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| Kubelek Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland chomikuj.pl/Kuba_wal Joined 6850 days ago 415 posts - 528 votes  Speaks: Polish*, EnglishC2, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 33 of 50 09 December 2009 at 8:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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annihilation of bad study habits is the ideology behind it
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| doviende Diglot Senior Member Canada languagefixatio Joined 5984 days ago 533 posts - 1245 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Hindi, Swedish, Portuguese | Message 34 of 50 09 December 2009 at 8:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yes, you're correct about the meaning of Annihilation. Someone mentioned that in this phrase, it refers to completely removing your bad study habits. Strangely, the phrase never bothered me even though I didn't know what was being "annihilated".
"Annihilate" is typically used mostly in TV shows, particularly fantasy or sci-fi. It gives a sense of "extreme", "very fast", "total destruction", that sort of thing. I think it's always spoken in a very exaggerated way. In this context, I understood immediately that it meant that we should have complete focus on the task, and it would be an extreme task requiring constant effort. This would be the biggest challenge ever, and everyone should make full effort. hopefully that helps :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5565 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 35 of 50 09 December 2009 at 11:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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Though there are other things we can annihilate as well: hurdles to understanding, fear of using the language, procrastination, and counter-productive mental attitudes, to name a few.
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| staf250 Pentaglot Senior Member Belgium emmerick.be Joined 5695 days ago 352 posts - 414 votes Speaks: French, Dutch*, Italian, English, German Studies: Arabic (Written) | Message 36 of 50 10 December 2009 at 4:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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I see the light :))
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| joanthemaid Triglot Senior Member France Joined 5468 days ago 483 posts - 559 votes Speaks: French*, English, Spanish Studies: Russian, German | Message 37 of 50 11 December 2009 at 9:08pm | IP Logged | ||
I doubt anyone is going to be studying English? As this site is mostly English-speaking and spelling mistakes are forbidden, it seems unlikely that anyone here doesn't know English. It would be amazing to be able to make study-buddy groups. If we're going to study two languages though, it means we need a study buddy in our team for both. I can help with English and French. I'd like to learn Russian and Arabic and practice my Spanish. Anyone in? Oh, and for study-buddying, I have unlimited phone, but I don't know exactly to which countries. Anyway, if you speak Spanish, Russian or Arabic, please be in my team :). Edited by joanthemaid on 11 December 2009 at 9:10pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| reineke Senior Member United States https://learnalangua Joined 6445 days ago 851 posts - 1008 votes Studies: German | Message 38 of 50 12 December 2009 at 8:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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You carried on the torch, sniff :) You're also doing the team thing. Capture the flag! FFA!
Annihilate: bad habits, your target language (Kato Lomb: an enemy castle), other opponents, yourself (if you give up because it's "too hard" or any other reason). Doviende is right, I was trying to convey the idea of hard, metal-grinding action and samurai-style dedication. It was supposed to be cool. It is cool. Then YOU guys came up with the acronym, lol. Language is a slow, organic process. If it helps, forget about video games and think of it as a tomato or pumpkin-growing competition. You don't show up with produce from your local Safeway or another grocery store. You grow it yourself, sing to it, play classical music, you use miracle-gro and all sorts of methods, approaches and contraptions. You chat with other gardeners and compare. You have fun. You're trying to achieve above-average results in record time. When you finally pluck it, you dress up and show it off and you're a little sad but also looking forward to your next vegetable. The good news is that your plant is not easily perishable and once you help it along it needs very little attention. Alternatively, you can threaten people with a shotgun from behind your chicken fence, trash-talk other people's produce etc. English is the "early girl" tomato. Very popular and rewarding. You're also unlikely to win any prizes with it. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 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 39 of 50 12 December 2009 at 8:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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Welcome back, Reineke! By the way, TAC 2009 is still going on. There must be about 10-15 (of originally 60) participants who are still in the game of TAC 2009. So this year there will be people who are able to finish one whole TAC year.
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 Slacker Diglot Pro Member United States Joined 5451 days ago 62 posts - 99 votes Speaks: Spanish, English Studies: German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Arabic (classical) Personal Language Map | Message 40 of 50 22 December 2009 at 3:21am | IP Logged | ||
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I just happened to stumble on this website yesterday, and this thread caught my eye(s), particularly due to it's
EXTREMEness! I love the idea of making language learning into a public challenge/competition. I think that since I bought a pair of Nike+ shoes and started tracking my jogging miles online, I've probably doubled the amount that I run on a regular basis. I wonder if this TAC could actually get me to studying languages? I'll give it a shot! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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