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TAC ’14 - Team Coconut (Southeast Asia)

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tlanguell
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 Message 17 of 61
21 December 2013 at 8:21am | IP Logged 
I am studying Vietnamese and would like to join your team (I'm already a member of
STARt). How about a name with "Tiger" since it's the indigenous animal of SE Asia?
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doubleUelle
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 Message 18 of 61
23 December 2013 at 7:25am | IP Logged 
Does anyone have any preferences re: coconut vs tiger?

Coconuts are sweet, which could be a symbol of how sweet it is to learn languages (and
explore other cultures). On the other hand, tigers could represent fierceness - for a
fierce, strong team of dedicated learners!!! :-)

I'm fine either way.
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Stelle
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 Message 19 of 61
23 December 2013 at 1:06pm | IP Logged 
I like Tiger, but my reasoning is a bit silly - it's mainly because I'm already a Spanish wolf, and I like the idea of
being two animals. Ha! That said, I'm not going to be an active team member until May, and there aren't any tigers
in the Philippines anyway, so maybe I don't get a vote. ;) Honestly, I'm happy with whatever you guys choose - both
coconuts and tigers are lovely. I'm just glad that there's a place for those of us who are learning less common
languages!
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viedums
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 Message 20 of 61
24 December 2013 at 4:11am | IP Logged 
If we want to be different from any East Asian teams (Korean/Japanese/Chinese), coconut might be better. It’s a tropical fruit after all. And eating a fresh coconut requires both hard work (to hack it open) and finesse (to avoid spilling the juice after you’ve cut a hole in it.) So we could say it’s like language learning in that way. :) I think I’ll weigh in for “Team Coconut”!
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js6426
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 Message 21 of 61
24 December 2013 at 9:24am | IP Logged 
I will also vote for coconut
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Stelle
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 Message 22 of 61
24 December 2013 at 1:33pm | IP Logged 
viedums wrote:
If we want to be different from any East Asian teams (Korean/Japanese/Chinese), coconut might
be better. It’s a tropical fruit after all. And eating a fresh coconut requires both hard work (to hack it open) and
finesse (to avoid spilling the juice after you’ve cut a hole in it.) So we could say it’s like language learning in that
way. :) I think I’ll weigh in for “Team Coconut”!

Very convincing! When you put it that way…coconut sounds much better than tiger!
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doubleUelle
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 Message 23 of 61
24 December 2013 at 2:35pm | IP Logged 
Team Coconut it is!
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doubleUelle
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 Message 24 of 61
25 December 2013 at 5:24pm | IP Logged 
Perhaps we could also talk about what our goals are for this year.

For myself, I'd like to get to a lower intermediate / basic conversation by mid-May,
whereas right now I'm a complete beginner (been studying Thai for about 1.5 months).
That's a tad ambitious, but I'm determined to work hard. There is a very good chance
that I will be going to Chiang Mai for a month from mid-May to mid-June, so by that
point I want to be at a level where I can a) conserve and b) have enough of a
foundation in the language that I can easily pick up more words, expressions etc.

After that, I'd like to just keep working on my Thai, hopefully getting to a solid,
upper-intermediate level by the end of the year.

(I'd also like to maintain my Spanish and work on my Japanese a bit, but I guess that's
less relevant to this group.)


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