Wittenberg

Ministry of the Interior
IMMIGRATION APPLICATION

[td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:3px;"]Application received

[td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:3px;"]8/23/2022[/td]
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[td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:3px;"]8/26/2022[/td]
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[td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:3px;"]Official notes:

[td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:3px;"]The Ministry of Interior, using information provided in the application and after investigating to the best of its ability, is satisfied that this application is Bona Fide.

Applicant Name:
Mark Price

Gender:
Male

Year of Birth:
1968

Location:
Jenks, OK

Have you been introduced to the Kingdom of Talossa by an existing citizen?
NO -

Do you have any previous experience with, or membership in, any "micronations"?
YES - I am a citizen of Sealand and Maconesia. Sealand doesn't do much but Macronesia has an active forum.

Is it okay if Talossan citizens contact you by e-mail?
YES

Is it okay if Talossan citizens contact you by telephone?
NO

About Myself:
I like to explore new ideas but am an extreme introvert so tend to do it slowly and quietly. I tend to be slow to post in discussions due to a need to do my due diligence. I get there eventually though. I have an interest in languages. I'm currently trying to learn Korean. I've had a long term interest in constructed languages. That's interest has been around long enough that it was first explored on FidoNet and the conlang listserv. I'm lazy and don't really have any ambitions.

Why I am Interested in Becoming a Talossan:
I became aware of Talossa somewhat accidentally from a google search about places like Sealand. I have to admit the broken links made me think it was abandoned. Then I found the language. The forums looked good. I like the idea of being able to watch government from a smaller scale. I liked the different interests it seemed to have a place for but it was truly the language. Conlangs hold a special place in my heart and one with active users making a nation out of it made my black heart flutter.

Where did you hear about the Kingdom of Talossa?
None of these

Welcome Mark, if conlangs are your thing then I think you are going to love the Kingdom. And I am also an introvert.
What led to you learning Korean specifically?

My interest in Korean was a combination of an idle thought and a TV show. I read something about language isolates and since Korean was a big one so I wanted to hear how it sounded. Queue up going to YouTube and looking for a show. Music always sounds a little differnet so I wanted something spoken. A batch of the first ten episodes of a variety show called Running Man was at the top of the list so I snagged it. I liked the show so I kept on watching. Eventually I thought it would be fun to know what they were saying instead of having to track down sub files. I try to learn a new word and pick it out in the show. After 11 years of doing that very slowly I thought I'd take a more active approach and try to actually learn it. So it's 12 years now, I still enjoy the show, and I can pick out a sentence here and there. I still absolutely suck mind you but I'm getting better

What was the show? Despite having lived in Korea for a couple of years, I never really got into the local television that much.

It's called Running Man. Kocowa.com has the latest 200 or so episodes.

I'll check it out!

azul!

한글 rules :) i have to admit, even as a linguist, the script interests me a bit more than the language itself, although as a language isolate, it is certainly full of spicy stuff.

how do you keep the lang active? YT? online radios? movies? even i am able to get in a lang to a certain level of proficiency, without intensive practising it is detoriating rather quickly. i already said farewell to my estonian, finish and sanskrit, which langs i've learnt 10 yrs ago during my bachelor in general inguistics... sad, but true :-/

Quote from: Mark Price on August 27, 2022, 06:45:36 AM
My interest in Korean was a combination of an idle thought and a TV show. I read something about language isolates and since Korean was a big one so I wanted to hear how it sounded. Queue up going to YouTube and looking for a show. Music always sounds a little differnet so I wanted something spoken. A batch of the first ten episodes of a variety show called Running Man was at the top of the list so I snagged it. I liked the show so I kept on watching. Eventually I thought it would be fun to know what they were saying instead of having to track down sub files. I try to learn a new word and pick it out in the show. After 11 years of doing that very slowly I thought I'd take a more active approach and try to actually learn it. So it's 12 years now, I still enjoy the show, and I can pick out a sentence here and there. I still absolutely suck mind you but I'm getting better

Luckily my SO decided to join in as well so I have some basic interaction on a regular basis. There's a fairly large Korean community here so it's pretty easy to find someone to chat with.

I hear you on use it or lose it though. What little Japanese I learned has long since disappeared and the Welsh I heard when I was a kid is down to  handful of words.

My hometown has had a lot of korean industry investments, there's a small county called Pesqueria that people now call Pescorea, all publicity is in korean, it feels like another country just 30 mins ago from downtown.

I'm a teacher and find it amazing that korean music can gather around 100 people in our school every friday to trade cds, dvds, stickers, pictures and stuff from korean bands. Their food is also successfull here, I'm just realizing how important Korea is to my hometown.

Glad to see you around!