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and Richard in Sweden
This Sunday, love was in the air ...
[Moral and John were both participating in text mode only, no sound or voice, so the text chat log was rich with interaction. Where annotation has been necessary, the comments in italics and in brackets are Vance's]
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Status: Connected
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John: Vance, I don't have sound today. My granddaughter pulled my speakers out by their roots.
Vance: ok, let's chat in teh Palace for a while
Ying has joined
John: Ying. I don't have speakers today. We are in the Palace.
Ying: Hi, John.
John: Hi, Ying.
Ying: I am glad to hear that you are fine.
Ying: I have cold...
John: I'm sorry to hear that, I hope you feel better soon.
John: I had a cold for two weeks a while ago.
Ying: I got the cold in hosptial
Ying: My father gets asthma...
John: The hospital is an bad place to get sick.
Ying: Yes, it is.
Ying: It is hard to recover ...
Ying: I have been sick for two weeks.
John: I'm the only person in my family that doesn't get asthma.
Ying: Really???
John: Yep. It jumped over me, but I am the only person in my family with diabetes.
Ying: Diabetes? Do you like to eat candy?
John: Unfortunately, yes. And also cake and cookies.
Ying: o.k.
Ying: Are you in your office?
John: No, I'm at home.
Ying: It is Sunday...
John: Yes. My weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
Ying: I asked Vance...
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[Ying Lan and Vance have been talking in voice chat. Vance is at work because his weekend is Thursday and Friday, and Sunday is a regular work day for him ... maybe I should point out that Vance is at his place of work, but his time of work has finished ... in any event, Vance has asked Ying Lan if she has read anything interesting lately. She says she's been reading about love. Vance asks for clarification in text chat]
Vance: love?
Ying: A book called How to say love in English...
Ying: Hi love?
Vance: Lars
Vance: He's visiting Maggi
[Lars is the name of someone visiting Maggi this weekend, and Vance has clarified that in text chat (proper names are difficult for foreigners to distinguish from unknown words in a target language). Ying has visitors too, her two nephews, 9 and 12 years old. She puts them on the voice chat.]
Ying: My nephew
John: Say hello for me.
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Maggi: Hi Moral
Vance: Hi Moral, can you hear us?
John: Hello, Moral. I'm sorry, but I don't have any speakers today.
Moral: Hi there!
Ying: Hello
Vance: John can't hear us. So shall we chat here for a while?
Moral: Hi john! I never can speak and hear here.
Vance: That's ok, it's a good place to chat
Ying: Too bad.
John: Hi, Moral. My granddaughter pulled my speakers out and broke the cables.
Maggi: hard to go back and forth to the Palace though
Moral: John, I can not hear because of the connection.
Ying: It is very strange, you can stay here without sound.
Vance: No problem. We can talk or write, and it's better if we're all in one place
Maggi: ok...
Moral: yes ying.
Ying: I don't know why my brain is blank these days.
Maggi: brain drain
Moral: Vance - I tried tappedin but I only could use text chat with gmud so far.
Ying: I can not write something to express myself in English or Chinese.
Vance: So Maggi has a visitor this weekend
Vance: Ying Lan is reading love stories
Vance: John is reading journals
Vance: I'm working
Ying: It is not a love story...
Vance: What are you doing Moral?
Vance: Ok, tell us about it Ying Lan
Ying: Just a book teach people to say English.
John: Sorry, I was distracted for a minute. I have a new connection that SEEMS to be doing better.
Maggi: I'm living a love story...:-)
Ying: Really...?
Vance: This is really good news
John: Vance, I got your e-mail. Thank you.
Moral: I am doing nothing but chat.
Vance: Just with us or with other people around the world?
Ying: It is a book written by a girl who got the top grades in TOFEL.
John: They call that love?
Moral: only with you.
Maggi: LOL
Ying: She graduated from Harwad University.. got MBA degree.
Moral: all of you.
Ying: She teachs English on TV shows here.
John: Oh, My ICQ, for those who want it, is 72943269 - I'm called John Henry.
Ying: It is a book talking about how to say love in English.. like 14 ways to say " I love you."
Ying: 1. I'm crazy about you!
Ying: 2.You drive my crazy!
Vance: A whole book about 14 ways?
Ying: 3.You're driving me insane!
Moral: interesting.
Maggi: You drive me wild...?
John: I'm sure there must be more than just 14.
Ying: 4. I am infatuated with you.
