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| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5591 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes  Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 1281 of 3737 04 December 2010 at 4:06am | IP Logged | ||
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When you actually cringe whenever you hear the commercial that refers to "useless memorization" and "boring drills".
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| dotdotdot Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5219 days ago 24 posts - 37 votes Speaks: Korean, English* Studies: Italian, Russian | Message 1282 of 3737 05 December 2010 at 12:12am | IP Logged | ||
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When you practically start screaming at the mention of Rosetta Stone or people saying "I'd like to learn (insert popular/ semi-popular language here) but I have no idea how." Edited by dotdotdot on 05 December 2010 at 12:12am 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5130 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 1283 of 3737 05 December 2010 at 12:47am | IP Logged | ||
To be fair, people wanting to learn another language often have no idea how to go about doing it. It's not unreasonable to hear them say that. Unfortunately, marketing usually wins out and people end up using what they see in commercials. R. == 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Genocyde Groupie United States Joined 5772 days ago 56 posts - 75 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian, Mandarin, Persian | Message 1284 of 3737 05 December 2010 at 4:47am | IP Logged | ||
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When you're tempted to learn French JUST so you can understand this in it's original language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGtKGX8B9hU It's already funny, but I think it;d be funnier if I knew French. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5556 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 1285 of 3737 05 December 2010 at 4:57am | IP Logged | ||
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When you change the language settings on a device out of sheer interest, and then can't work out how to quickly change it back later and use it...because it's all now in a foreign language (lol)! Edited by Teango on 05 December 2010 at 4:58am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5556 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 1286 of 3737 05 December 2010 at 5:00am | IP Logged | ||
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When predictive text on your mobile phone becomes completely messed up and unpredictable, simply because you keep texting in a variety and mixture of languages... Edited by Teango on 05 December 2010 at 5:02am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| QiuJP Triglot Senior Member Singapore Joined 5855 days ago 428 posts - 597 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Czech, GermanB1, Russian, Japanese | Message 1287 of 3737 05 December 2010 at 7:22am | IP Logged | ||
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You plan to take language placement tests just to see how far you can archive by studying
the target languages within one month. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5567 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 1288 of 3737 05 December 2010 at 8:58am | IP Logged | ||
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...when you spend hours on Google Earth exploring the places that speak your target language, checking out the pictures and reading any signs you see.
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