Foreign-Language Letter Swap

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Swap Coordinator:	owlsong (contact)
Swap categories:
Number of people in swap:	11
Location:	Other
Type:	None
Last day to signup/drop:	May 25, 2008
Date items must be sent by:	June 6, 2008
Number of swap partners:	1
Description:
Am I the only one who finds things handwritten in foreign languages--no matter what kind--to be incredibly beautiful? Yes? No? Eep. In case there are any others out there like me, I'm hosting this swap. What will you be doing for it, you ask? Simple. Write a letter. At least one sheet of paper, the size of computer paper (you can use smaller stationery, of course, but adjust the length accordingly), full of writing. And do it in another language. Spanish, French, Czechoslovakian, Japanese, Finnish, Portuguese, et cetera. No English--granted, to some on this site, English is certainly a foreign language, but it's not quite what I'm talking about as far as this goes. Also, do it by hand. There will only be one partner, and handwriting is generally nicer to receive than something printed from the computer. Include a translation (this can be from the computer, if you'd like) if you want to continue the correspondence. It's probably a good idea in general, but I won't say that it's 100% required. This will be an international swap--be aware of that. :D Swap will be open to newbies and oldbies alike, and rating doesn't matter.

Discussion

Cosima 05/14/2008 #

Hello owlsong,

I think your swap to be a nice idea. Unfortunately, the sign up date is quite short. I am german and would love to write a german letter, because I have always to use a foreign language to communicate with swap partners. Is it alright for you? If my partner is from a german speaking country I can try to write a letter in french, but my french is very bad ...

owlsong 05/15/2008 #

Hey Cosima, I've gone ahead and changed the sendout date--does that work better for you? :)

Also, I do realize that the title of the swap is rather misleading--I shouldn't have said "foreign," but instead "non-english". German would be fine.

Cosima 05/17/2008 #

Great! I am in :-)

sammie 05/21/2008 #

I joined for this swap - letters in foreign languages are some my favourite things :)

NB: Although I'm from GB, the letter will be in Hebrew.

gama 05/24/2008 #

czechoslovakian language do not exist :-) (we have czech and slovak - they are quite similar languages, but not the same)

owlsong 05/26/2008 #

Partners have been assigned! Yay! :)

ukaisrael 05/27/2008 #

cool idea! i'm in :) my letter will be in hebrew.

eruiel 05/28/2008 #

I was just wondering about a size clarification... for the computer paper- was that to be one side or both sides? Only I'm using smaller stationary and was wondering how many sheets to use to make up for it^_~ Thanks!

owlsong 06/ 9/2008 #

Eruiel, sorry for the delay in answering, but if you can only write one side full (intro letters are tough), that's fine. :D

owlsong 06/22/2008 #

Awesome! My letter is in Spanish! :D

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