genini1 Senior Member United States Joined 5471 days ago 114 posts - 161 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin, Japanese
| Message 209 of 3737 25 December 2009 at 5:18am | IP Logged |
psy88 wrote:
You know you are a language nerd when all the gifts from friends and family are books to help you learn your target language(s). You are even a bigger(greater?) language nerd if you have to return all of them because you already own them all. And you are the biggest (or greatest) language nerd if you not only own them, but most have yet be opened. |
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The second sentence would be "You are an even bigger language nerd..."
Edited by genini1 on 25 December 2009 at 5:19am
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psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5594 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French
| Message 210 of 3737 25 December 2009 at 5:04pm | IP Logged |
genini1 wrote:
psy88 wrote:
You know you are a language nerd when all the gifts from friends and family are books to help you learn your target language(s). You are even a bigger(greater?) language nerd if you have to return all of them because you already own them all. And you are the biggest (or greatest) language nerd if you not only own them, but most have yet be opened. |
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The second sentence would be "You are an even bigger language nerd..." |
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You are correct-thanks for pointing out the error :-)
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chenshujian Diglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5453 days ago 122 posts - 139 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, English Studies: French
| Message 211 of 3737 26 December 2009 at 8:06am | IP Logged |
When you are working as a salesman and interpreter in a big market where there are foreign customers from time to tiem.And your main concern is not about selling
goods(you will get extra money if you succeed),but to chat with them as much as possible.
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5570 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 212 of 3737 26 December 2009 at 11:14pm | IP Logged |
...when you are trying to help a customer who is speaking in two foreign languages, and the only thing you don't understand is what language you're supposed to respond with.
Edited by Levi on 26 December 2009 at 11:14pm
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MegatronFilm Triglot Senior Member United States peligrosa.tumblr.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5941 days ago 130 posts - 275 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese
| Message 213 of 3737 27 December 2009 at 5:47am | IP Logged |
...when you say something to someone and then translate it all in your mind into all the languages you are
studying.
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ruskivyetr Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5484 days ago 769 posts - 962 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Polish, Modern Hebrew
| Message 214 of 3737 27 December 2009 at 7:17am | IP Logged |
When you get an iPod touch for Christmas and the first thing you do is load dictionaries of all the languages you are studying onto there.
YAY!!!!
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Quabazaa Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5612 days ago 414 posts - 543 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, French Studies: Japanese, Korean, Maori, Scottish Gaelic, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written)
| Message 215 of 3737 28 December 2009 at 4:31am | IP Logged |
When you randomly wake up feeling alert and rested at 4am and your first thought is "Oh yay!! I have a few hours to do some L-R before I have to truly get up and do stuff!" :D
Off to L-R XD
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chucknorrisman Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5451 days ago 321 posts - 435 votes Speaks: Korean*, English, Spanish Studies: Russian, Mandarin, Lithuanian, French
| Message 216 of 3737 28 December 2009 at 3:54pm | IP Logged |
I don't know if it was posted, but:
When you go to a bookstore and you see the Romance section and think that it would be about Romance languages. Happened to me just yesterday.
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