Vance: You send me
Maggi: I'm sure there are John
Ying: I am obsessed with you.
Vance: You really knock my socks off
John: Really?
Ying: 6.You intoxicate me.
Ying: 7. I'm hear over heels for you.
Vance: head over heels
Maggi: I'm getting drunk...:-)
Ying: 8. I get weak-kneed whenver you walk by.
Vance: Do any of those apply to you Maggi?
John: Wish I could get drunk, Maggi.
Maggi: all and more
Ying: 9. You make me so lovesick. My heart pounds whenever you walk by.
Maggi: that one is soppy
Ying: 10.You make me feel like a million bucks!
Ying: 11. I feel like I am on top of the world when I am with you.
John: With inflation, I think that should be a billion.
Maggi: good if you are in the US
Ying: 12. I'm in heaven.
Ying: 13. Whenever you kiss me, I feel moonstruck.
Maggi: Some of those are old
Vance: Everyone is in a good mood today.
John: Ying has a cold, though.
Ying: 14. You take me breath away and leave me breathless.
Maggi: that one is ok
Moral: And any others?
Vance: That's redundant
Ying: I learn a new phrase to describe a girl... she is a high maintenance.
John: Maybe that should be two different ones?
Vance: high maintenance, that's not complimentary
Maggi: who cares Vance when you are in love
Vance: People really in love are low maintenance
Moral: If you say about a machine, it must work well.
Maggi: yep
Vance: Well, like a machine, if you have to spend a lot to maintain it, maybe you should be looking for a less expensive machine
John: But if it is the only machine that will work?
Vance: That's true. You have to decide what you want to spend on maintenance.
Vance: What about you Moral, I don't remember if you're married, or if you told us ...
Maggi: I don't want a machine I want a warm man
Ying: High maintenance... it is a bad word for a girl.
Vance: It just means you have to spend a lot of money
John: It means she costs too much.
Moral: I am still single and looking for a less expensive machine.
Maggi: I'm low maintenance
Maggi: but not a machine
John: Sorry, but all three of my daughters are already spoken for, and I don't think they would like to be called machines.
Ying: Pao-Sheng
Ying: Pao Chang
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Vance: I'm packing my things. I'm expecting my ride to appear in a few minutes
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Ying: She is a high maintenace woman.. .. she is spoiled.
Vance: Who is, Ying Lan?
John: Ok, Vance. See you next week.
Maggi: I don't think Moral really wants a machine
Ying: It is a sentence.
Vance: oh
Maggi: Take care Vance..-.
Ying: Just copy it from the book. '
Vance: I'm not leaving just yet .. just getting ready to rush out
Moral: You are right Maggi.
Maggi: take your time...don't rush
Ying: Sorry...
Maggi: no need to be sorry
Maggi: the guys are quiet
John: Love is never having to say you're sorry.
Ying: yes.
Maggi: sometimes it helps John...:-9
Vance: had to go to the little boys room
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John: That's a quote from an old movie (Love Story).
Vance: Now I've got to call Bobbi and tell her I'm not going home from work
Ying: Hello.
Ying: Guest 756
Maggi: sidetrack eh Vance?
John: But an important sidetrack.
Vance: Who's the new guest?
Moral: why Vance would rush? I missed some messages.
[Vance will have to leave in a minute when his ride arrives. Someone is coming to collect him and take him to Al Ain where colleages at work are gathering to attend a reception being held to pay respects to one of the officers where Vance works whose sister has just died. Since Al Ain is two hours away by car, Vance has to phone his wife Bobbi to say he will be late coming home.]
Ying: Guest 756, May I have your name?
Maggi: is that Sophie?
Guest756: yea
John: Hello, Sophie
Vance: Can you hear us Sophie?
Guest756: richard
Maggi: Hi Richarde
Ying: richard?
Vance: Or, Richard. Hi.
John: Hello, Richard
Vance: You can press Options and change your name
Guest756: nice to meet you all
Guest756: yea i see
Moral: Hi Richard! It must be you.
Maggi: welcome to the crazy romper room
John: Nice meeting you, to. I don't have sound today.
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Vance: There we are.... oops
Moral: I asked to Richard, a friend, to drop by.
Ying: Who is Richard?
Vance: That's nice. Is he in China, Moral?
Ying: Your Friend? ;Moral.
John: Do you think he got scared away?
Ying: I heard his voice.
Moral: Guest756 is Richard.
