Yeah, no, I was a bit rash. I'm sorry. I jsut had to get it off my chest, y'know? I regret engaging.

I know ;) Still bad mobile connection, sorry, but I'll join the club later

Sorry I'm late. Looks like the discussion got deleted. Was in Minnesota for a funeral.

Goes what I received? A notification that you passed me in skill points and you reached level 20 today! Congratulations :-)

Nice work, E! Congrats! No, the funeral was for my father's cousin. We don't even know the guy who shot off fireworks on his birthday, but he lives in Wisconsin. We just know him because he lives near where my Dad's friend lives.

Hi ML, Was the funeral for your dad's friend who had fireworks on his birthday?

This discussion is not the first to disappear. I am starting to feel paranoid.

ML, today I finally got to level 20 in Spanish! This is the first new level since the Activity Stream was discontinued. applause, applause ;)

Oh my goodness, that's such a cool story Zsuzsi! And thanks for your words of encouragement, I hope someday to be up to that level in my own languages.

I love his quotes. They seem to be in a lot of movies and shows. I'm sure I've seen much more of his work than I realize. So tell me how much you love Shakespeare :)

How old were you when the tourists found you as interesting as the canals? Did they take a picture of just you? Did this happen more than once? Were they able to speak English?

Oh, very much. I've had a lot of his quotes memorized since I first started reading him - and I mean really reading, not just getting through assigned plays for school. Anyone who makes up literally thousands of words that we still use deserves my respect.

I was very young. Not sure exactly how old, but young enough that I'm pretty sure I only remember because my family has told the story to me a few times. I believe it did happen more than once, which is how my parents finally figured out what was going on, but I don't remember having the actual pictures taken. Probably there was something more interesting in the pictures than just me. ;) They spoke a little English, but only enough to get their basic meaning across.

Do you know if the following quote is in a work of Shakespheare? "Ask me no questions and I will tell you no lies". For some reason I think this is found in Midsummer night's dream. Is it?

Ah, do I detect another Shakespeare fanatic? And while we're on the subject, I think I'll go with Odelia - reminds me of Ophelia. Ev/Odelia is certainly too unwieldy to keep up. ;)

Heheh, well, I'm still in school after a fashion and do quite a bit of studying on the computer - the typing comes quicker after awhile.

I don't remember as much as I'd like, but I do have some fun stories. My favorite comes from when we went on a family tour of Venice - there were many Asian tourists there that summer, and they thought my red curly hair quite as exotic as the canals and asked to have my picture as a souvenir. Scared us half to death until we realized why.

I didn't recognize the quote from reading Shakespeare (A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of the plays I like most), so I looked it up and it's by someone called Oliver Goldsmith: https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/45/messages/1059.html

Thank you so much :) It's still a lovely old quote, is it not? What are some fun quotes from a Midsummer Night's Dream?

Another question. Would this play be considered a farce?

"Beware the Ides of March" (March 15th) I was looking at my calendar and thought of this quote form Shakespeare's Julius Cesar. Shakespeare must have loved history!

It is indeed. ^.^ My favorite Midsummer quote would have to be "And though she be but little, she is fierce".

I'm not sure if it would be considered a farce - though to be honest, I've never been quite clear on what a farce actually is.

He must have! One of the reasons he was so great. Julius Caesar is among my favorites as well.

Not exactly, but I have many small friends to whom it could apply. ;)

What do people call me? Do you mean my name? (Sorry, it's early where I live and my comprehension might not be the best, haha.) On here I go by Anne. I think she was Helena? I always liked Titania the fairy queen best though.

Do you identify with your favorite quote, Redheaded Rogue? :)

What do people call you? Would you like to have the name of the small but fierce girl of Midsummer Night's Dream? BTW, what was her name?

That's right, you like Anne. I have another friend called Anne. How could I tell you apart? Of course, buy your picture :) However, when talking with others would I say R Anne (Redheaded) S Anne (Shakespeare) Anne 2? Ideas?

Beware the Ides of March! :) (Today is March 15th)

You could say Rogue Anne or something along those lines. ^^

You got it, Anne :) Rogue Anne it shall be ;) There has to be a story there. lol Anne I am still trying to have 100 XP's in one day. I suspect I get distracted by shiny objets. Oh look....

Bonjour mon amie, comment vas-tu? How is my favorite redheaded Shakespeare fan today? How gold is your French tree today? How did you do your 100 XP's for French today?

I am to skills away form having my 4th checkpoint gold. One is people and I presently cannot recall the other one.

Today I reviewed "Negatives" and "Adverbs" Some of the Sentence Discussions in these two skills are stock full of information! Luv it! :)

Anne, Did you see that I gave Lento noogies yesterday? He deserved them ;)

Oh Wow! Would you please put a link so that I will be able to see if I could fit into your world?

