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This is the nearly complete list of Userboxes that I've found that apply to me. There are many more here than I've chosen to put on my main Userpage, simply because there are so many Userboxes that apply.

  • Where applicable and/or necessary, I've included a little extra information explaining why and/or how a particular Userbox applies.


 

General Information

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♀This user is female.
This user is a Virgo.
This user was born in the year of the Monkey.
This user does not claim to be of any ancestry at all.
This user is of multiple ancestries.
This user is interested in the
Middle Ages
This user enjoys knitting.
This user enjoys quilting.
This user listens to NPR.
NYM This user is a New York Mets fan.
This user studies at Brooklyn College.
This user studies at the City University of New York.

 

Im a Virgo, and was born in the year of the Monkey. That's all I'm telling you.

On the ancestry thing, I've inluded both ends of the scale, because they both apply to me. Because I've got roots all over Europe (hence the "multi"), I don't consider myself hyphenated (hence the "none").

I read a lot of nonfiction books; a lot of them seem to be about the Middle Ages (hence that particular userbox). And I like the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I might be able to go see Spamalot now that it's been open a while. Oh, and I also knit and quilt. My major news source is NPR, and I'm a Mets fan.

In theory, I'm a student at Brooklyn College, a part of the City University of New York — not to be confused with the State University of New York. (For the record, the acronyms CUNY and SUNY are pronounced "CUE-knee" and "SUE-knee.") But in reality, I have a day job, and I'm past the stage of education where there are a whole lot of sections of everything. Oh, and I have a rough draft of a Brooklyn College Userbox at User:AnnaKucsma/Sandbox/Userboxes In Progress.


 

Languages

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enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
USThis user uses American English.
fr-2Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français.

These explain my profficiency in various languages. I'm a native speaker of English, specifially the American variety. I know some French, but nothing impressive.


 

English Grammar

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“,;:’This user is a punctuation stickler.
their
there
they're
This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling!
your
you're
This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help.
its & it'sThis user understands the difference between its and it's. So should you.
byThis user has no opinion about the passive voice.
snukThis user says snuck.

These boxes state my preferences in grammar, punctuation and syntax within the English language.

I freely admit to being a stickler, albeit a minor one. See Lynne Truss's Eats, Shoots and Leaves for a definition and description. The book does provide a refresher course, complete with examples of just what can go wrong when you don't pay attention to where all those dots go.

The passive voice isn't really a stickler thing for me, but in theory it should be avoided (or, in theory one should avoid the passive voice). I tend to think it is sometimes neccesary, as it sometimes makes for better prose. The passive voice only gets to me when prose doesn't use anything else. As for "snuck," I think "sneaked" sounds weird, despite being nearer to the regular past tense. (I use "pled" as the past tense of "plea," but even NPR uses "pleaded.")


 

Location

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I love NY This user NY.
This user's time zone is EST.
Flag of New York
This user lives in, or hails from,
New York City.

I live in the United States of America. Yup, I'm a Yank. I'm also a resident of New York state and city, boroughs of Brooklyn. I love it here.


 

Music

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This user does not have an iPod, but wants one.
band-3This user likes Autour de Lucie.
This user fancies Celtic music.
band-2This user listens to Altan.
band-3This user likes the Battlefield Band.
band-3This user likes Cherish the Ladies.
fan-3This user loves Natalie MacMaster.
band-2This user listens to Shooglenifty.
band-2This user listens to Solas.

For my music interests generally, see my main page. Bands listed here are Altan, Autour de Lucie, the Battlefield Band, Cherish the Ladies, Natalie MacMaster, Shooglenifty, and Solas.