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DreamCH Tetraglot Newbie Switzerland Joined 4655 days ago 18 posts - 25 votes Speaks: German, Swiss-German*, French, English Studies: Dutch	Message 1 of 6 18 February 2012 at 7:16pm \| IP Logged
	I finally joined in. That means, after about 100 postings I`ve read trough the idea to pick up a foreign language caught me. In Switzerland, a background of English and French is given in school, but French became rusty. Online tests about my English skills are placing me somewhere above a medium level, which shows me that reading tons of articles in English can`t help you to "get a grip" for all its subtleties for free, but still... You seem to have me driven away from my mental calculation fever and now I`m back into French as well as bit into Dutch (Harry Potter is wonderful!) and finally onto Italian. One of my hobbies is juggling, for some fun I can compare languages and juggling skills :-). Looking forward to soak up more of this worldwide gift of knowledge :-) 1 person has voted this message useful
Alexander86 Tetraglot Senior Member United Kingdom alanguagediary.blogs Joined 4972 days ago 224 posts - 323 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, Catalan Studies: Swedish	Message 2 of 6 18 February 2012 at 11:37pm \| IP Logged
	Welcome, and your English is excellent! 1 person has voted this message useful
administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7367 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, English^C2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map	Message 3 of 6 19 February 2012 at 7:36am \| IP Logged
	Welcome Reto, I used to juggle as well! What juggling do you do? 1 person has voted this message useful
MrBogey Diglot Newbie Russian Federation Joined 4954 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: French*, English	Message 4 of 6 19 February 2012 at 8:10am \| IP Logged
	Hello DreamCH and welcome to this Forum! I was also juggling in my early 20's (I am 38 now and unfortunately do not practice anymore) and agree that this requires a very tight hand-eye coordination as well as a strong muscular training. Like learning a language, the basics can be learn in a few weeks but mastering more sophisticated techniques such as under the foot or reverse can take some months of hard work... Today my challenge is to "juggle" with Russian flashcards (I am a Frenchman leaving in Moscow) :-) Cheers! Пока! 1 person has voted this message useful
Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6611 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, Norwegian^C1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish	Message 5 of 6 19 February 2012 at 8:33am \| IP Logged
	I agree your English is excellent. You'll probably notice that Harry Potter is a very popular choice among language learners. I've read the first book in Japanese recently, and am about to begin on the second. It's just too bad it isn't translated into more languages. Juggling seems like fun. My brother used to juggle with two tennis balls and an apple, and he would try to take a bite out of the apple as he was juggling. Of course, he occasionally bit the wrong thing, which was even more fun. Especially when you consider that he'd borrowed the tennis balls from our dog. 2 persons have voted this message useful
DreamCH Tetraglot Newbie Switzerland Joined 4655 days ago 18 posts - 25 votes Speaks: German, Swiss-German*, French, English Studies: Dutch	Message 6 of 6 19 February 2012 at 11:03am \| IP Logged
	Thanks for your replies, that`s great! I`m "just" into classic juggling with balls, rings and clubs. That`s enough :-), this days I`m taking it a bit easier, in my younger years (eg. below 25) only the sky was my limit but after 30 you learn that your body allows you to go as far as muscular structures want to work. I started to read Harry Potter in German and then went on with Dutch, but after 5 chapters I was able to use Dutch only. The downside is that German and Dutch are very similar, I cerainly can`t pick up another Harry Potter after just a month in another language. @MrBogey: good luck with your flash cards! 1 person has voted this message useful

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