I miss FbH terribly. I knew he wouldn't have much time for Duo since he was getting his Masters in December. But he didn't even say goodbye :(

I have no way to speak with Hope. I think that Usiageboy is the only person who might know how they are

You might be able to contact Nina since you are a mod. She is listed on my list of friends. I am so relieved to see that she is hanging in with Duo. The last time I talked with her she thanked me for keeping up her spirits. I am so frustrated that I am no longer able to find out how she is doing :(

RR had just taught me how to do links and now that way doesn't work anymore. What's up with that?

Steffi, Please read Lrtward's suggestions for the Gold Tree Club. I would appreciate you taking these suggestions and organizing such a club. Would you have time? I'm just an ideas person. I need help with organization and follow through.

I love that you are back! Do you think that Lento and RR know how to contact you?

Steffi, RedheadeRogue has French and Spanish Golden trees. How does someone have a gallery to commemorate their accomplishment? Let's celebrate her Golden Trees.

This is the link to this discussion here: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/26537665
Once I find the old thread - where I left - I'll copy it there, those who still follow that discussion and have email notifications enabled will get a notification and thus know where to find us now :-)

Edit: done !

I would say do not think about it too much, see what happens when others join :-)
I would just continue here.
(And apart from not wanting to take advantage of your brilliant idea, I need to balance all the things I want to do, so I sometimes hesitate to add more on top, sorry)

You are a scholar and a gentleman :) And totally amazing;)

Hi K :) You are the first K. ML's name starts with K. However, I called her ML so long, I simply refer to her name as the "K" name ;)

WaterPolyglot sounds fun and exotic :) How did you think of this user name?

Which tree will you make gold first, or are you thinking of working on French and Italian at the same time? ML and Lento are challenging each other on the French tree. They are so competitive :)

What's your pleasure, K?

K, Where are you on your tree? I have three skills to go on level 3.

I don't do Duo on a phone. Please let me know if you start a club that I can get to on a computer. Let me know how it goes :)

Hi K :) How gold is your French Tree? Lento has fifteen gold skills just this week. He finished the French tree a few months ago. He erased it and is doing it again! I did not erase mine. However, I am pretty sure he will have a gold French tree before me.

So how is your tree...

I just looked at what you set up. This is way beyond my pay grade! In other words, I have no clue how to use it. I don't twitter or face book. At least, not at the present time. I will watch with great interest how people use this site.

You and ML are a technological match :) Kids these days... ;)

What do you mean by, "My tree's awful rn?" Stick with us kid and you will have a gold tree :)

I will sign up on your Wonderland when I am feeling adventurous ;)

lol Get back to me when you are able to read it ;)

Lento, The first lesson of Verbs Present 3 is quite fun when you read the Discussion Sentences! :) Example: "Tu viens ici souvent? ;)" Example: Mixing those forms up makes it impossible for listeners to be sure who is doing what to whom. lol (subject, object and direct object)

I tell you, I live for the Discussion Sentences :)

Yes. Lento is way ahead of me on our competition. Like, 300+ points ahead, I believe. 18,000 is for the entire time I've been here.

Noogies!? Lol!

She has 18,000 total on her French tree. Since she started the club she has 183 and I have 440.

Thank you ML :) My heart rate is still trying to get to normal ;) I'm not sure that I've thought in sputter before! :)

I thought the race might be about skills made gold not XP's. How many skills do you have that are gold? I just need to make people gold in the third checkpoint. Perhaps I will have a gold tree in a month or two with the two of you competing ;)

I am looking forward to a cultural exchange with Dafne :)

Easter week is the busiest week of the year? Please give my kind regards to the giraffes and their friends :)

Buenas Noches amigo :)

Lento, Dafne is finally back! :) She had English class tonight and stopped by afterwards. Are you still up?

Thanks for your reply Lento :)

I'm so excited! On Friday I gave Dafne the Duolingo site and my user name. Today I saw a follow from Dafne in my inbox. I followed back and left the computer for about 10 minutes when I suddenly stopped and said, "Dafne?"

I buzzed her apartment to ask if she was the Dafne who followed me on Duolingo. She laughed and said yes.

ML and Lento, I'm not sure how to get Dafne to the Discussions. She uses her phone and I use my computer. ML, I know she also followed you. I can hardly wait for her to join our discussions. Spanish is her native language and she enjoys learning English.

I wish I could switch my tree to Spanish right now.

Thanks Lento :) I'll tell her.

Hi ML Spanish Basics 2 level 2 does not have a light bulb or a practice, Perhaps level 3 might :)

I love this link ! It feels like a report card and an index at the same time :) Please tell me how I can find this myself. Presently I need to come here to get this information.

