EgarPalm

Sono un uomo di 23 anni, e vivo in Lyon, Francia .

Parlo Francese, Inglese, Un po' di Greco e Poco Tedesco.

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• I miei interessi nelle altre culture

  I love different cultures, and one of the ways to initiate the discovery of them is by learning the culture's language. Even though I haven't traveled all that much, and haven't learnt many languages, when I do, I try to completely learn it.

  I have read that cultures share many fundamental features because all humans face similar challenges and I agree: we need food, families, stories, rules, and ways to cope with death. But I think the differences are often more fascinating than the similarities. Nearly every culture has warriors, for example, yet the ideals embodied by a samurai differ significantly from those embodied by a Hungarian betyár. The fact that both exist tells us something about humanity in general: the fact that they emerged so differently tells us something unique about each society. These uniquenesses in each society is what makes them worthy of being learnt and experienced by others. Similarities explain what humans have in common, but differences explain how human creativity expresses itself. Isn't it fascinating how just a couple of billion of neurons with a simple goal of being activated or deactivated depending on the context can create such a complex situation? Like 0 and 1s, the same process getting you to be able to read this message (via your computer).

• Qualcosa di particolare su di me

  I am a native French speaker and, in a sense, a "false" native English speaker. Although I have never lived in an English-speaking country, I grew up speaking both French and English at home on a daily basis. As a result, my English is very natural and fluent, but I occasionally make surprisingly basic grammatical mistakes, sometimes even in otherwise long and complex sentences. This is why for example I have to keep rereading all my text I write in English to make sure my thoughts are correctly transcribed.

  I also used to speak Greek fluently when I was younger, but I gradually stopped using it during childhood, in favor of English and French, seemingly more important in my context. I can still speak and understand some Greek, and even read and write it, but nowhere near the level of my English, and certainly not my French.