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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby FLAOFEI » 30 Jan 2015 03:10

Acsii wrote:Which brings up something, would I needed to somewhat learn Swedish? Or is English common place enough for me to be fine?

First off, good choice. Sweden is the best place on earth.
Secondly, everyone speaks English here. I knew several teachers who moved to sweden to teach at interantional schools who didn't know more than "Hej, hur mår du?". Atleast in cities people will know enough English to converse with.
One thing you might find annoying though, if you want to learn Swedish is that, if we hear your native toung isn't Swedish we will probably switch over to English... And we might even laugh at your attempts at Swedish... Sorry... But we kinda do that... Idk why.
Annyway. If you decide on Stockholm I'll give you a guided tour around all the most important subwaylines, and least important landmarks.
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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby Jokeblue » 30 Jan 2015 04:19

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ph00tbag wrote:I don't know if there's a common second language in Australia.

Most schools teach Chinese from grades 1 - 7 as part of standard curriculum here.


...I actually thought it was Japanese, but that could have been an area thing.
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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby Acsii » 30 Jan 2015 04:27

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ph00tbag wrote:I don't know if there's a common second language in Australia.

Most schools teach Chinese from grades 1 - 7 as part of standard curriculum here.


...I actually thought it was Japanese, but that could have been an area thing.

yeah for me it was japanese and french
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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby Acsii » 30 Jan 2015 04:31

FLAOFEI wrote:First off, good choice. Sweden is the best place on earth.

A little subjective :P
FLAOFEI wrote:Secondly, everyone speaks English here.

So I've heard
FLAOFEI wrote:One thing you might find annoying though, if you want to learn Swedish is that, if we hear your native toung isn't Swedish we will probably switch over to English... And we might even laugh at your attempts at Swedish... Sorry... But we kinda do that... Idk why.

I've also read about this too haha
FLAOFEI wrote:Annyway. If you decide on Stockholm I'll give you a guided tour around all the most important subwaylines, and least important landmarks.

omg thank you.

Just so people know, Norway is also on my list, it really depends on which I'm able to get a job in easier.
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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby Mr. Bigglesworth » 30 Jan 2015 05:38

Maybe Chinese is a Queensland education thing
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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby eery » 30 Jan 2015 05:46

Acsii wrote:Just so people know, Norway is also on my list, it really depends on which I'm able to get a job in easier.


Its much cheaper to live in Sweden, food and other costs of living.This is because, along with other reasons,Norway is not in the EU, which also makes importtaxes pretty high. I always have to stay under a certain limit when ordering stuff from other countries to avoid massive tax penalties.

And if you're thinking about working in the music business, like recordingwise or so, theres like maybe at tops 30 possible positions to work in in the entire country. I was told this on like my first day of music production class...depressing.

Unemployment is very low though, and salaries, even for low position jobs are high, compared to neighbour countries

Culturewise, its pretty much the same as Sweden.

Norway is a nice place though, and people are generally nice. I dont think speaking english anywhere in northen europe should be a problem, as its taught in general education.

Learning the languages of scandinavian countries on a competent level isnt too difficult, but its hard to nail down stuff like pronouciation, melody and diverse arbitrary grammar.
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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby Jokeblue » 30 Jan 2015 05:50

Acsii wrote:yeah for me it was japanese and french

french yes french was also the thing. Like i think all the way up until year 7 you learn japanese one year french the other, but then it got to highschool and it was just japanese until you could pick your own subjects.

I kinda wish I could speak french.

Mr. Bigglesworth wrote:Maybe Chinese is a Queensland education thing

Yeah, maybe. Cos then again i've heard of some places having German as the standard. I guess it may just depend on area, then.
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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby Mr. Bigglesworth » 30 Jan 2015 05:54

The education system in this country is a little all over the place like that. It's kinda weird.
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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby Acsii » 30 Jan 2015 06:15

For me it was jap until year seven, then Jap and french until year 8 and then we got to choose for year 9, then I changed schools and language was optional and I chose not to do it.
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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby Jokeblue » 30 Jan 2015 06:42

Mr. Bigglesworth wrote:The education system in this country is a little all over the place like that. It's kinda weird.

