I grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA, (USA), and earned a B.A. in Russian at the University of Pennsylvania. I went back for a second B.S. degree in Computer Science through Spring Garden College. I have worked as a computer programmer and as a mortgage processor as well as telephone work doing sales and consumer surveys. Right now I am learning Spanish from library textbooks and websites, making use of the skills I already had in languages. I have an interest in history, which is said to be normal for Philadelphians. My father was a mechanical engineer. I am fascinated by articles and documentaries about engineering projects, (only yesterday I paused during a busy work schedule because I could not resist a Bloomberg magazine article on the building of Maersk's new Triple-E class of container ships.) I would be a good person to voice such a project - my interest would carry through to the audience. I have an extensive vocabulary, spell faultlessly, and have learned to pronounce words in multiple languages. With the obvious exceptions of complex chemicals or proper foreign names, I don't think you could put any word in an English script that I couldn't pronounce on sight and I learn quickly.
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