I'm a 19 year old student at the University College of the University of Maastricht, the Netherlands. I mainly study sociology and culture, but linguistics is where my heart lies. I'm especially interested in fə'nɛtɪks. Perhaps I'll go into that field when I'm done with my current study.

I play the guitar (mainly the acoustic) and the piano, and I love all kinds of music. To give you an impression, I don't mind listening to hardcore punk one minute, and folk music the next. I also write music. Sometimes on the guitar, sometimes on the computer (with the help of MIDI and synthesisers.

I also enjoy cycling, go-karts, mountaineering, reading, drawing, photographing things, drinking good beer and eating nice (honest and simple) food. Of course a good night out with friends is always good. I also recently fell in love with the city of Edinburgh, and my oddest hobby is probably conlanging.





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theyThis user considers singular they standard, modern, informal English usage, so avoids it on Wikipedia.
to¦goThis user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives.
byThis user does not use the passive voice.
(s)he This user supports parallel usage.
who(m)This user uses either who or whom in the object case.
Subj This user prefers that the subjunctive mood be used. Were this user you, he would use it.
“…”This user favors curly quotation marks over straight style.
;This user is addicted to semicolons; they use them frequently.
UKThis user uses British English.