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| kottoler.ello Tetraglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6001 days ago 128 posts - 192 votes  Speaks: English*, Russian, Mandarin, French Studies: Japanese, German | Message 1241 of 3737 10 November 2010 at 12:59am | IP Logged | |||||
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Whenever someone is looking for you at a party you're always in some corner with the foreigners talking about language and trying to learn some of theirs.
When, after two nights of this kind of thing with German speakers, you suddenly find yourself in possession of Pimsleur German I-III, Living Language's Conversational German, and a bilingual copy of Geothe's Faust without ever meaning to start learning German. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Sierra Diglot Senior Member Turkey livinginlights.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 7122 days ago 296 posts - 411 votes Speaks: English*, SwedishB1 Studies: Turkish | Message 1242 of 3737 10 November 2010 at 7:23am | IP Logged | |||||
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You find yourself wondering about the phrase "çok yaşa" ("live a lot" in Turkish, used
like "Gesundheit" or "bless you") which, despite being a lovely expression, sounds almost more like a sneeze than an actual sneeze does... and whether it's ever set off an inescapable round of bless-yous. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| hablaconella Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5128 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes Speaks: English* | Message 1243 of 3737 10 November 2010 at 2:32pm | IP Logged | |||||
hahahaha. Fair enough! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| thephantomgoat Groupie United States Joined 5469 days ago 52 posts - 103 votes | Message 1244 of 3737 15 November 2010 at 6:18am | IP Logged | |||||
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When you try to tell your dad about the organic ice cream place that doesn't use any
additives and say instead, "It's great! They don't use any ablatives." 5 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Sierra Diglot Senior Member Turkey livinginlights.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 7122 days ago 296 posts - 411 votes Speaks: English*, SwedishB1 Studies: Turkish | Message 1245 of 3737 15 November 2010 at 10:40am | IP Logged | |||||
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I can sympathize. I made a similar slip of the tongue last time I went on a dative.
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| TerryW Senior Member United States Joined 6355 days ago 370 posts - 783 votes Speaks: English* | Message 1246 of 3737 16 November 2010 at 2:43am | IP Logged | |||||
Very funny. Who do you guys think you are, Gerund Seinfeld? 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6140 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 1247 of 3737 18 November 2010 at 5:56am | IP Logged | |||||
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When you learn to read and write Hangul to avoid doing your homework.
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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5554 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 1248 of 3737 18 November 2010 at 5:38pm | IP Logged | |||||
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When you end up watching Welsh anime on S4C whilst waiting for a repairman to arrive and fix the boiler.
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