Vance: Sorry, I wasn't listening
John: Where id Richard?
John: sorry, is
Maggi: sweet dreams
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John: Welcome back, Richard.
Maggi: Hi there
John: I haven't seen Michael today.
richard: moral can you talking?
Maggi: MC is out maybe
Moral: I am not sure if it was.
Moral: He is in Sweden.
Ying: Who is in Sweden?
John: Richard is in Sweden?
Moral: Yes, my friend.
Maggi: Richard is you mean Moral
Ying: Richard is a Chinese?
John: How are things in Sweden, Richard.
Vance: Michael said he might not come around tonight.
Vance: He didn't say why
Maggi: Hallo Richard...
Moral: It's possible John.
John: Moral, does Richard know there is a text portion of this chat?
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Vance: He must have a poor connection
Ying: Germany??
John: I know what it is like. I'm using a new connection and it is working much better so far.
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Ying: Richard... why do you live in Sweden?
Moral: Nice to see you Richard.
Moral: I can not speak and hear.
Vance: Richard, are you from Sweden?
richard: i married with a girl lived in sweden
Maggi: everyone is quiet now
Maggi: is she Swedish?
richard: yea i from sweden
Ying: You are a Chinese?
John: Richard, like Moral, I don't have sound today either.
Moral: Richard might have sound.
richard: no chinese. by the way ,we just have a girl in 3/10
Maggi: good John...then you can't hear my lousy Chinese and Swedish...
John: Right. I'll be buying new speakers tomorrow, though.
Maggi: hey congradulatio9ns!
Ying: It is very nice ... to be DAD, right?
John: Yes, congratulations. There's nothing like a little girl.
richard: thank you
Maggi: and John should kinow!
Ying: Congratulations.
Vance: Congratulations
John: I have three daughters and a granddaughter, so I should know.
Vance: AND ...
Vance: I've got to run. Maggi, would you send me the logs
Ying: Vance.. you have no daughter..
Maggi: Vance and I have boys
Vance: No, I have two sons
John: See you, Vance.
Ying: See you next week.
Vance: It's nice to see everyone here. Bye for now
Maggi: Bye Vance
Ying: Vance.
Vance: OK
[Maggi sent the rest of the conversation in email ...]
you live in Sweden?
richard: hassleholm
Ying: South?
Maggi: I live in Germany Richard and have a visitor from Denmark
Moral: Richard, Ying is from Taiwan. Maggi is from Germany.
John: Where is hassleholm?
richard: yea near danmark
Ying: Do you speak Swedish?
John: John is in Puerto Rico.
richard: a litter
Ying: I have been in Sweden in 1997.
Ying: It is a beautiful country.
John: I have always wanted to visit Sweden.
richard: how did you think about sweden
Ying: But it is too cold in Winter.
Maggi: I l0oved it too!
Ying: It is a nice place to live.
richard: yes .it is true
richard: but you have not friend
Ying: Good society service.
Maggi: summer there is wonderful
richard: very good
Maggi: sial services is better Ying
Ying: But I heard it is hard to make friend with Swedish.
Maggi: ooops....socail
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Maggi: social
John: Hi. Michael.
Moral: Hi Michael!
Maggi: hi Michael
Moral: What is sial service Maggi?
John: Moral and I don't have sound today, Michael.
Maggi: social
Michael: So what's the topic?
Michael: It's amazing that they would talk English at all ...to a computer!
Ying: Love and social service?
Maggi: good mix
John: Michael, I'm a bit behind in my reading, and just noticed about the conference you are organizing in April. I think you asked if I might participate. Sounds good.
Michael: Sounds a bit sad.
Ying: What sounds a bit sad?
Michael: Yes John it may be possible. Your research should be well underway by then.....
Michael: I'm interested in getting as many student 'voices' at the conference as possible.
John: Would it be possible to do it online? or would I have to travel to Australia?
Ying: Oh... I see.
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Michael: No - online participation is what we're looking for. Unless you want to pay your own way!
John: Online would be better for me.
Michael: OK. We can talk more about it later.
John: Fine with me.
Michael: Nice to meet you Richard.
Michael: I did watch a lot of the Olympics on tv.
Michael: Opening and closing ceremony.
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Michael: Having problems Moral?
Moral: yes Michael.
John: At least Moral is able to reconnect faster than I was ever able to.
Michael: So what about love and social service?
Moral: I lost connections for several time today.
