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| Tsopivo Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4472 days ago 258 posts - 411 votes  Speaks: French*, English Studies: Esperanto | Message 25 of 112 11 December 2012 at 9:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks to you both for the explanation.
Personnally, I usually enjoy reading the logs of people who are learning French more than I do those of people learning a language that I know nothing of. I find it interesting to be in the same group as people whom I can help (French learners) and people who can help me (Spanish speakers and learners). I think that having several languages in the same team is better for help between members than separating between languages. So I guess I would prefer option 3. As for the team name, "Romanice loqui" is a good idea but it's very descriptive. I have noticed some other teams have names that refer to notable achievement related to their TL (for ex. MIR : great Russian achievement) or simply kick-ass (for ex. : Vikings or last year dragons). Maybe we could find inspiration in Ancient Rome mythology; like a muse or a god of language or learning or something like that. Another possibility would be to use a motto in latin as it is the base for all romance language but that would probably be too long so it's more a motto than a team name. For example, there are "discere et docere" (to learn and to teach), "veni, vidi, vici", "Vincit qui se vincit" (He/she conquers who conquers him/herself), "aut disce aut discede" (either learn or leave). 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5396 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 26 of 112 11 December 2012 at 10:05pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think if it goes much over 20, we might need to split it, at least initiallly.
I'm not sure about splitting it by language, though. There are a lot of us that are studying more than just one. :) Historically, lots of people who start out strong and enthusiastic at the beginning kind of fizzle out. We started with a huge team last year, and there were only a few of us left that posted regularly. I think at some point a few months into the year, we will probably look at merging, though. As to a team name.. I like Pax. It might be borderline copyright infringement from the Russian team, but it's short and sweet and has a nice ring to it. :) Edited by Kerrie on 11 December 2012 at 10:07pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| PistolPete Newbie Scotland Joined 4383 days ago 28 posts - 33 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Latin, Italian | Message 27 of 112 11 December 2012 at 11:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi, I'm Pete and I'm studying Italian.
I've dabbled with it over the past few months but have finally been putting serious time into it over the last 1.5 months. I don't have a definite goal but as close to B1 level as I can get is the general idea. I studied Latin at university so that will help and I'll also look to resurrect my Latin studies in 2013 - I've only looked at Latin about 3 times since graduating. How about, for the team name, something to do with Hannibal: he did travel through the Romance countries after all and in terms of 'coolness' he's certainly up there with the Vikings. Anyway, I'm looking forward to the challenge and bona fortuna to all. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| deadscreen Diglot Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4374 days ago 25 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 28 of 112 12 December 2012 at 12:55am | IP Logged | ||
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We could always call ourselves the Romulans.
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| Jax Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4372 days ago 15 posts - 27 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German | Message 29 of 112 12 December 2012 at 1:30am | IP Logged | ||
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I'd love to be added to the team. I'm around a B2-C1 in Spanish and want to finish the year with a strong
C1, with my reading being a C2. I'm also going to start French in June, so not sure if I could officially add that the the TAC 2013 team. Since moving to the USA a couple of years ago (from Spain) I've dabbled in Spanish learning, but as of 4 weeks ago, I'm now committing to learning throughout 2013. Being part of a team and keeping a log here will greatly help me and make the whole process a lot more enjoyable. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| CMTM Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4549 days ago 28 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 30 of 112 12 December 2012 at 8:31am | IP Logged | ||
For me, I don't think option one is an option. I don't really mind what we do with splitting the team, I just don't want to juggle too many things at once. We should hold some sort of vote. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6621 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, NorwegianC1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish | Message 31 of 112 12 December 2012 at 8:46am | IP Logged | ||
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I vote for the name Romulans! (Not that I get a vote I suppose... I just like sticking my nose in, and I like Star Trek!)
When you guys decide what to do about the team, someone should send me a PM. It looks like you're leaning toward not taking more members and letting those signing up in the future form a new team. I think that would probably be easiest since there is no clear line to split the team along. There are so many people studying more than one language. So, team-leader, whoever that may be, send me a PM when you decide. And of course, if after a few months a lot of people have dropped out, the teams can be merged. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| fireballtrouble Triglot Senior Member Turkey Joined 4525 days ago 129 posts - 203 votes Speaks: Turkish*, French, English Studies: German | Message 32 of 112 12 December 2012 at 10:36am | IP Logged | ||
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My suggestion is to wait at least till the end of the year, maybe more, then we can have
a look on our total count. There are already many members who will study 2 languages, we have native French and Spanish speakers and I don't think any of the "splitted teams" would like to lose them on the other side :) TAC is a long period, along this 12-month challenge one-language-learners may decide to give a try for another language because all of the target languages of our team are sister languages and switching is quite possible during this long duration. Edited by fireballtrouble on 12 December 2012 at 10:36am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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