User:OhioFred

I'm an Ohio expatriot living in Illinois, USA. I'm quite proficient in the US variant of English and currently studying Chinese. Mostly familiar with Mandarin (Chinese: 普通话, Chinese: pŭ tōng huà), I also know a little Cantonese (Chinese: 廣東話, Chinese: guǎng dōng huà, Yale: gwóng dūng wá) and Taiwanese Mandarin (Chinese: 國語, Chinese: guó yǔ).

Naturally, I've encountered the various forms of Chinese Characters:

Chinese: 简体字 (Chinese: jiǎn tǐ zì) and

Chinese: 繁體字 (Chinese: fán tǐ zì).

My Wikipedia Contributions

I mostly correct grammar and punctuation errors when I come across them. I have also made the following significant update:

• Satellite collision -- Greatly expanded the list of known satellite collisions and improved its connectivity to other Wiki articles. I continue to monitor and improve the page. Recently, others have expanded on my efforts. Their help is appreciated.

Interests

Wikipedia:Babel
en This user is a native speaker of the English language. fr-1 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau élémentaire de français. zh-1 該用戶能以基本的中文進行交流。 该用户能以基本的中文进行交流。
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Languages US This user uses American English. UK This user understands and tolerates British English.

Skillset ENG This user is an expert in Software engineering. This user is an advanced mathematician. If you fly on a commercial aircraft, part of it may have been designed by this user. This user is a Boeing 787 Dreamliner fan.

Hobbies This user is a cyclist. This user enjoys hiking. This user is interested in astronomy. This user understands stellar nucleosynthesis and why stars go, "Boom!"

Miscellaneous This user has been on Wikipedia for 19 years, 5 months and 29 days.