Michael: Say you love them, or show that you love them?
Maggi: say it
Maggi: 14n ways
Michael: smiles
Ying: I can be myself when I am with you.
John: There are 14 ways to say I love you.
Maggi: but there are more we told her
Moral: Social service is about Sweden.
Michael: I see.
Ying: I love you because you bring out the best in me.
Ying: You have a terrific sense of humor.
Maggi: :-)
Michael: Thanks Moral. Now it is getting clearer. (This is what happens when you enter a conversation late!)
Ying: You are simply irresistible.
Maggi: LOL
Ying: You ahve taught me the true meaning of love.
Ying: Together, we can make magic.
Michael: I ma taking all this personally Ying!
Michael: I am ....
Maggi: I like that one
Ying: You never give up on me and that's what keeps me going...
Michael: I feel the same way about you Ying!
Maggi: you light my fire is another good one
Ying: Every time I look at you, my heart misses a beat.
Michael: lol
John: Ying, you are adding more from the book? or did you just think of these about Michael?
Michael: YL just loves me very much!
Ying: I copy these sentences from book.
Michael: Oh..
Maggi: I have to save this
John: I can tell she does.
Ying: I love you guys...
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Michael: Yay!
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Ying: I like this 'You never give up on me and that's what keeps me going.
Michael: Welcome back Moral -again! Must be very frustrating.
Moral: I just don't know what happened today.
Ying: What? Special name?
Michael: Special MAN
Ying: Special man...
Ying: I never meet my soul mate in my life.
richard: which kind of man
Ying: There is a magazine called ' chasing love on line."
Michael: Yes Ying - can you describe your perfect man?
Ying: I don't know what kind of man I want. Exactly.
richard: handsome
Michael: Oh... a simple man.
Maggi: looks are not the mo9st important
richard: gentle
Michael: rich???
Ying: yes... but it is more important... I CAN BE MESELF WHEN I AM WITH HIM.
Michael: OK. Good point.
Maggi: the cover fades with age so the content has to be good
Moral: Me neither.
richard: how about moral
Ying: I am 37 years old.
Ying: It is hard to find the perfect guy here.
Michael: Have you found your perfect partner Moral???
Maggi: and that IS important Ying
John: That's not old.
Ying: Not too old .. pretty well off... handsome guy.
Ying: sun?
Ying: son?
Moral: Not yet Michae. I am looking for.
Moral: Michael.
Ying: Romance your lady.
Michael: Good luck Moral. Do we really think perfect soul mates exist?
John: I found one.
Michael: Or are there many possible soul mates?
Ying: Good luck,
John: Been with her for 30 years now.
Michael: Fantastic John.
Ying: Don't you believe "soul mate"?
Moral: I really believe so.
Michael: Very rare these days.
Maggi: there are plenty...you just have to find yours and they need to be free
John: They are only rare because people stop looking too soon.
Ying: Do you think it is easy to find soul mate through internet?
Maggi: too true John
Moral: Yes. There might be some. But you only can get the first.
Maggi: or looking in the wrong place....let them find you
Michael: Good question Ying.
John: That's true, too, Maggi.
Ying: I am afraid to make friend with bad guy.
John: But that can happen anywhere.
Michael: I think you can find soul mates online.
Maggi: then you might miss the good one...
Moral: It is not good to find love partners online I think.
richard: don't warry it all of guy is bad
Ying: I can not write anything in English.
Michael: Why not Moral?
Moral: Not all gays are bad.
Maggi: I don't agree with you Moral
Ying: All guys are bad?
Michael: of course not!
Moral: because you can not make sure how about a person in the virtual space.
Moral: why Maggi?
Ying: Some one said..l. "Woman loves bad guy."
Michael: I think that's true of many young women.
richard: if you like he. is ok in your love
Maggi: I think online you have the possibility to get to know someone without the physical getting in the way Moral
Moral: Yes ying. We say" women won't love those guys who are not bad".
Maggi: I think you can Moral...
Michael: Put the other way: many women are not attracted to nice guys.
Maggi: I found a really sweet one...
John: So did my daughter.
Michael: but you're older and sensible Maggi.
John: Then she divorced him.
Michael: !!!
Michael: See!
John: My daughter, I mean, not Maggi
Maggi: and I think women do when they realize it is really woth getting a nice guy...
Moral: who is the lucky guy Maggi.
Maggi: A man from Denmark
Moral: online? Maggi.
