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LebensForm
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Austria
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Studies: German

 
 Message 2089 of 3737
05 January 2012 at 4:08pm | IP Logged 
Iversen wrote:
You should learn Finnish: it has a "go away" case and a "come now" case. And for getting things done maybe adopt the Russian "Instrumental" case.

Interesting, I could have way too much fun with those cases xD, Maybe the "go away" and "come now" case could be the Bipolar case...? I don't know, this gives me so much to think about when I'm at the dentist today, I just hope I don't start laughing...
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Levi
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 Message 2090 of 3737
08 January 2012 at 3:36am | IP Logged 
LebensForm wrote:
I understand that, but then again I primarily listen to German music and whenever I turn on the radio here, I am reminded why that is the case :/ Todays top 40 is just plain annoying...


I know exactly what you mean! Compare:

Justin Bieber - One Less Lonely Girl
Unheilig - Hexenjagd

They're not even remotely in the same ballpark.
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psy88
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 Message 2091 of 3737
09 January 2012 at 12:35am | IP Logged 
When you get all excited while watching a movie that you have seen many times but, because you now have a big screen, high def TV, you notice something new.That is, while watching the classic James Bond movie, "From Russia, With Love," you notice that in the scene in the train dining car, there is a sign on the upper wall for "Berlitz".
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Teango
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 Message 2092 of 3737
09 January 2012 at 8:35pm | IP Logged 
When you receive the best birthday present and card ever!



Edited by Teango on 09 January 2012 at 8:35pm

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Michael K.
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 Message 2093 of 3737
18 January 2012 at 12:55am | IP Logged 
When you're at church camp with the sweetest, cutest single girl in the church and she asks you about your crappy summer job. You tell her about it, and say the one thing that made it bearable was hearing the internationals speak other languages, including Jamaican Creole. She asks you what a creole is, and you talk to her about languages a little.

Talking to a girl you like about a subject you like makes you think that working at your crappy summer job was all worthwhile :)

Edited by Michael K. on 18 January 2012 at 1:04am

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ellasevia
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 Message 2094 of 3737
18 January 2012 at 8:27am | IP Logged 
When you spend the evening listening to a documentary in Polish and writing a very detailed, three-page-long explanation of and study plan for Mandarin for a friend...and yet you speak neither of those languages.
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rivere123
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 Message 2095 of 3737
21 January 2012 at 5:16am | IP Logged 
When the English Wikipedia blackout isn't a big deal, since you could satisfy your curiosity in some other language.
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mick33
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Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish

 
 Message 2096 of 3737
21 January 2012 at 8:46am | IP Logged 
The English Wikipedia blackout was just the motivation I needed to read Italian, so it was great for me.


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