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Pillar Of The Community
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I just went through the members list, out of curiosity, and was amazed at how many countries are represented but was also a little disheartened that so many collectors have never posted a message with us. I think it is important that each and every one of the members know that we are willing to share stories, trade, swap, buy and sell with collectors all over the world. There is no barriers here and all are welcome. I see Korea, Lebanon, South Africa, Brazil, India and many more who have not posted. We would like to get to know you, your collecting habits, what you need or want and just a little about coin collecting in your part of the world. We are all here to help each other out and we try very hard to keep this forum as a breath of fresh air that every collector world wide can enjoy. Hope to hear from all of you soon so feel free to jump right in as we all can teach each other about this fabulous hobby we are involved in! Come on in!!!
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 United States
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Let's try something new-
It might workFor those of you from Non english speaking countries, if the english language is a barrier, We invite you to post in your own language. We just ask that you identify the language first. Example SPANISH No habla inglis --------------*****-------- --------------*****-------- --------------*****-------- Then we will ask our forum memberts to try to translate the post. This is not a contest Just a trial to see if this works or helps. We have many "bilingual members. 
rggoodie
aka Richard
"catch em doing something right"
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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晚e虾么蠹摇鹘y國語縠能用這裡。 [:p]
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11/06/2005 09:17 am
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United States
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quote:
Originally posted by lim118
晚e虾么蠹摇鹘y國語縠能用這裡。 [:p]
You know bl***y well NO one can translate Ocker but an Ocker or digger and You did not follow instructions ***you did not identify the language*** So - I won't translate this one  rggoodie
aka Richard
"catch em doing something right"
Edited by rggoodie
11/06/2005 09:25 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Originally posted by lim118
晚e虾么蠹摇鹘y國語縠能用這裡。 [:p]
Mmmmm...does not work with Chinese or Japanese characters...  |
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Pillar Of The Community
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Thank God he didn't post any photos as my heart can't stand any more (nor my wallet)! It is best at this time that I probably CAN'T read anything from lim118 as my wish list from Down Under is getting very long! Now I have added the 1992 Masterpieces in Silver! Oh, the pain!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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It's in traditional chinese, GB18030.
Translation: Good evening everyone, any country langauges to be used in here.
Feel feel to post Japanese and Russian here - I will try my best to translate... :)
My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseriesMy numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htmRegularly updated at least once a month. |
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Australia
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Originally posted by gxseries
It's in traditional chinese, GB18030.
Translation: Good evening everyone, any country langauges to be used in here.
Feel feel to post Japanese and Russian here - I will try my best to translate... :)
Very good gx.....  Indonesian or Bahasa Malaysia can also be used as I am quite fluent with them including Mandarin. Then of course we have Aussie ocker or rhyming slang as well which RG and you know very well...[:p] |
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Australia
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No, I'm not an Aussie - I'm just temporarily living here :p But yes, I guess I somewhat know the slangs here... ;)
My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseriesMy numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htmRegularly updated at least once a month. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I can speak a little British some Texan a lot of English but I struggle with American
Shalom
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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I think there are two barriers First barrier is the language because some people may ridicule you because of one misspelled verb ( referring to an investment forum ) and because a basic knowledge of a language does not allow you to discuss anything in dept certainly when they use slang ( referring to the fact I speak fairly good german but cannot discuss in depth on a forum I post often in german but lack the full range of words to discuss ) Second barrier is wanting to learn and being afraid to be ignored or to show your ignorance or just having nothing to contribute ( I read every day a daytrader forum but since I am a long term investor I would not even think about forecasting what the next hour will happen ) I can do english-french-dutch and german in one direction that is to one of the three languages mentioned first In an emergency I get by in Spanish Quiero un sollomio muy poco hecho  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I can read enough French to get by, I have some vague memories of high school Spanish, and I have a friend who is fluent in Italian, so I might be of some help... (emphasis on might be!  ) Rachel [:p] |
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Pillar Of The Community
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ageka, As I have always said, and been taught, there are NO stupid questions, only stupid people who don't ask questions? Guess that is blunt but the whole idea is to welcome everyone and like it or not we were all beginners at one point in our lives. And, in my case, being relatively new to world collecting I seem to be a beginner again myself. I just want everyone to know friends are here, help is here and there are lots of collectors willing to share, trade or help out in any way they can. Believe me when I say this little box sitting in front of me has changed the way I view the world and all the great people I have found living on this planet. Seems we are more alike than the media would ever want us to know?
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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Terry Like I said before This is the most friendly place on internet Because of the beautifull people that post here We only have to help the new collectors over the threshold of the first post I think |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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"Touche"...the fear of being rediculed is the biggest stumbling block for newbies, both as a collector or as a new poster. The percentage of members who have posted against the number of registered members already speaks volumes in itself. It is incumbent on all of us to maintain this friendly helpful atmosphere. |
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Pillar Of The Community
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ageka and lim118 you have hit the nail on the head! If it wasn't for collectors all over the world my world collection would have never got off the ground. Would not have been able to get great deals on new euros or grabbed all that free information from collectors willing to share their knowledge with a novice "old" U.S. collector. My only problem now is my eyes are wide open and my wallet isn't deep enough to keep up with all those new beauties or the old classics! One thing is for sure...I am having a great time and still learning about so much, world wide, that was never taught in our schools. Glad I found the DARKSIDE!!!
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Posted 11/06/2005 09:04 am
