I've been living abroad for several years, and my proficiency in my native language seems to have taken a hit. Is this normal, and what should I do?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 19, 2013 -
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I recently found myself in the middle class with none of the financial acumen needed to handle money on this scale. To be specific, my most complicated financial transaction to date has been handing someone two hundred dollars in cash and riding off on his bike. I'd like to talk to someone knowledgeable about money about my financial goals and be told my options for achieving those goals. Do you know such a person in New York City or the nearby suburbs? The two specific goals I have in mind right now are saving for retirement and paying off a bunch of debts. A possible complication is that all of the debt is in my parents' name, so it might be nontrivial to structure the repayment so that, from a tax perspective, it doesn't look like I've just started giving my parents lots of money every year. Also, it would be better, though not strictly necessary, if this person could speak Chinese to my parents.
posted by anonymous
on Sep 19, 2012 -
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I am a professional translator, Japanese to English. I work almost entirely in comics and novels, at home, alone. My Japanese language skills are atrophying, and I don't know what to do about it.
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 15, 2011 -
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Hey MeFites: I'm studying Latin and Greek at a university and starting to feel overwhelmed. Help me study more effectively!
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 29, 2011 -
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Do you honestly enjoy reading free verse? Can you explain to me why I should enjoy it, too?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 24, 2011 -
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I'm a straight man in his mid-thirties who is pretty much about to enter the "dating scene" for the first time. I'm fairly skilled with reading people's emotions, but thanks to the blank slate when it comes to romance and dating, I am utterly colorblind when it comes to romance. I can't recognize a thing about it yet. Seriously, you guys have your own little language that's been secondhand to you for decades now. What the hell do I do to learn it?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 30, 2011 -
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I seem to be having some speech/language problems. What could be causing them, and should I be concerned?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 5, 2010 -
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I'm very seriously considering the foreign service, but I've never been any good at languages. Will I likely be able to learn a language, with the intense training the Foreign Service provides, without a natural apptitude for languages?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 18, 2009 -
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Dating Across a Language Barrier: Can you share success stories and advice about relationships where you and your partner primarily spoke different languages?
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 7, 2009 -
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IRAN ELECTION FILTER: I am looking to create a few web pages to mirror some information back in to Iran. What editor should I use that will recognize Arabic script and what tags do I need to use to define the language when writing the HTML?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 17, 2009 -
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Arabic, but not MSA: Do you know of a decent one-week crash course in Egyptian colloquial in Cairo or Alexandria?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 2, 2009 -
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My wife says she has been in love over twenty times in her life. (she is thirty years old) Is this possible?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 10, 2009 -
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My pronunciation of r's and l's is the same - for example, I pronounce lot and rot the same. English is my first (and only) language. When listening, i have no problems distinguishing between the two. No problems with writing either. Only with pronunciation. How do I become better at pronouncing those sounds?
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 16, 2008 -
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Are there any books for learning a foreign language, that are written with English words but in the syntax and structure of the foreign language? Example: "When one this sentence into the German translate wanted, would one the fact exploit, that the word order and the punctuation already with the German conventions agree."
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 8, 2005 -
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