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| Gusutafu Senior Member Sweden Joined 5519 days ago 655 posts - 1039 votes  Speaks: Swedish* | Message 185 of 3737 02 December 2009 at 11:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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...when the first thing you think of when hearing "Panini" is Sanskrit, not sandwich.
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| ruskivyetr Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5479 days ago 769 posts - 962 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Polish, Modern Hebrew | Message 186 of 3737 03 December 2009 at 4:31am | IP Logged | ||
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You know you're a language nerd when your parents get you language materials for your birthday for a new language and you have to tell them that you most unfortunately already speak that language.
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| rostocpj Pentaglot Newbie United States Joined 5489 days ago 21 posts - 33 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, French, Toki Pona Studies: Esperanto, Indonesian, Shanghainese, Cantonese | Message 187 of 3737 03 December 2009 at 5:41am | IP Logged | ||
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You know you're a language nerd when one of the first things that you do with a new computer is add all the keyboard layouts you'll need.
....when some of those keyboards that you "need" are actually for languages you don't even speak, but really you never know when the urge to learn it will hit you. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| rostocpj Pentaglot Newbie United States Joined 5489 days ago 21 posts - 33 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, French, Toki Pona Studies: Esperanto, Indonesian, Shanghainese, Cantonese | Message 188 of 3737 03 December 2009 at 6:08am | IP Logged | ||
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...when 4 drop-down menus on the government's "language knowledge and proficiency" section of their application have you frantically looking for an "add another language" button.
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| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5565 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 189 of 3737 03 December 2009 at 11:18am | IP Logged | ||
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...when you're disappointed to find out that your cell phone only has English and Spanish as display languages.
...when you're feeling guilty playing a video game instead of studying languages, then find out that you can actually play it in four of the languages you're studying. Edited by Levi on 03 December 2009 at 11:30am 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Stryozyk Newbie United States Joined 5468 days ago 39 posts - 44 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian | Message 190 of 3737 03 December 2009 at 4:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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...when you babble to yourself in a bizarre ungrammatical mixture of up to seven different languages, one of which
you have invented yourself and with individual words from incidental languages mixed in. ...when you take notes and write journal entries in the aforementioned. ...when you unthinkingly address your family members in this babble. ...when they actually understand what you're saying from frequency of use. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ilmari Tetraglot Newbie Australia Joined 5508 days ago 23 posts - 47 votes Speaks: French*, Modern Hebrew, English, Japanese Studies: Korean, Finnish, Yiddish, Spanish, Russian, Esperanto | Message 191 of 3737 03 December 2009 at 4:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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... when you learn Korean, Mandarin and Finnish with Japanese textbooks.
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| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7154 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 192 of 3737 03 December 2009 at 5:11pm | IP Logged | ||
I don't feel so nerdy now after having brushed up on my Czech using a course designed for German-speakers. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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