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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6035 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes  5 sounds | Message 25 of 3737 18 September 2009 at 5:50am | IP Logged | ||
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...when you marry a Japanese so that you can learn the language...
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| OneEye Diglot Senior Member Japan Joined 6851 days ago 518 posts - 784 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, Taiwanese, German, French | Message 26 of 3737 18 September 2009 at 5:56am | IP Logged | ||
Chinese and French. Long decided. 8 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| MegatronFilm Triglot Senior Member United States peligrosa.tumblr.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5939 days ago 130 posts - 275 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 27 of 3737 18 September 2009 at 6:07am | IP Logged | ||
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...when a first time language learner is thinking about buying language software and you give them detailed reviews
of all the language products on the market. ...when you teach native speakers of your target language about the origin of their language. 12 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Spasty Groupie United States Joined 6870 days ago 92 posts - 113 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, French | Message 28 of 3737 18 September 2009 at 6:38am | IP Logged | ||
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...when your friend calls you "mein fruend" in a text message and the first thing you notice is that "Freund" is misspelled... despite not speaking German.
...when you read through this thread chuckling to yourself because you're guilty of almost all of them. ...when you do vocabulary drills with your target language in between sets while working out. 14 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| TerryW Senior Member United States Joined 6358 days ago 370 posts - 783 votes Speaks: English* | Message 29 of 3737 18 September 2009 at 8:09am | IP Logged | ||
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...when you anxiously await the next "Pimsleur vs. Michel Thomas" or "Assimil vs. FSI" debates on here like they were big sports events. 17 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| dbh2ppa Diglot Groupie Costa Rica Joined 5689 days ago 44 posts - 74 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Italian, Japanese, Sign Language | Message 30 of 3737 18 September 2009 at 8:45am | IP Logged | ||
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...when the idea of watching a movie with subtitles/dubbing in your native language seems ridiculous.
...when people get mad at you for not sticking to a single language during a conversation. (ideas come in the language they come, don't they?) ...when you own fiction in more languages than you could learn in a lifetime. ...when you can't repress the need to speak to a total stranger because you overheard them speaking X language. ...when a relationship (or even friendship) with a monolingual person seems impossible. ...when you can spend well over an hour on a single page of a book, look up every word in the dictionary, and some grammar points, and still enjoy the plot. ...when you dream of becoming a language teacher, just to have an excuse to learn more languages. 18 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 31 of 3737 18 September 2009 at 10:29am | IP Logged | ||
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When you give a presentation in work, to a large group of people, called "How to learn a language", and it has got nothing to do with your job.
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| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5995 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 32 of 3737 18 September 2009 at 1:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you are part of a group skype conversation discussing the difference sounds pedestrian crossings can make, and it breaks down to a comparison between voiced and voiceless, or perhaps even fricative sound discussion. When in reality, it's a tinny click...
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