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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 1913 of 3737 01 September 2011 at 10:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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...when setting your iPod to "shuffle" makes it switch between random foreign songs and random language lessons.
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| learnvietnamese Diglot Groupie Singapore yourvietnamese.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4947 days ago 98 posts - 132 votes Speaks: Vietnamese*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 1914 of 3737 02 September 2011 at 9:30am | IP Logged | ||
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When you feel good learning/reading about languages.
And you happen to feel good most of the time. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Phantom Kat Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5061 days ago 160 posts - 253 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Finnish | Message 1915 of 3737 03 September 2011 at 8:15am | IP Logged | ||
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... when one of the highlights of spending a week with your sister is listening to the Mandarin conversations going on between her husband and her father-in-law (they are Taiwanese). Not only that, but they frequently taught you guys things such as the difference between traditional and simplified characters (the father-in-law was taught simplified in Indonesia and traditional when he moved to Taiwan) and the Bopomofo system. Thus, you walked out with some character knowledge and a small vocabulary that mostly has to do with food.
... when another highlight of that trip is your sister taking you to a Spanish, Jehovah's Witnesses mass in order to get more religion in your life. You cannot concentrate on what the first man is talking about (or what Bible page to flip to) because you're trying to figure out which Spanish-speaking country he's from by his accent. (Your best bet is Chile due to the dropping of final -s in words.) - Kat Edited by Phantom Kat on 03 September 2011 at 8:17am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Siberiano Tetraglot Senior Member Russian Federation one-giant-leap.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6491 days ago 465 posts - 696 votes Speaks: Russian*, English, ItalianC1, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Serbian | Message 1916 of 3737 03 September 2011 at 6:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you watch all the Vuelta a España and Giro d'Italia to listen to the polyglot commenter who knows all the big European languages.
When a winner briefing in English upsets you. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5007 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 1917 of 3737 03 September 2011 at 7:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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I believe someone must have already mentioned this.
...when you read some tips on the AJATT and a few articles later you seriously consider learning Japanese. (but of course it is unrealistic to start now, perhaps in a few years from now) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5169 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 1918 of 3737 03 September 2011 at 8:13pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you are riding through your neighborhood on your bike and see a sign saying "Garage Sale", and for some reason you think it says "Góry Skaliste" (which means "Rocky Mountains" in Polish).
When you are thrilled when the Iliad is on your required reading list for school, but while you are reading you keep on thinking, "This would sound so much better in Ancient Greek, and it would be so neat to read the original dactylic hexameter, too!" And then you are tempted to take your copy of Teach Yourself Ancient Greek off your shelf and pull out your Ancient Greek flashcards. When you enjoy reading articles on Wikipedia in Portuguese because it is so much fun trying to puzzle things out based on your knowledge of Spanish and Latin. Edited by Amerykanka on 03 September 2011 at 8:19pm 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| mikonai Diglot Senior Member United States weirdnamewriting.bloRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4927 days ago 178 posts - 281 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Swahili, German | Message 1919 of 3737 03 September 2011 at 9:59pm | IP Logged | ||
When your teacher reads the first eight lines of the Iliad in Ancient Greek, and you start considering learning Ancient Greek. Maybe I can get extra credit for it... When you love your dentist even more when you see that the appointment reminder postcards he sends out have a picture of an advertisement for toothpaste -- in your target language! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7013 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 1920 of 3737 04 September 2011 at 12:27am | IP Logged | ||
YKYALNW you've seen the meaning of YKYALNW at least twice already on this thread. Edited by patuco on 04 September 2011 at 12:55pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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