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| vonPeterhof Tetraglot Senior Member Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4772 days ago 715 posts - 1527 votes  Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Japanese, German Studies: Kazakh, Korean, Norwegian, Turkish | Message 2217 of 3737 04 April 2012 at 5:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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... you come across the word dafuq on the internet and pronounce it in your mind as if it were written out in IPA, right down to the voiceless uvular plosive at the end.
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 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5967 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 2218 of 3737 05 April 2012 at 5:06am | IP Logged | ||
I think I'd annoy the other passengers too much eavesdropping on them and trying to converse! On a more practical nerd note, I have heard that popular destinations in large cities sometimes have volunteers who can greet and give directions or tour to non-English speaking tourist at popular destinations such as museums or historical locations. If I can ever summon the necessary mental and physical energy to try this, that would be excellent experience. I should take advantage of living near such a big city with a lot of foreign visitors. So there's an idea for other language learners located near large cities or tourist destinations, too! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Tamise Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom jllrr.wordpress.com/ Joined 5243 days ago 115 posts - 161 votes Speaks: English*, German, Dutch Studies: French, Japanese, Spanish | Message 2219 of 3737 06 April 2012 at 7:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you're half-way up the stairs to fetch someone from your company's computing support team to do something on your laptop before you realise that it might be a good idea to switch it back to English as you're fairly certain none of them speak Welsh.
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| becks Newbie United States Joined 4714 days ago 5 posts - 11 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Russian | Message 2220 of 3737 06 April 2012 at 11:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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... when you're a broke college student and happily drop this week's hard-earned paycheck on a vintage language course.
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| WentworthsGal Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4888 days ago 191 posts - 246 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish, Spanish | Message 2221 of 3737 07 April 2012 at 9:32am | IP Logged | ||
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...When you go to sleep studying Afrikaans and wake up after a dream in Swedish.
... When you watch a tv programme and feel very proud when they say something in a language which you haven't studied yet but understood some of it because it's related to one that you do study. ...When you feel compelled to add the word "yet" into the above sentence, where mere mortals wouldn't even think of doing so. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5009 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 2222 of 3737 07 April 2012 at 11:02pm | IP Logged | ||
So true... I've been paying for books in foreign languages quite a lot lately, certainly more than I should. The staff members of the wonderful bookshop, where I buy most of them, already remember me. And sometimes, they even remember what I was asking about previously (happily announcing it has come) and answer me whether the books I have ordered have come before I ask about them. :-D 3 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 2223 of 3737 10 April 2012 at 1:28am | IP Logged | ||
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When your girlfriend says she feels like she's cheating on you when she talks about languages and language learning with other people when you aren't around.
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| Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4703 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian | Message 2224 of 3737 10 April 2012 at 3:18am | IP Logged | ||
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When you have laryngitis and one of the first things your non-language-studying buddy
says is: "So, do you feel you speak Dutch better this way?" Edited by Hekje on 11 April 2012 at 5:32pm 5 persons have voted this message useful |
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