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| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5220 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 2345 of 3737 29 May 2012 at 9:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you've finally had enough of the loud 'expert' behind you on the tour bus and tell him the correct translation of the Latin inscription on the city gate in English, French, German and Spanish and you walk away with his girlfriend's phone number.... I didn't ring. That would just be mean, wouldn't it?
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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5557 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 2346 of 3737 29 May 2012 at 10:43pm | IP Logged | ||
I can just imagine you saying "How do you like them apples?" in this scenario (lol)... 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| zerrubabbel Senior Member United States Joined 4601 days ago 232 posts - 287 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Mandarin | Message 2347 of 3737 31 May 2012 at 3:09am | IP Logged | ||
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When knowing someone speaks Chinese isnt enough info
When you dont care what language the music you are listening to is in, 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Ismeme Granger Newbie United States Joined 4583 days ago 26 posts - 65 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 2348 of 3737 31 May 2012 at 4:47am | IP Logged | ||
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When you're on Fanfiction.Net, minding your own business and not even indulging in
language nerdery and Fanfiction.Net STILL knows that what you really want is an ad for clothing...in Polish, which you are not studying. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5925 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 2349 of 3737 04 June 2012 at 10:19am | IP Logged | ||
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When I sometimes have a difficult time speaking English because my thoughts sometimes end up being a jumble of Swedish, Spanish and the few Polish words I now know. This actually caused some of my friends at church to be concerned about me yesterday since I hardly spoke to any of them. Hmm.... I wonder if I should tell them why I was so quiet?
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| Elizabeth_rb Diglot Groupie United Kingdom polyglotintraining.b Joined 4637 days ago 54 posts - 84 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: GermanB1 | Message 2350 of 3737 04 June 2012 at 10:39am | IP Logged | ||
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You're generally trying to reduce your book collection, but your language book section
keeps on growing exponentially.... 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5557 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 2351 of 3737 04 June 2012 at 12:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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When eating out is nearly always accompanied by learning new foreign vocabulary.
For instance, yesterday I went out for a British Sunday roast to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee but somehow still learnt 3 words of Lithuanian from a waitress! labas = hi (and here's how I still remember the word now...when I first open my mouth to say hello, I use my lips, or otherwise in Latin: labia) ačiū = thanks (sounds remarkably like an English sneeze: atchoo!) iki = bye (reminds me of the word for "good" in Turkish: iyi, as well as the word for "go" in Japanese: iku) Edited by Teango on 04 June 2012 at 12:40pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4829 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 2352 of 3737 04 June 2012 at 4:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you plan your holiday destination(s) around your target language(s), instead of the
other way around. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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