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| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5263 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes  Speaks: German*, English | Message 17 of 156 26 August 2010 at 6:54am | IP Logged | |||||
Some people call this the Cupertino effect. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| wharrgarbl Newbie United States Joined 5787 days ago 27 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 18 of 156 26 August 2010 at 8:13am | IP Logged | |||||
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Many people seem to believe that India has only one language, which they commonly refer to as "Indian."
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| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6382 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 19 of 156 26 August 2010 at 9:50am | IP Logged | |||||
Many people also believe that of Switzerland, and call it Swiss. A few people who are entirely aware of the linguistic situation of Switzerland insist on calling Swiss-German 'Swiss' too, which can make it hard to assess if someone is using the term because of utter ignorance about Switzerland or not. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| crackpot Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6244 days ago 144 posts - 178 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 20 of 156 26 August 2010 at 10:27am | IP Logged | |||||
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I was once informed that Latin is currently spoken in Latvia and throughout Latin
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| noriyuki_nomura Bilingual Octoglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 5283 days ago 304 posts - 465 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Japanese, FrenchC2, GermanC2, ItalianC1, SpanishB2, DutchB1 Studies: TurkishA1, Korean | Message 21 of 156 26 August 2010 at 10:52am | IP Logged | |||||
As I am currently living and working in Switzerland, I have encountered many people asking me whether I speak Swedish!
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| vilas Pentaglot Senior Member Italy Joined 6903 days ago 531 posts - 722 votes Speaks: Spanish, Italian*, English, French, Portuguese | Message 22 of 156 26 August 2010 at 11:36am | IP Logged | |||||
English is not descend from latin but if you exclude all the English words originated from latin you cannot speak,write and read English. (in the above sentence = descendere - excludere - origine - are latin words) What is Basque ? an hat I suppose...and Mandarin in Italian (mandarino) is a citrus fruit ....maybe called tangerine in English 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| vilas Pentaglot Senior Member Italy Joined 6903 days ago 531 posts - 722 votes Speaks: Spanish, Italian*, English, French, Portuguese | Message 23 of 156 26 August 2010 at 11:43am | IP Logged | |||||
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About ignorance watch this video about what Americans know about world's geography
but I think that everywhere there is a lot of ignorance...........not only in the U,S http://www.youtube .com/watch?v=gmEp97yQcRQ 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| vilas Pentaglot Senior Member Italy Joined 6903 days ago 531 posts - 722 votes Speaks: Spanish, Italian*, English, French, Portuguese | Message 24 of 156 26 August 2010 at 11:51am | IP Logged | |||||
It is better that you call it Nederlands and not Dutch ,because the word "Dutch"it is derived from Dietsch (or Diets in modern Dutch), which has the same derivation as Deutsch (German for 'German'). In facts "dutch" means "german"....so... 1 person has voted this message useful |
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