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| WingSuet Triglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5352 days ago 169 posts - 211 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, English, German Studies: Cantonese | Message 2489 of 3737 25 July 2012 at 10:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you read someone's facebook update saying she's having cake to celebrate Anki, and
you think: "Wow, I didn't know she uses Anki, and to like it that much that she celebrates it with cake!", before you realize that Anki is actually a person (a short name for a Swedish name). 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| LeadZeppelin Diglot Groupie United States Joined 5022 days ago 59 posts - 85 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish | Message 2490 of 3737 26 July 2012 at 5:59am | IP Logged | ||
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...you've experimented with at least one reduced sleep schedule in an attempt to maximize
the number of hours that you can spend learning languages. 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Hertz Pro Member United States Joined 4514 days ago 47 posts - 63 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 2491 of 3737 26 July 2012 at 6:16am | IP Logged | ||
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When you are elated to find a multi-lingual dictionary in a used bookstore that translates between two languages that you don't even speak.
Speaking of which, does anybody need a pocket-sized German-Czech dictionary? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Axystos Pentaglot Newbie Antarctica Joined 6834 days ago 20 posts - 43 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German, French, Russian Studies: Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Japanese, Czech, Polish | Message 2492 of 3737 26 July 2012 at 1:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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When someone offers you a pocket-sized German-Czech dictionary and you can say: "Thanks, but I already have one". :D
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 2493 of 3737 26 July 2012 at 1:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6152 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 2494 of 3737 26 July 2012 at 2:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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When everyone shouts at you to play the DVD, while you try to figure out what the thirty languages are in the start menu. Edited by DaraghM on 26 July 2012 at 2:50pm 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6152 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 2495 of 3737 26 July 2012 at 2:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you starting thinking the different language instructions on a shampoo bottle make a good parallel text.
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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 2496 of 3737 26 July 2012 at 2:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you start seeing Egyptian hieroglyphics...EVERYWHERE! o.O Edited by Teango on 26 July 2012 at 6:50pm 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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