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 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6701 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes  Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 1305 of 3737 08 December 2010 at 5:20pm | IP Logged | ||
Like when I listened to the speech by the Icelandic prime minister where he acknowledged that the economy of his country had literally collapsed overnight. Except that I didn't understand everything he said. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ironman Tetraglot Newbie United States Joined 5144 days ago 5 posts - 8 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, French Studies: Russian, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Swahili | Message 1306 of 3737 09 December 2010 at 1:04am | IP Logged | ||
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When you're studying Hindi while listening to a German telenovela
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| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5691 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 1307 of 3737 09 December 2010 at 1:15am | IP Logged | ||
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...when your friend, upon hearing that you study languages, says "I can hook you up with a copy of Rosetta Stone" and then doesn't understand why you explode in rage at their generous offer.
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| ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5333 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French | Message 1308 of 3737 09 December 2010 at 1:26am | IP Logged | ||
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...when a member on another forum recommends Rosette Stone to someone who wants to learn a language and you immediately pipe up to say Rosette Stone sucks and they should go for Pimsleur, Michel Tomas or Assimil instead.
...when you've never even used Rosette Stone but have spent so much time on this forum that you can explain its many shortcomings in detail anyway. 7 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 1309 of 3737 09 December 2010 at 5:36am | IP Logged | ||
I did the same thing to my Japanese teacher when he asked about my independent language-learning strategies, and asked if I used Rosetta Stone. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Quabazaa Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5607 days ago 414 posts - 543 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, French Studies: Japanese, Korean, Maori, Scottish Gaelic, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written) | Message 1310 of 3737 09 December 2010 at 6:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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You watch so much Lost dubbed into Arabic that you forget the actors don't speak it!
(Ironic when the actor who plays Sayyid doesn't even speak Arabic, haha. Much better when he is dubbed into Iraqi dialect!) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| canada38 Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5493 days ago 304 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Japanese | Message 1311 of 3737 12 December 2010 at 7:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you are so excited that university Christmas break has finally arrived, and while
your friends from school are at the bar and offering to pay for your night if you come out, and your extremely attractive girlfriend is at a party, and furthermore you were invited to both, you choose instead to spend Saturday night working on grammar until early into the morning. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6548 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 1312 of 3737 13 December 2010 at 1:06am | IP Logged | ||
I think it's a forum rule that this type of bragging is not allowed without pictures. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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