It's not hard actually.
I've written many letters that were long and they understood.
Usually when I send a gift I mention the exact name of the gift I'm sending.
Here's an example of what I would write::
"How's it going Maple?
I got a reward for doing a favor for somebody but I can't really use it. So
I'm giving it to you.
How would like your very own pop bloom shirt?
(flower symbol) It's perfect for springtime (flower symbol)
enjoying springtime, John-Boy"
Always make sure to keep words together like someone else said earlier. You
MAY be able to get away with using hyphens but I always keep my words
together. If you use hyphens you would probably have to use them in perfect
grammatical rules.
Letters don't have to be "I like you. Do you like me? I hope you do." You
can actually carry a conversation in a letter & have them undertstand it.
It helps to mention the names of other animal villagers too. The town name.
One of the guest animals who pass by if that's the story you want to tell.
Locations in the town.
I wrote a letter in Spanish one time & they understood it. Using accents &
all.
I play 2 towns on Animal Crossing. On my original AC memory card which came
with the game I play 3 characters in a town I named Miami: John-Boy (which
stands for myself), Bella (a female character I play), & Knothead (another
male character).
As John-Boy I write my letters sort of how I would talk or write a letter.
John-Boy stands for me which can be sort of long winded & explanatory at
times *blush*. Never with malice however & always friendly:
"Hey Bob!
What's happening? You looked down the other day I saw you. Are you OK man?
Maybe this apple'll cheer up your day. They're pretty tasty if you ask me.
cheer up buddy, John-Boy"
As Bella I get into character & play this sunny happy girlish kind of
character who's into flowers & fashions & such. Her letters are written in a
certain style. Not harsh or heavy but light & always optimistic.
"Hi Chevre!
How are you today? (beaming smiley face) You wouldn't BELIEVE the outfit I
just picked up! I simply LOVE this vogue top! It's sooo CUTE! (Hearts)
you MUST see this! Bella (beaming smiley face)"
As Knothead I get into character & play this sportsy working class character
who's short on words. His letters usually are short & to the point:
"Yo Curly
Found this cactus at the dump. You want it?
Knothead"
In my other memory card I play 2 characters so far in a town I named
Corntown. I play Dragonball Z characters: Vegeta & Goku. If any of you know
about that show, you can tell what type of character I would write in.
Vegeta is the warrior Prince of the Saiyans and has a haughtiness &
egomaniacal way of speaking. Wants everyone to fear him. Also very
royallike. He's harsh & sees everyone beneath him. Even when doing nice
things for someone he sees it as a gift of mercy toward a "subject" who
should be grateful that he took the time to do goodwill towards the
"subject".
I always write letters in styles like this when playing as him:
"ATTENTION Nate:
Your prince has deemed you worthy of receiving his graciousness today. Stand
proud young subject & receive this turnip top! Revel in my grace for it is
only temporal. That is all.
Vegeta, Prince of all Saiyans"
As Goku, I play a nice well-meaning guy who's a little dumb in areas. Like
the character itself on the show. Tend to write things in an unsure
questiony type of form a lot sort of like he speaks. I write letters like
this when playing as him:
"Hey Bones
Uhh, I don't know if you'd want this but I have an extra western fence I'm
not using. You think you'd want it? You can always give it to someone else
if you don't like it.
See you later, Goku"
See all those types of letters I wrote? All the different styles? I REALLY
put some good ones out as Vegeta 'cause I can get that regallike tone of
voice & use some creative words & syntaxes there. His letters are ALWAYS
long because of this but the animals understand.
I don't know if feng shui has anything to do with letter writing success.
Probably doesn't but who knows with this game right?
All I can say is keep at it & get creative. Don't write pointless letters
just so animals MAY understand them better. When you write a good one that
animal will show this to everyone who talks with him. And it'll be fun to
see your creativity shown back at you as another character or as a friend
playing another character.
Use those icons & symbols. Ask a math question & use the symbols on the
chart. Speak in a foreign language using those Roman characters & see what
they say. If all else fails, send money & type that in the letter. "(bell
moneybag) Here's 100 Bells (bell moneybag)" If they turn THAT down then
something is wrong with that animal to say the least! Hahahaha!
It's not absolutely guaranteed that they'll always understand you. But I get
a 90% success rate with my letters when I get my reply. You can always think
of the animal as drunk when he read it & replied back not understanding or
half asleep or illiterate. LOL!
Let me know if these tips helped out some. I'll post some more of my letters
later to give you a better view of the situation.
John Lucas
town (one of 'em): Miami
character (one of 'em): John-Boy
"-" <unknown.DeleteThis@blonde.com> wrote in message
news:bL4Ac.39218$wH4.2256494@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> I simply cannot write a letter to one of my animal neighbors that they
> understand! I've tried the simplest, easiest phrases I can think of, in
> plain English, and they still never understand. Even if a gift is
attached,
> they write back pissed off because they claim they can't understand me!
> Help!
>
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