Could you also give me my Spanish link?

It will automatically change to show your Spanish course details when you switch to the course on Duolingo.
Duome is not made by Duolingo but by a fan. Please see also the FAQ of that page and this: https://duome.eu/thankyou
I added a bookmark to it - with my username to see my overview.
Adding bookmarks or favorites varies from browser to browser, not so easy to explain without seeing which one you are using, sorry.

Thank you Steffi, I would never have guessed that it would be so easy to also see my Spanish progress. Now I just need to understand a computer bookmark :-) To be continued... ;-)

Thanks for the congrats :)

I am sure that others say (and think) many nice things about you ;

I think it might be true that if you are working on several projects at the same time, you might not feel you are progressing as fast as you might like. I'd love to hear what some of the projects are :-)

D'accord. Spanish Basics 2 does not seem to have them. Would you know how Steffi got my French record? I'd love to have one for Spanish.

Did you get my short French note about how I love to watch birds play in my birdbath? I adore birds! I love watching how they interact with each other. The pecking order is fascinating to observe.

I asked Dafne, "How can you not like birds?" She shrugged. (no information there lol) However, she did say that zoos made her feel sad because the animals should be free and living in the wild with their families. I understand that way of thinking, but I think zoos are great PR for saving the wildlife of the world.

Dafne and I are having great fun learning from each other. She helps me speak Spanish. I help her learn some of the interesting history of the English language such as why one third of the English language is French, Anglo-Saxon and our extremely entertaining ways of communicating with idioms.

Mu understanding of the English language has improved since Dafne and I have been learning together. She is a stickler on pronunciation and tenses. I have gotten to the point of telling her that I am not sure and to please ask her English teacher and then tell me what the teacher says. For some reason Dafne does not believe that I do not know the answers. I try to help her understand that even though English is the only language I know, this does not mean that I know how to correctly construct a sentence. Oh well, I think that one day she will understand the difference between speaking a language and correctly communicating in that language.

What are some of the language sites you go to? I'd like to show Dafne. I wish I could see the bird show at your zoo. I have to tell you Lento, you have not lived until you have seen a robin bathe in a birdbath! omg

I see your 10 XP's ;)

I feel your concern. Like I told Dafne, I can tell you what I say but that probably isn't the proper English that would be what you should learn. If you are going to learn a language, why not learn from someone who knows what they are talking about. (I am pretty sure that we are not suppose to start a sentence with a preposition) I think my second sentence doesn't seem right. And I can't stop using prepositions at the end of a sentence - but that is classic Wisconsin.

So, you've seen a robin bathe? Is it not hilarious? :-) They are SO through! First they stand in the deepest part of the birdbath. Then they 'sit' down and start to do exaggerated splashing. After about five vigorous, simultaneous splashes they start the diving part of their program. I love how they dive their head under the water, raise their head and proceed to dive a few more times. They might do some extra splashes before they hop to the side of the bath, flap a bit, shake their tail feathers and then hop onto the shepherd plant hanging stand that I now let the birds have :) The robin preens a bit and then does the whole procedure one, two or three times more. I am sure the smaller birds wonder what the robin's major malfunction is lol

Only one robin is able to take a bath at a time since they seem to occupy the whole birdbath. However, the little birds are fond of playing in the water with each other. One time there were about 12 or 14 birds flapping around the birdbath at the same time! I told my son that they must be coffee clutching. He said, "They're what?" sigh Another part of Americana gone forever...

I love hearing about how progressive your zoo is. I thought of Michael Jackson's video, "This is It" when you explained how zoos are helping save endangered animals.

Odelia are you up?

I love the jajaja ;)

¡Buenas tardes Dafne! He estado muy ocupado por un tiempo (¡la esposa del gobernador vino a donde trabajo!) pero voy a tratar estar aquí más. Sería muy feliz ayudarte con ingles y necesito mucha ayuda con español.

I don't think "what the heck" would be too bad to say in church, I don't think it would bother anyone. I personally wouldn't say it there though.

Hey Dafne, Where were you when you posted your picture at 5:30 this morning? What are you doing tonight?

Soy un voluntario en el zoológico, la esposa del gobernador vino a ver los pájaros.

Siento tardar en responder, no había visto que habías respondido. Pues no me gustan ni me disgustan, no creo que odiaría el show jaja tal vez lo admiraría como admiro a todos los animales.

Bonjour Lento, J'aime regarder les oiseaux jouer dans mon bain d'oiseaux :) How are you? I hope that you see this. I noticed that you have not been on Duo much. Where are you hanging out these days?

Tenemos una nueva exposición de pájaros que ella vino a verlo.

If you don't like birds you would hate the show they fly over your head and land on people.