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| Doogle Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5520 days ago 20 posts - 22 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin | Message 1401 of 3737 27 January 2011 at 2:10pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I've been to that bookshop! And now have an urge to return... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5767 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes  Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 1402 of 3737 29 January 2011 at 12:22am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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...when you visit a military museum in Vienna (which was awesome) and realise that you're reading and listening to every single bit of information possible, because it's all in German (or in some cases, in Russian or French. Then you realise you'd never ever do this if it were in your native language.
...when you're in the same museum and you pick up the same leaflet 6 times in 6 different languages - and one of the languages is one that you're not even able to read yet - German, Russian, French, Italian, Czech and Japanese. And you will read the same leaflet at least 5 times. And will eventually read it again in Japanese one day :] 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Thantophobia Groupie United States Joined 5163 days ago 49 posts - 66 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Japanese | Message 1403 of 3737 29 January 2011 at 5:37am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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You know you're a language nerd when you start putting upside down exclamation points and
question marks at the beginning of English sentences. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| strikingstar Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5174 days ago 292 posts - 444 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese, Swahili Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written) | Message 1404 of 3737 29 January 2011 at 6:16am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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You know you're a language nerd when you see lightning in the distance and the first word that comes into your mind is 'ngurumo', followed by 'relampago'. Edited by strikingstar on 29 January 2011 at 6:16am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5767 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 1405 of 3737 29 January 2011 at 10:25am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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You know you're a language nerd when while looking at exhibits at a museum in Austria and you stop to quiz your girlfriend, who is learning German too, on odd points of grammar.
You also know you're a language nerd when it's freezing cold here in Vienna, you're not really very near the centre of town and you both decide to walk into the centre. Why? Because we're leaving tomorrow and the more money we save by not taking the U-Bahn everywhere, the more we can spend in the bookshop at the end!! Jack 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6143 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 1406 of 3737 29 January 2011 at 11:06am | IP Logged | ||||||||
...when you're using a thread about being a language nerd as a journal to document your entire trip to Vienna, because it's the most fitting place. :) 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Syntax Bilingual Hexaglot Newbie South Africa Joined 5096 days ago 28 posts - 40 votes Speaks: English*, Afrikaans*, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Studies: Mandarin | Message 1407 of 3737 29 January 2011 at 11:23am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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You know you’re a language nerd when…
…You dream about Latin declensions. …Your school bag is ridiculously heavy because you insist on bringing your big Spanish dictionary to school. …Someone sees you looking up a word in a foreign dictionary and asks you if you are learning the dictionary by hart. You sarcastically reply, “Yes, I’m at J now,” and he believes you. …While talking to a friend, you suddenly realise the Latin etymology of a word and promptly share it with him. He then calls you walking dictionary and you take it as a complement. …You have no obligation to study languages, but you feel guilty when you don’t. … You ask someone to do something ‘por favor’ without realising it. …When asked what the word for ‘umbrella’ is in your native language, you take about 10 minutes to remember it, but you can immediately give the Spanish word for it. …While at the beach during the holidays, you spend your time learning Latin instead of swimming. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5767 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 1408 of 3737 29 January 2011 at 12:12pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Not the entire trip, I'll be updating my TAC log with a pretty lengthy post mentioning all the language-nerdy stuff when I get back tomorrow. But yes, you're right, it is pretty nerdy :] 1 person has voted this message useful |
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