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| Quabazaa Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5610 days ago 414 posts - 543 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, French Studies: Japanese, Korean, Maori, Scottish Gaelic, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written) | Message 273 of 3737 15 January 2010 at 10:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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You step out your door and you're actually surprised or even shocked to hear the language around you, because you immersed yourself so completely in another language that you thought you lived in a different country.
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| canada38 Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5496 days ago 304 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Japanese | Message 274 of 3737 16 January 2010 at 12:36am | IP Logged | ||
I was at a lame party on New Years and I was wishing so desperately to go home and do some language study. I admit though on New Years Eve I only had a couple drinks so that I would still be functional enough on New Years Day for some language study!! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Rina Newbie United States Joined 5545 days ago 35 posts - 64 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin, Korean | Message 275 of 3737 16 January 2010 at 1:17am | IP Logged | ||
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When you can't understand something in your native language because your brain wants to think in you target language.
My grandmother was over for dinner the other night and was complaining about a headache. She asked "What do you have for a headache?", meaning what kind of medicine did we have. However, my brain wanted to be German and I thought she meant "What kind of headache do you have?". So I stare and say "Uhmmm...I don't...Ohh!" -_- 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Lindsay19 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5822 days ago 183 posts - 214 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC1 Studies: Swedish, Faroese, Icelandic | Message 276 of 3737 16 January 2010 at 6:05am | IP Logged | ||
I could definatly see that happening to me too :-P 1 person has 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 277 of 3737 16 January 2010 at 10:08am | IP Logged | ||
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When after a few weeks of immersion in the Russian language, you leave your cosy learning environment and start talking to your German neighbour, who just happened to catch you on the stairs, in snippets of German and English. You slowly realise that she's squinting in confusion every now and again, but can't fathom why, and put it down to your occasional English phrases. Then you go down to the local fried chicken shop on the corner and experience the same quizzical searching glances from the vendor too, despite only using German this time. Only on your return does your friend laugh and inform you that you've inadvertly been speaking русский German, with liberal sprinklings of курица, детский сад and да instead of ja thrown in for good measure. Listening to this bizarre Englishman wrestling with German and English must have been a real struggle for these poor souls at the best of times, but trying to understand English-Russian-German must have really confused them. Oh du lieber Бог!
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| genini1 Senior Member United States Joined 5469 days ago 114 posts - 161 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 278 of 3737 17 January 2010 at 9:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you watch a television show in your L2 specifically because it features them learning your L4. (There's a Japanese show about a cook who goes to Tokyo to be a chef in an Italian restaurant and he learns Italian there.)
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| seldnar Senior Member United States Joined 7133 days ago 189 posts - 287 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, French, Greek | Message 279 of 3737 18 January 2010 at 8:04am | IP Logged | ||
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I spend my lunch hour reading Paris Match one day. As I was putting the magazine back on
the library shelf I noticed the ad on the back page. I stared and stared at it, not being able to figure out what it was talking about. I actually took the magazine over to a friend to point out the ad and ask if she understood it. She did. It was entirely in English.
Genini, what is the name of this show. I'd love to watch it. 1 person has 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 280 of 3737 18 January 2010 at 2:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you buy a fluffy new bathmat for your WC in Germany, happy and warm in the knowledge that this is "specifically" for the bathroom because it has the word "bath" crafted into its lovely design in German. Only later, whilst gracing the loo and proudly admiring your latest household purchase from a slightly different angle, do you realise you actually bought a mat with "BAD" emblazened on it in big bold letters. And just to think, only the other day I was smiling at another forum member's confusion with "Die Hard". Oh well...at least it'll be a talking point for English friends when they come round to visit and spend a penny. Edited by Teango on 18 January 2010 at 2:04pm 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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