Celebration Time

Dear Ali:

Congratulations to you and your family. I know you have been anxious for this to happen for quite a while. I think you and your family will be a great addition to our country.

Lee

Hello Ali,
CONGRADULATIONS to you and your family. It must have been a long wait. Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the MAIN FORUM and we’ll have a PARTY for you in the TAVERN.
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I knew about your SA connection but if I would have known you were an immigrant w/o a green card I wouldn’t have talked to you. Can’t trust those foreigners, especially the ones who speak better English than me.:D Just kidding, congratulations. That is really exciting. I am an immigrant myself who came here with a green card long time ago. The citizen test you have to take is pretty easy. They have booklets you can use to study for it – for future reference.

Ali,

I am so happy for you guys. I know how much it means to you. I am always up for a partay, just let me know 🙂

Jer

Yaaayyyy! We need more folks like you and your family here! Congradulations to all of you.

SuzyQ

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Congratulation Ali. Great news

Sue

[B]Ali,

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yeah Ali!!!!!!!!!!!

Good job. My nephew brought his wife here from Mexico the legal way. What a mess!! Boy, you try to do the right thing and is makes it so hard. Rewarding in the end, though. Congrats. We’re proud of you.

Congradulations, Ali. My wife is from a foreign country. She found the test simple. She learned english and can spell, write and speak well. Our kids still tease her regarding accent. Some things you never change. And I think it is neat. By the way she is like you has a difficult time with those that come into the country without documentation. And I agree undocumented constitutes breaking the law and we should not allow over 12,000,000 people in this country without proper documentation.

You and yours have my best wishes. I welcome you and congradulate you on all you have done to get your green cards.

[PHP][/PHP]My first few years in this country – 40+ years ago – were pretty difficult, too. In my case, the most difficult challenge was the language. In school we had British English but very little conversation. On top of that, our teacher was German. Not only did I have to get used to the American English but also to the many idioms and euphemisms.

I never forget one incidence at the airline office in Pittsburgh where I used to work. I had only been there for a few months when one day while taking a break in the lounge a young woman, a new hire, came in looking around. “Where is the rest room?” she asked me. My mind was working overtime. “Rest room????? – Never heard of the expression. Oh, I got it. That must be where people rest.” I answered her: “You must use this one here. This is the only one we have.”

Norb – Cute story!

Ali – Congrats on the green cards! You and your hubby deserve it!

Love,

Shannon

Hi, Ali, and congrats! I’m an American transplanted into England–had all the proper paperwork when we came but still had plenty of hurdles to jump. And although we’re full legal residents, because we retain our American citizenship, even after fifteen years we still have restrictions.

Norb, I know the feeling about the English language. Here a restroom is exactly that–a place where people rest, a lounge where people get away from work for a few minutes. A bathroom is a room with a bath. If you need a toilet, you probably won’t find one in either room. For that you need the loo.

When we moved here my son, who was six, was told that he needed a jumper for his school uniform. To me a jumper was a sleeveless dress. It didn’t take long to find out that in England a jumper is a sweatshirt or pullover sweater. And come to discover that my son wears his pants under his trousers (and I wear my knickers under mine). The list could go on for hours: indeed, we’re two peoples separated by a common language.

Deb

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Norb, I know the feeling about the English language. Here a restroom is exactly that–a place where people rest, a lounge where people get away from work for a few minutes. A bathroom is a room with a bath. If you need a toilet, you probably won’t find one in either room. For that you need the loo.
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Deb, thanks so much for posting this. 45 years after my embarassing encounter I finally feel vindicated. I just don’t understand why Americans have to use these kind of euphemisms. At least in England things are named a bit more logically or to the point.

Sure, Norb. Loo is direct and too the point. Actually, it was derived from the old days in Edinburgh, when folks lives in Closes. When they would empty their chamber pots, they would yell Balla loo(sp?) so the poor happless characters down below would know to duck.

Congratulations Ali! You and your family are a delightful addition to the USA:)