luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7206 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French
| Message 82 of 117 25 August 2007 at 6:04am | IP Logged |
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If you have bitten off more than you can chew, you just have to sacrifice certain languages, which can be extremely painful, as well as a great loss of time, so again, I heartily recommend acquiring more selectively than I did. |
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Which brings me to the last point - when discussing compulsive time management skills... |
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I took more time than I could afford out of my afternoon schedule to compare older and updated offerings by the same publisher. I didn't need to *prove* this to myself - I already knew it - but it was good to find that it could be proven so easily. |
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If you read his posts carefully, Ardaschir often spoke of time and the value of time. He invested a lot of time in his posts. In the grand scheme of his life, he probably thought his time would be better spent as a non-member.
Edited by luke on 25 August 2007 at 6:23am
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FSI Senior Member United States Joined 6360 days ago 550 posts - 590 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 84 of 117 25 August 2007 at 6:34am | IP Logged |
Yes; I agree with you both. Most likely he found the forum incompatible with either his ideas or time commitments - most likely, with both. Oh well.
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tmesis Senior Member Mayotte Joined 6649 days ago 154 posts - 146 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 85 of 117 25 August 2007 at 7:40am | IP Logged |
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Edited by tmesis on 17 February 2008 at 2:34pm
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Cage Diglot aka a.ardaschira, Athena, Michael Thomas Senior Member United States Joined 6625 days ago 382 posts - 393 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Portuguese
| Message 86 of 117 26 August 2007 at 5:30am | IP Logged |
tmesis, if you are right, he might need to seek some professional help..;)
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Kugel Senior Member United States Joined 6539 days ago 497 posts - 555 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 87 of 117 26 August 2007 at 12:54pm | IP Logged |
Is this the same guy that teaches over at New College in San Fransisco? Why of all places did he decide to teach there?
As far as I know, this is the only website out there that has a sizable amount of language learning information. All the others are just minor blogs or storefronts. Why would a language enthusiast simply drop all contact with the forum? 15 min every weekend is not going to ruin somebody's schedule. To say it would would be dishonest.
It would've been nice to see how Ardashir responded to the guy selling his Pimsleur products a week or two ago.
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jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6910 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map
| Message 88 of 117 26 August 2007 at 3:14pm | IP Logged |
I've always thought it was as simple as that Ardaschir had a lot of other things to focus on, namely his book on polyglottery and of course life in general after what happened in Lebanon last year.
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