User talk:Garethhamilton
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[edit] Hi!
Thanks for correcting my syntax and spelling errors in the euro coins pages... Rather embarassing mistakes, those. ^_^;; I assume you're also interested in euro and euro coins? 
ナイトスタリオン ✉ 06:44, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
- Yes, I find it interesting to see how the countries represent themselves in such a small space. Although I am a biased citizen, I think the Irish ones are the best. Simple and effective, a really classic design. Also, when I was in Austria I bought a cheap collection kit from Libro and tried to fill it. I actually succeeded! Sometimes I also buy the commemorative €2 coins!
- By the way, I find that there is a lot of good stuff out there on Wikipedia written by non-native English speakers which sometimes has a few errors! I often wonder how offended these people get when things get corrected. When I and a few of my UK/US friends worked in different Austrian schools as language assistants, we often found that some of the teachers would get very annoyed if you corrected their poor grammar and said, "Well, that's the way they say it in (the other country), so I'm actually right," or "I heard an (other nationality) say it like that once." Very difficult to counteract, although it thankfully rarely happened to me. Garethhamilton 17:59, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
Mh. Difficult to say. In my experience, a certain type of teacher (not the majority, I'd say) simply has a problem with being corrected - for the simple reason that in most cases, the people they teach really don't know the topic as well as they do. Once they've realized they've got a student who's smarter than they are – happens often enough – most tend to take it rather well, but then again, that depends on how the student in question presents the corrections... If the relationship in question is assistant teacher—teacher, I suppose similar mechanisms set in, even though they ought to realize that you should know your stuff. ;) ナイトスタリオン ✉ 18:23, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Hi Garethhamilton,
thank you very much for your improments on the article about Leibnitz. I know the BG/BRG Leibnitz quite well, I had my general qualification for university entrence there. But that is already more than a decade ago... I have been in England, I have been in Scotland but I have never been in Ireland - until now. Where do you live in Ireland - maybe I can help to improve the articles written in German language about your hometown (area).
Sincerely yours, Andreas
[edit] Thanks man
Thanks very much for the comments, mate :) The cookbook is a great one, and so is that bottle of whiskey :P (the picture that is, ofcourse) ;)
Dom0803 11:58, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
