I recently met a friend of a friend, and we wanted to keep in touch. He arrived in the states aobut 9 months ago. Considering that he speaks with a thick accent, I assume english is his second language, though he speaks it fine aside from the accent... But when we started communicating over email, well, I see that his writing is really immature. He's a college student of 21, but he not only writes in full jargon "how r u." but also doesnt seem able to communicate so well in writing... he's not such an inteligent, eloquent conversationist in emails...
After nine months of living in the states, shouldn't he know to write better than that? Is it just because it's online and he uses so much jargon? Or is it that he cant really communicate through writing, thus the lack of conversation skills?
I like this guy, but when it seems that he cant say much more than "i miss u" "how r u." it's a bit off putting. He was pretty inteligible when we met...
2007-07-02
20:54:57
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