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| akkadboy Triglot Senior Member France Joined 5408 days ago 264 posts - 497 votes  Speaks: French*, English, Yiddish Studies: Latin, Ancient Egyptian, Welsh | Message 1481 of 3737 06 March 2011 at 12:20pm | IP Logged |
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when you're packing for the weekend and can not make up your mind about which books you should carry up with you,
so you eventually settle on the Persian Assimil, a Yiddish newspaper and a copy of Cicero's letters. Of course, it's your friend's birthday and you're not supposed to have any free time to read but, eh, one never knows... Edited by akkadboy on 06 March 2011 at 12:21pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Ezhik Diglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5012 days ago 1 posts - 2 votes Speaks: English*, Russian | Message 1482 of 3737 06 March 2011 at 11:21pm | IP Logged |
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When you walk around the British Museum translating the Egyptian stelae (to the bemusement of the 'normal' tourists) and are very dissappointed the the museum doesn't also publish a 'how to read cuneform' book. (I was 13!)
When you consider teaching your one year old 'a language a day' on top of two native languages to be 'just for starters' ^^ When the only downside to the above plan is finding the time to research and create the flashcards/phrase + story books in nine languages! When you find yourself listening to Chinese and Japanese children's songs rather than 'regular' music... 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| kottoler.ello Tetraglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6003 days ago 128 posts - 192 votes Speaks: English*, Russian, Mandarin, French Studies: Japanese, German | Message 1483 of 3737 07 March 2011 at 2:06am | IP Logged |
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When your FRIENDS have dreams in which you speak foreign languages.
"Were you speaking Russian at any point last night?" "No..." "Oh, must've been a dream. I seem to remember some old guy coming up to you and you started speaking fluent Russian to him." "Oh. Yeah, I definitely can't do that." 6 persons have voted this message useful | |
| ember Triglot Groupie CyprusRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5403 days ago 63 posts - 101 votes Speaks: Russian*, English, German Studies: Spanish, French, Greek, Polish | Message 1484 of 3737 07 March 2011 at 4:48pm | IP Logged |
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When you get disappointed that the game you've downloaded is not the kind you prefer, but
then play (and replay) it anyway, because it can be switched to 7(!) different languages. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5766 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 1485 of 3737 09 March 2011 at 6:25pm | IP Logged |
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When you're talking to your friends in English - about nothing to do with languages at all - and when you or one of your friends can't think of the word immediately, you say the word in whichever language comes into your head the fastest. By the end of the conversation, you've had words obviously in English, but also Slovene, Russian and German :P
You also know you're a language nerd when this is a very regular occurrence. Jack 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Icaria909 Senior Member United States Joined 5591 days ago 201 posts - 346 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 1486 of 3737 11 March 2011 at 4:16am | IP Logged |
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You know you're a language nerd when you've watched I Just Can't Wait to Be King:
multilanguage so my many times on Youtube that you've memorized it. You're a bigger nerd if you've memorized the multilanguage version and forgot the original! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5847 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 1487 of 3737 11 March 2011 at 6:34am | IP Logged |
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... if you speak a whole course evening only in Danish with fluent non-native speakers and they don't believe you that you are a beginner.
Fasulye 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| arthur Bilingual Triglot Newbie Poland Joined 5990 days ago 3 posts - 5 votes Speaks: English*, Polish*, Serbian Studies: Russian, Georgian, French | Message 1488 of 3737 11 March 2011 at 2:28pm | IP Logged |
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When you feel disappointed when you can't practice your Turkish with the proprietor of a
kebab stand because he's Egyptian, not Turkish. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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