User:Promsan

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BS This user can speak Bullshit.
gd-2 Tha comas labhairt meadhanach sa Ghàidhlig aig an neach-chleachdaidh seo.
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ja-3 この利用者は上級日本語を話すことができます。
zh-2 該用戶能以一般中文進行交流。
该用户能以一般中文进行交流。
th-2 ผู้ใช้คนนี้สามารถใช้ภาษาไทย ได้ในระดับปานกลาง.
ko-1 이 사용자는 간단한국어를 말할 수 있습니다.
yue-1 呢個用戶可以用簡單粵語進行交流。
呢个用户可以用简单粤语进行交流。
vi-1 Thành viên này sử dụng tiếng Việt với trình độ cơ bản.
km-1 អ្នកនេះជួយផ្តល់បាននៃ ភាសាខ្មែរដោយឋ្នាក់ទាប
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cy-2 Fe all y defnyddiwr 'ma gyfrannu ar lefel ganolradd y Gymraeg.
br-1 Un tammig brezhoneg e oar an implijour-se.
kw-1 An devnydhyer ma a woer skrifa Kernewek orth nivel sempel.
ga-1 bun-Ghaeilge ag an úsáideoir seo.
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la-2 Hic utilisator media latinitate contribuere potest.
fr-2 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français.
pt-2 Este usuário/utilizador pode contribuir com um nível médio de português.
es-1 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel básico de español.
it-1 Questo utente può contribuire con un livello semplice di italiano.
rm-1 Quest utilisader pos contribuir cun in nivel elementar da rumantsch.
ro-1 Acest utilizator poate contribui în română la un nivel de bază.
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nl-1 Deze gebruiker bezit beginnende kennis van het Nederlands.
ru-1 Этот участник владеет русским языком на начальном уровне.
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[edit] Why are you reading my user page? De atha thu a' leughadh mo duilleagan cleachdadair'?

Faclair Gaidhlig/Beurla air-loine

Sorry if it looks a mess - I'm still working on it! I am also on the:


I have a long-standing fascination with language and communication going back to my earliest memories; this is related to a consistent and major difficulty I have:

[edit] I am frequently misunderstood.

I have two conflicting disabilities:

1. Asperger's syndrome

2. Asfedia

The first, though mild, still means that I have difficulty understanding meaning. This can be written meaning, or spoken meaning. Ironically, I am a modern language graduate: BA Japanese & East Asian Studies [Including Mandarin and Thai]. It also means I have a strong preference or need for precision in text. This includes what may appear to be grammatical and orthographical pedantry. I apologise if it is annoying; it makes me feel comfortable. People with Autistic-spectrum conditions tend to have a need for regularity and do not cope as well with change.

The second, means I have difficulty reading; though not dyslexia; it is ameliorated through using coloured filters. It means that despite the I make mistakes, and my text can appear somewhat "diffracted" for want of a better term. This is clearly at odds with my other disability. I find text exhausting, but despite whatever mistakes I make, I don't lost hope; I will not be disparaged.

Needless to say, I don't "talk" how I write; and I doubt any reader would associate the "written me" with the "spoken me".

It's not uncommon for people with disabilities such as mine to be regarded as: stupid; sociopaths; weird; trolls; ideal targets for bullying; etc... It's difficult to combat this without wearing a t-shirt with one's life history on it. Hence I write it here, in case I have been misunderstood.

I do fall out with people, because I lack: sympathy; empathy; awareness of ettiquette within my own society (though ironically, I am aware of the ettiquette of countries in the Far East that I studied). Of course I care about the negative effects this can have on my life, but it doesn't appear to affect me in the same way as it does others; I don't appear to "understand"; my wife says I'm a robot.

Interesting as I'm now a student in the Electronics dept. of a UK university. I also work for a large News corporation, and a small IT support firm. (I've also got a HNC in "Multimedia Technology" and a few poxy certificates in one or two languages). I haven't got any A-levels - I was expelled from half a dozen schools.

Why do things that involve typing with such barriers? Well, I couldn't stand old people as a teenager (grew up in a nursing home... don't ask!), yet I wiped blood, piss, and shit off the soulless torsos of demented wrinklies for over a year; I think I just like taking on my bete noirs.



[edit] Articles I can remember creating

I am a long-term Wikipedia editor... I've been editing on and off since 2001. Although I've added, amended, and edit(warr)ed a-plenty, I can barely remember what I've actually created (quite a lot more than on this page), but I know I've made a few (some may be deleted). Here's a list (more for my senility than vanity):
Zud - I whilst doing a Mongolian module during my final year of my BA.
Asfedia - When I made this User page.
Seapan - most recent one, but there's tons to do, and I've got to do some housework!
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Yorkshireisms
UK-US_Heterologues_A-Z
Heterologue
Homograph

Others may follow (as the haze dissipates... and remember my old username!)


Watching... The (formerly verbosely) entitled: (not good for searches)

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