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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6909 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 9 of 3737 17 September 2009 at 6:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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...when your mp3-player is loaded with foreign language podcasts instead of music.
...if you rate this thread among your favourites. ...if you've taken the test presented in that thread. ...if you scored particularly high. 8 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| MäcØSŸ Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5809 days ago 259 posts - 392 votes Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC2 Studies: German | Message 10 of 3737 17 September 2009 at 6:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you read the warranty paper of the headphones in every language available.
When you watch movies you would never watch in your mother tongue. When you take notes at school in IPA. When you use foreign grammar in your native language. When you colored a map according to the languages you’re fluent in. Edited by MäcØSŸ on 17 September 2009 at 6:53pm 22 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6703 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 11 of 3737 17 September 2009 at 7:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you have had to spread the collection of grammars, dictionaries, textbooks and bilingual guidebooks in your one and only piece of luggage decoratively on the floor of Tirana airport, because some members of your travel club whom you met in the airport wanted to photograph it.
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| M. Medialis Diglot TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member Sweden Joined 6357 days ago 397 posts - 508 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Russian, Japanese, French | Message 12 of 3737 17 September 2009 at 7:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you use the 15 minutes breaks inbetween lectures to quickly go outside and shadow a foreign language.
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| 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 13 of 3737 17 September 2009 at 9:13pm | IP Logged | ||
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...when you've invented a new script for your native language just for fun.
...when you correct native speakers of foreign languages on their grammar or spelling. ...when you download podcasts in languages you can't even understand and don't intend to learn. ...when you have correctly guessed a foreign word you have never seen before because you know a related language and are familiar with the historical phonetic shifts of both languages. ...when you say "alveolar ridge" or "epiglottis", then wonder why your listener is giving you a funny look. 16 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| M. Medialis Diglot TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member Sweden Joined 6357 days ago 397 posts - 508 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Russian, Japanese, French | Message 14 of 3737 17 September 2009 at 9:33pm | IP Logged | ||
Now, this one is good. 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5766 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 15 of 3737 17 September 2009 at 10:18pm | IP Logged | ||
Guilty: Khmer and Lao. :D ... when everyone knows the only presents you accept for birthdays are dictionaries and books in foreign languages. ... when you are with your a friend, overhear a foreigner talking on his/her mobile phone and the friend automatically looks at you to ask what language that was, and if you possibly know what that person was talking about. 12 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| OneEye Diglot Senior Member Japan Joined 6850 days ago 518 posts - 784 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, Taiwanese, German, French | Message 16 of 3737 17 September 2009 at 10:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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...when you major in one language, minor in another, and plan on studying a third in your spare time.
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