freakyaye Senior Member Australia Joined 4836 days ago 107 posts - 152 votes
| Message 3057 of 3737 11 September 2013 at 2:01am | IP Logged |
And to add to Teango's comment, missing milkisu after coming home from korea when everyone else hated it.
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montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4826 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh
| Message 3058 of 3737 11 September 2013 at 7:53am | IP Logged |
When you are walking home from the supermarket, listening to your Welsh lessons on the
MP3-thingummy, and are overtaken by a couple speaking German loudly so that you can
hear it through the Cymraeg, and you whip out the earpiece quickly and also step up the
pace to keep up, because they are 30 years younger than you, if a day, with legs a
metre longer, and are not weighed down by a heavy rucksack.
You give up when you realise that "out of breath stalker" is not exactly an enviable
look, and go back to the Cymraeg.
*National Stereotype alert* - you are however, quietly amused to see them take the long
route around using the official footpath (two sides of a square, more or less), while
you take the diagonal shortcut (equally safe, but quicker....you still don't catch up
with them though. :-) ).
Edited by montmorency on 12 September 2013 at 1:46pm
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osoymar Tetraglot Pro Member United States Joined 4734 days ago 190 posts - 344 votes Speaks: English*, German, Portuguese, Japanese Studies: Spanish, French Personal Language Map
| Message 3059 of 3737 11 September 2013 at 8:31pm | IP Logged |
@Teango
YOU DON'T LIKE OI OCHA?!?!?!?!!?死ね!!
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Zarmutek Newbie United States twitter.com/manueljoRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4723 days ago 28 posts - 74 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 3060 of 3737 11 September 2013 at 10:27pm | IP Logged |
When someone tells you that they're not interested in learning a second language, and you genuinely feel
sorry for them.
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Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5554 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona
| Message 3061 of 3737 12 September 2013 at 6:41am | IP Logged |
@osoymar
Wow, you really like your oi ocha! I drink hot sencha when out in town eating sushi, and love preparing matcha when I have all the utentsils, if that will abate my death sentence for now...
Otherwise I'm more of a pot o' tea, milk and sugar guy (perhaps accompanied with a slice of homemade cake or a dunking biscuit on a good day)...call me a traditional Brit in this resepect if you will. ;)
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jsg Diglot Newbie Canada Joined 4505 days ago 30 posts - 59 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: French
| Message 3062 of 3737 12 September 2013 at 7:02am | IP Logged |
When you read something in French without realizing it's in French until the language switches to English.
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montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4826 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh
| Message 3063 of 3737 12 September 2013 at 1:40pm | IP Logged |
Teango wrote:
@osoymar
Wow, you really like your oi ocha! I drink hot sencha when out in town eating sushi,
and love preparing matcha when I have all the utentsils, if that will abate my death
sentence for now...
Otherwise I'm more of a pot o' tea, milk and sugar guy (perhaps accompanied with a
slice of homemade cake or a dunking biscuit on a good day)...call me a traditional Brit
in this resepect if you will. ;)
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:-) Can you get Hobnobs in Hawaii? Perhaps fellow UK members can organise a Care
Package of them for you. (One of Peter Kay's stand-up routines is very relevant here)
Peter Kay - Hobnobs
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Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5554 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona
| Message 3064 of 3737 12 September 2013 at 7:07pm | IP Logged |
@montmorency
Oh, I dream of hobnobs, real bacon sarnies, and roast Sunday lunches with all the trimmings (I wonder what the equivalent craving is in other countries?). Care package...yes, please!!
Until then I'll make do with my Amazon shipments of Scottish shortbread and Yorkshire blends. :)
Edited by Teango on 12 September 2013 at 7:09pm
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