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[Rafv Nin IV]

David Copperfield was a tough read when I tried it several years ago. I should probably have another go at it eventually, but there are other literary legends I've got to absorb as well. I'm impressed that a non-native English speaker can make head and tail out of that novel. It's a little archaic.

[Mathijs]

Oh please, it's not that archaic. I've read books far more ''archaic'' then this one. Wuthering Heights, Robinson Crusoë, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, hell, even To the Lighthouse and Dracula seem more archaic then what I have encountered in David Copperfield so far...

Then again, I'm a pretty experienced reader.

[Jeth Calark]

You want archaic? Read Shakespeare.

[Vortigern]

Correction: you want awesome, read Shakespeare. Also, nice hat Matias.

[Florisz]

It kinda looks like an old man's hat

[Mathijs]

It is an old man's hat, I inherited it from my grandfather.

[Florisz]

*feels...can't discribe the feeling...*

=

Oh...Maybe I shouldn't have said that...

Edited by Florisz, 02 July 2009 - 06:47 PM.

[Jeth Calark]

I kinda like the hat....

[Rafv Nin IV]

Agreed; the hat is classy.

And Pride and Prejudice was a far simpler read than David Copperfield. Or it might have just been the three years more of reading experience between when I read each of them.

[Mathijs]

It also helps to keep the extreme heat of the last few days at bay.

[Puppeteer]

Matias, you should play piano. Those are some disproportionally large hands and fingers

Edit: Nice hat and hair!

Edited by Puppeteer, 02 July 2009 - 08:13 PM.

[Florisz]

Or the book is really small

[Devon]

Maybe it's just all the news hype recently, but you remind me of Michael Jackson

[Taralom]

Ahw, screw this, I'll post a picture

there are several things that I don't like of this picture:
-I'm standing waaaaay too static, as if I'm frozen solid in an instant.
-My hair is waaaay longer now...

And now I'll leave this topic forever...

Edited by Taralom, 03 July 2009 - 02:55 PM.

[Florisz]

How old are you? Aren't you 15? You look younger... Though, older then Neth XD

Mh...I have the feeling I have seen you before...

Edited by Florisz, 03 July 2009 - 03:27 PM.

[Taralom]

actually, I'm seventeen, and that picture is a half year old maybe. So I'm seventeen on that picture too.

[Florisz]

17? Seven-ten? Holy...Just like Elven...And...I think some people are going to get jealos of you looking so young

[Jeth Calark]

He has what is called a "babyface" i.e. he appears younger than he really is (not derogatory in any way). It can be both a blessing and a curse. I should know, used to have one, if I still don't have it.

Then again, people have said I'm anywhere from 16 to 20 when I'm really 18....

[Florisz]

My conclusion:

If people think you are younger: good
If people think you are older: bad

[Jeth Calark]

Not necessarily. If you are "older", you are generally considered more mature and therefore are let in on things. Pro's and con's for both sides of the coin exist.