Ying: Are you falling love with the guy who from Danmark?
Maggi: did already
Ying: Wa! What a surprise!
Maggi: yes Moral we met online
Michael: So you see - it is possible! Maggi has proved it.
Moral: I heard a lot of online cheats.
Moral: and then Maggi?
Ying: Are you satisfied with his appearance?
Michael: Moral - you can always ring someone up if you want to check up on them.
Maggi: his appearance was not so importan...but he looks just fine
Ying: I see.
Maggi: he is younger too...LOL
Moral: yes. especially for a man.
Ying: How to pronounce "dork"?
John: Who is a dork, Ying?
Ying: Geek or nerd
Moral: what is a dork?
Ying: Nobody is dork
Ying: book worm.
Ying: dorky...
Michael: There ARE lots of dorks!
Ying: dump
Michael: Ok - so what IS a dork?
Michael: Someone who you think looks or acts stupid.
Maggi: a dork is someone not very good with his body...
Ying: "Stay away from me, You dork!" a girl is angry.
Maggi: she thinks he is stupid
Moral: Maggi - you don't talk about ages in the West for courtesy, do you?
Ying: do you know Geek or Nerd?
Maggi: or has cooties
Michael: What are cooties?
Maggi: why not Moral
John: Haven't heard of cooties in years.
Michael: Well I can tell you it's not an Australian thing!
Maggi: can you explain them John?
Michael: We don't have them here!
John: Never understood them, myself.
Michael: lol
Michael: brb....going to get a coffee.....
Maggi: coffee before bed?
John: Sounds good. What's wrong with coffee before bed?
Maggi: keeps you awake?
John: Not me.
Maggi: then you drink too much of it
John: I could go for some coffee myself.
Ying: I can not drink coffee now..
Maggi: not me...I slept enough
Ying: It keeps me awake.
Maggi: me too
John: Too much. Maggi? Just 10 cups a day is all.
Ying: i used to love love coffee...
Maggi: too much and I bounce off the walls
Ying: It is pretty sad ... no more coffee days.
Moral: I was told that Maggi.
Maggi: not that weak American stuff or John?
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Michael: I'm back.
John: No, good, strong Puerto Rican stuff. We consider American Coffee to be colored water.
Maggi: I like green tea
Maggi: it sure is John!
John: I drink a lot of tea, too.
Ying: It is sad without coffee.
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John: I especially like Jasmine tea.
Ying: I like green tea, too.
Michael: only 10 cups John?
Maggi: I bring my own coffee when I visit...love to watch everyone bouncing off the walls
Ying: only?// i
John: Yes, my students have me on a limit (of course, by cup I mean Mug).
richard: i have to go now. see yoou everbady. good bye
Maggi: how many you drink MC?
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Maggi: bye Richard
Ying: by richard.
Michael: 5 0r 6 per day
Maggi: colored water
Ying: Italy coffee is good.
Michael: The best coffee in the world in Dutch (IMHO)
Maggi: I only drink coffee in the morning to wake up my stomach
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John: We have a saying that you drink American expresso, but eat Puerto Rican expresso with a fork.
Maggi: try it in Italy John...
John: That's what I've been told by others.
Michael: I remember watching Spanish businessmen drinking espresso and cognac in the morning before work!
Maggi: how much longer is everyone staying?
John: I'll be leaving soon, also.
Ying: i want to go...
John: Expresso with Cognac -- sounds good.
Michael: You can!
Maggi: ok...then I'll wait to get the log...
Ying: It is time to go to bed.
Maggi: sweet dreams
John: See you next week, Ying.
Ying: i LOVE you too.
Ying: see you next week.
Michael: !!!!
Maggi: LOL
Ying: bye
Maggi: bye Ying!
Moral: bye ying.
Michael: I'm going too. Goodnight/good day everyone
John: See you next week, Michael.
Maggi: bye Michael...
Moral: Good night Michael.
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Maggi: he leaves fast
John: Sure does.
Moral: And have good time John and Maggi. I 've got to go too.
Maggi: well...John and Moral...
John: See you, Moral.
Maggi: bye Moral
Moral: Bye for now Maggi and John.
John: Well, if everybody is going, I might as well go have breakfast.
Maggi: winding down now....going going gone...?
John: Think so.
John: See you next week.
Maggi: hey enjoy it John...I'll be having dinner soon
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Maggi: bye then...
John: Bye.
Maggi: till net time
Maggi: next
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