Ikr. I had a friend who moved to Queensland from NSW and his entire school curriculum and where he was up to was really thrown off. Took them a while to finally sync him up to the different educational system. They should really just make some kind of national curriculum already haha
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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby Bronies Are Cool » 30 Jan 2015 16:27

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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby Mr. Bigglesworth » 31 Jan 2015 05:06

So Queensland had its state elections today and I had to vote for the first time today (it's mandatory here). Basically the dude who's been in charge for the last few years is in the process of getting a massive 'get fucked' from his poll numbers. It's kinda satisfying to watch.
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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby Jokeblue » 31 Jan 2015 05:56

Mr. Bigglesworth wrote:So Queensland had its state elections today and I had to vote for the first time today (it's mandatory here). Basically the dude who's been in charge for the last few years is in the process of getting a massive 'get fucked' from his poll numbers. It's kinda satisfying to watch.

Hahahahaha xD

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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby ph00tbag » 31 Jan 2015 06:41

God, I want that to happen to Pat McCrory so bad.
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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby ExoBassTix » 31 Jan 2015 14:05

Mr. Bigglesworth wrote:I had to vote for the first time today (it's mandatory here).

Oh great, so in Australia you must voice your opinion? Damnit, and here I loved your country so much... :C
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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby Facade » 31 Jan 2015 18:20

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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby Bronies Are Cool » 31 Jan 2015 18:37

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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby Acsii » 31 Jan 2015 18:44

tbh I think it's good having mandatory voting...
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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby Mr. Bigglesworth » 31 Jan 2015 19:16

ExoBassTix wrote:
Mr. Bigglesworth wrote:I had to vote for the first time today (it's mandatory here).

Oh great, so in Australia you must voice your opinion? Damnit, and here I loved your country so much... :C

Actually it's a good thing. The general public is more politically aware as a result of it. Also it means that there's a more or less consistent voting pool for every election, whereas in America where it's optional it can vary wildly, so rather than the preferences of whoever shows up you get the preferences of nigh everyone over 18 years old in the country.

And oh no, I have to take a 10 minute walk, wait in line for 5 minutes and fill out a form for 20 seconds once every few years. Oh woe is me, what a pity this country is officially the worst ever. Seriously dude voting isn't hard.
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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby ph00tbag » 31 Jan 2015 22:38

ExoBassTix wrote:
Mr. Bigglesworth wrote:I had to vote for the first time today (it's mandatory here).

Oh great, so in Australia you must voice your opinion? Damnit, and here I loved your country so much... :C

Then you get a country like mine where there is a concerted effort by the right wing to keep as many people out of the polls as possible.

I wouldn't mind living in Oz if I had to vote in every election.
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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby Jokeblue » 31 Jan 2015 23:11

Mr. Bigglesworth wrote:
ExoBassTix wrote:
Mr. Bigglesworth wrote:I had to vote for the first time today (it's mandatory here).

Oh great, so in Australia you must voice your opinion? Damnit, and here I loved your country so much... :C

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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby S.P.P » 01 Feb 2015 05:05

Ay so speaking of languages, I'm teaching myself Dutch. The pronunciation of the words is stupid hard for an English speaker, I nearly killed ExoBæTix with a voice recording. :c
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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby Acsii » 01 Feb 2015 05:35

Pyrelight wrote:Ay so speaking of languages, I'm teaching myself Dutch. The pronunciation of the words is stupid hard for an English speaker, I nearly killed ExoBæTix with a voice recording. :c

your avatar just gave me a boner >.>
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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby S.P.P » 01 Feb 2015 06:04

Acsii wrote:your avatar just gave me a boner >.>

Ayyy thanks! why yes I am doing free commissions as practice, how nice of you to ask!
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Re: Official Discussion thread (for discordshins)

Postby Acsii » 01 Feb 2015 07:06

Pyrelight wrote:
Acsii wrote:your avatar just gave me a boner >.>

Ayyy thanks! why yes I am doing free commissions as practice, how nice of you to ask!

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