Introduction Post

[orchidfire]

So we've gotten a lot of members really quickly, and, as I'm still getting the community set up, I figured that we could introduce ourselves (if you guys want to). :)

Some relevant fields to include in the comments, perhaps:

Name/Alias:
Location:
Native language:
Other language(s): It would be helpful to mark the languages as languages you're proficient in, learning, or simply interested in.
Linguistic background and interests: Could be an academic linguistics background, or just stuff about language and languages you like geeking out about, or that you find language and languages to be a fun hobby. Interpret this in whatever way you'd like.
Anything else:

Code/Form:
<b>Name/Alias:</b> <b>Location:</b> <b>Native language:</b> <b>Other language(s):</b> <b>Linguistic background and interests:</b> <b>Anything else:</b>

Have fun! You are totally welcome to strike up conversation with other members; that's what this post is for, after all!

Comments

[today]

Name/Alias: Brittany
Location: Arizona, United States
Native language: English
Other language(s): From pretty proficient to fairly ... not at all: Spanish, Japanese, French, Chinese, German, ASL, Latin. I study a few of these in school.
Linguistic background and interests: Majoring in linguistics at the University of Arizona, probably going to go to graduate school for teaching English as a foreign language. But that's far, far into the future.
Anything else: Nah, I think that's it. The community looks good!

[speak_candidly]

Yay, University of Arizona! One of my favorite professors is an alum (he specializes in Shoshoni), and another lectured for a UoA class when we were down in Ecuador last summer. Good program, just not my interests -- I would rather do anything than study a dying language for the sake of preservation.

They should probably take my credentials away.