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 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5845 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes  1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 57 of 3737 20 September 2009 at 4:13am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Interesting to know, so I'm not the only nerd like this! Fasulye 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5764 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 58 of 3737 20 September 2009 at 4:58am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I would more surprised if there aren't many more on here who do that. Of course, to me listening to colleagues talk about last night's TV shows is nothing I would voluntarily do, and using that time to study seems the obvious thing to do. It's refreshing. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Choscura Diglot Groupie United States Joined 5546 days ago 61 posts - 82 votes Speaks: English*, Thai | Message 59 of 3737 20 September 2009 at 9:42am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I don't do this with spoken languages anymore, but certainly with programming languages.
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| J-Learner Senior Member Australia Joined 6028 days ago 556 posts - 636 votes Studies: Yiddish, English* Studies: Dutch | Message 60 of 3737 20 September 2009 at 12:00pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Hey that was a really cool conversation E!
I think that our local ones are rather fricative... When you find yourself nodding to most of the suggestions in this thread! (Guilty)
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| janalisa Triglot Senior Member France janafadness.com/blog Joined 6888 days ago 284 posts - 466 votes Speaks: English*, French, Japanese Studies: Russian, Norwegian | Message 61 of 3737 20 September 2009 at 2:39pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I totally do this too. It's good to know I'm not the only one! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Choscura Diglot Groupie United States Joined 5546 days ago 61 posts - 82 votes Speaks: English*, Thai | Message 62 of 3737 20 September 2009 at 4:33pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Ooh, ooh, I have another!
When you pick up the phone and answer, and the person on the other end- who knows you- says "switch languages, please", and you accidentally switch to the wrong one again. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Gon-no-suke Triglot Senior Member Japan Joined 6432 days ago 156 posts - 191 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Japanese, EnglishC2 Studies: Korean, Malay, Swahili | Message 63 of 3737 20 September 2009 at 5:06pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Or when you answer is, "I did those ten years ago!" 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| JoeMcC Pentaglot Newbie United States joe185.wordpress.com Joined 5562 days ago 17 posts - 18 votes Speaks: English*, Irish, Spanish, Mandarin, French Studies: Scottish Gaelic, German, Catalan, Breton | Message 64 of 3737 20 September 2009 at 10:16pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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When you rotate your diary weekly among 14 languages (as someone I know does).
When you have all seven Harry Potter books, each in a different language. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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