michael: Good one Maggi!

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Gosia joins as Guest241

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Maggi: Hi..

Guest241: I can hear but what next :)))

Vance: OK, press F9 and talk to us

Vance: You have to hold down the F9 key

Guest241: Hi - but I think I will not be able to answer you

Guest241: I have got but I think there is something wrong

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Michael: That's right!

Guest241: In my life :))) ?

Guest241: I found something and I hope to book it on monday

Vance: Great!!

Guest241: I am going for about 1month

Vance: oh, and then returning to Poland?

Guest241: I want to study a little bit and I hope to spend good time

Guest241: perhapse to relax ( but I think it is not good place to relax

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Vance: England? Yeah, but you've been there before

Guest241: I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vance: Yeah, no mic?

Guest241: yes I was but I want to improve my english

Guest241: I've got microphone but there is something wrong

Vance: Can you set the volume?

Vance: You do it by start / programs / accessories/

Vance: multimedia / volume control

Vance: Options / properties / and click on recording

Guest241: no because I think it isn't installed right

Vance: and then you set the volume

Guest241: woo - subcject MAKE _ UP :)))

Guest241: It's good but you know with moderation

Guest241: I like make-up but not mask :)))

Vance: that sounds reasonable

Michael: Well I've done all my business. Bed soon....

Michael: LOL

Guest241: if you have make-up you can feel more sure yourself

Guest241: Maggi can you repeat what you have just said

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Guest241: Who is Amer

Maggi: why would you feel more sure with makeup...?

Guest241: thanks

Guest241: Please keep your fingers tomorrow because I have the exam

Guest241: the lat one

Maggi: I will

Guest241: hm ..

Guest241: almost perfect :))))

Guest241: yes ;)))

Guest241: yes :)))

Guest241: next time I will try to get micriphone - I mean a goood one :)))

Guest241: Vance how I can change my wonderful name :))) ( guest 241)

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Michael: lol

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Gosia: and I live in Poland :)))

Nicia: Finaly!

Gosia: Good Noigt

Michael: lol

Michael: Ciao.

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Nicia: can you hear me?

Maggi: no

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Maggi: I can see you trying but I don't hear anything

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Vance: To adjust volume: start / programs/ accessories / mulitmedia / volume control

Nicia: what´s the problem?

Vance: Then options / properties / recording

Vance: And then you adjust the mic volume in the control panel

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Gosia: Sorry but I have to leave you - you know duties :))) ( Maggi I have the exam in German - and know nothing :))) )

Gosia: I will try to be next Sunday

Gosia: Bye!!!!!!!

Gosia: Pa !!!!!!!!!!

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Maggi: oh dear...in German..lyuk

Nicia: who is Amer?

Maggi: Amer is in New Zealand

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