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| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5592 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes  Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 577 of 3737 30 April 2010 at 4:51am | IP Logged | |||||
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When you post on another thread and that makes you realize another reason that you are a language nerd: You know who more of the people are in your Spanish(your target language) edition of People magazine than in the English edition(your native language).
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| Rikyu-san Diglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 5529 days ago 213 posts - 413 votes Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: German, French | Message 578 of 3737 30 April 2010 at 11:16am | IP Logged | |||||
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That's right, ZivonBagge. You know you are a language nerd when you don't let a little fear stop you from learning all the languages you want.
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| 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 579 of 3737 30 April 2010 at 8:08pm | IP Logged | |||||
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When you go to an Colombian art exhibit at your university in which the artists are present and a conversation
like this goes on between you and one of the artists: You: Hi...(Hesitant and unsure if the artist's English is good)... Are you the artist? Shall we speak in English or Spanish? Artist: Hey there! We can speak English (Spoken with a perfect American accent). You: Can we PLEASE speak Spanish?! :D My conversation went on with him for a half hour. We talked about the city of Medallin, his work and the negative reputation Colombia holds in the world. I've been hungry for some Spanish practice! I think it's nice to converse with artists in their native tongue. They can freely express their intent for their work without any trouble. Not that this guy had trouble with English! I've been told by some documentarians that the best interviews are done in the subject's native language. I also tend to ask bilingual people if we could speak a certain language. I don't want to assume because some people might be offended and think that I believe their English isn't good enough. Edited by MegatronFilm on 30 April 2010 at 8:10pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| noriyuki_nomura Bilingual Octoglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 5341 days ago 304 posts - 465 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Japanese, FrenchC2, GermanC2, ItalianC1, SpanishB2, DutchB1 Studies: TurkishA1, Korean | Message 580 of 3737 30 April 2010 at 8:25pm | IP Logged | |||||
I agree, very often fear hampers our ability to speak the language. That's why sometimes it helps to get abit tipsy after a couple of beer/wine, and voila, the sentences suddenly start coming out - nonstop! :) Edited by noriyuki_nomura on 30 April 2010 at 8:26pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| kottoler.ello Tetraglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6004 days ago 128 posts - 192 votes Speaks: English*, Russian, Mandarin, French Studies: Japanese, German | Message 581 of 3737 01 May 2010 at 9:06pm | IP Logged | |||||
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When the first thing you do upon turning on your computer is start Mnemosyne, by sheer force of habit.
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| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6143 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 582 of 3737 01 May 2010 at 9:17pm | IP Logged | |||||
I have an almost identical habit. Upon turning on my computer, I automatically open up my email, then BYKI, then Anki, and then my internet browser, which automatically saves the tabs I last had open, which always include at least my kanji reviewing website, google translate, my Anki statistics, Livemocha tutoring, and usually this website. :) 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 583 of 3737 01 May 2010 at 9:55pm | IP Logged | |||||
When you've already set all these type of things to load up automatically as start-up items when you first switch on and log in (and if you've got a Mac or workspaces application, to load into their own specific work areas too). Edited by Teango on 01 May 2010 at 9:56pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Otto Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5319 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Studies: Polish* | Message 584 of 3737 04 May 2010 at 9:18pm | IP Logged | |||||
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When, on your own free time, you choose to make an academic task regarding people's
preferences regarding languages they are learning. I was not kidding..... please enter my survey :) (But fill it with a serious head and mind) my survey....: (which from some reason the link to it was removed by the admin...!) www.pertalk.com bye! - For the admins - It's is not spam, so don't erase this please (you can check it yourself..) Edited by Otto on 04 May 2010 at 9:23pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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