User talk:Toffeeman

Thanks

Be sure to check my note for Jcane's block, too, for added amusement. Jinxmchue 12:46, 1 August 2008 (EDT)

Liverpool vs Everton

Normally I'd report such an edit to the Administrators ;-) but... the edit was factual! :-D Good luck with Standard Liege in UEFA Cup: this is the moment to show you don't need Extra Time as your red cousins did. SilvioB 17:12, 29 August 2008 (EDT)

Thanks - I did add something more substantive afterwards! The temptation to change the nickname of Liverpool to "Liverpool ("the red koppite ****s") almost proved too much.--Toffeeman 17:22, 29 August 2008 (EDT)

Socks

Your previous socks Feyerabend, Billd, YoungA were removed; if you want to edit here it's one user name per account. Karajou 08:55, 1 September 2008 (EDT)

That's fine Karajou. --Toffeeman 08:56, 1 September 2008 (EDT)

Pardon?

I am sorry, but I am not sure what you mean. Yes, my English is good (I teach it and have an honours in the subject), plus if you look at the history, I was not the only contributor to that sentence. Dinsdale is English as far as I know. Please explain your comment. --KotomiT^{Hajimemashite!} 18:56, 6 September 2008 (EDT)

You're not English? I was so sure that I had found a fellow English person. The "winning isn't important, taking part is" is just so stereotypically English that if you can come up with it then you should be able to teach English perfectly. --Toffeeman 19:33, 6 September 2008 (EDT)

It is a long story, but I have lived outside Japan for the last 10 years, until recently, so was fortunate to become quite fluent (although do not ask me to say too many words containing the letter 'l' grin). As for the motto, I quoted the unofficial motto of the Olympics as best I could remember it. Hope that helps to clear things. Friends? --KotomiT^{Hajimemashite!} 19:40, 6 September 2008 (EDT)

Friends? More - admiration! You have better than a masters - you have genuinely made me believe that English was your first language. --Toffeeman 19:44, 6 September 2008 (EDT)

Thank you! I suppose it almost is in a way, as outside of home it is all I have really spoken for a long time - and it shows too. Very embarrassing now, when I have my Japanese corrected, or I just cannot think of a word, but I will get there. That is one of the reasons I wanted to teach - having English taught by Japanese people with bad English pronunciation just perpetuates the problem. I am probably not going to end up with a class of Eliza Doolittles, but hopefully they will be above the norm. As we say ganbaru, or "try my best." --KotomiT^{Hajimemashite!} 19:56, 6 September 2008 (EDT)