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| Message 41 of 56 24 July 2012 at 5:07pm | IP Logged |
I have yet to meet one person that speaks without ersm ahsm uhms... Even politicians have them included in the (memorized) script to sound natural - how about that!
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| Message 42 of 56 24 July 2012 at 5:29pm | IP Logged |
The competition has now closed and we're awaiting the official announcement from the Goethe Institue to read who won. A big thank you to everyone who voted, your support has been overwhelming. We're keeping our fingers crossed for you, Richard! :)
Edited by Teango on 24 July 2012 at 5:33pm
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maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5218 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu
| Message 43 of 56 24 July 2012 at 5:40pm | IP Logged |
jeff_lindqvist wrote:
I have yet to meet one person that speaks without ersm ahsm uhms... Even politicians have them included in the (memorized) script to sound natural - how about that! |
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I wrote some of those scripts once upon a erm time.
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montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4827 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh
| Message 44 of 56 24 July 2012 at 7:47pm | IP Logged |
maydayayday wrote:
jeff_lindqvist wrote:
I have yet to meet one person that speaks
without ersm ahsm uhms... Even politicians have them included in the (memorized) script
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I wrote some of those scripts once upon a erm time. |
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I hope you managed to slip in some "Micky Finns" ... :-)
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portunhol Triglot Senior Member United States thelinguistblogger.w Joined 6251 days ago 198 posts - 299 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: German, Arabic (classical)
| Message 45 of 56 24 July 2012 at 9:26pm | IP Logged |
Is anyone else anxious for the Goethe Institute to finally make their announcement?
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maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5218 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu
| Message 46 of 56 24 July 2012 at 10:03pm | IP Logged |
montmorency wrote:
maydayayday wrote:
jeff_lindqvist wrote:
I have yet to meet one person that speaks
without ersm ahsm uhms... Even politicians have them included in the (memorized) script
to sound natural - how about that! |
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I wrote some of those scripts once upon a erm time. |
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I hope you managed to slip in some "Micky Finns" ... :-)
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I might have!
Spoonerisms, malapropisms and general malarkey were the norm .....
We then found bullsh*t bingo: you were given 5 words or phrases any you weave them into the narrative.....
Or the first letter of each sentence spells out a rude word .....
I know it's childish but was fun at the time.
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| Message 47 of 56 25 July 2012 at 9:09am | IP Logged |
portunhol wrote:
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They have now made the announcement, and Torbyrne is now officially their Ambassador of Multilingualism.
Congratulations to him, and thanks to all who supported him on his well-deserved success.
[EDIT: Sorry, just noticed that Torbyrne has also announced his success in another thread]
Edited by Splog on 25 July 2012 at 9:11am
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| Message 48 of 56 25 July 2012 at 11:34am | IP Logged |
It is a good thing that that conference gets an exceptionally well qualified person to deliver a speech, but the question is whether the rest of the conference can live up to his standard. The setup of the competition and their low-content homepage don't look too promising - Torbyrne will in all likelihood be the most qualified participant there.
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