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| jsg Diglot Newbie Canada Joined 4507 days ago 30 posts - 59 votes  Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 2497 of 3737 26 July 2012 at 7:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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One of my favourite expressions to use occaisionally when I disagree with someone, or am exasperated with what they are saying is, "I'm not even listening in English anymore."
I guess that doesn't really make me nerdy, but whatever.. 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ruskivyetr Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5481 days ago 769 posts - 962 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Polish, Modern Hebrew | Message 2498 of 3737 26 July 2012 at 8:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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You know you're a language nerd when....
you start writing grammar drills in the steam on the glass in the shower in Russian, German, and what you remember of Georgian. You know you're a REAL nerd when you take a picture of it because you made a really complicated sentence in German and discovered that it is grammatically correct and apparently sounds very professional and advanced. (also because writing it down is too conventional :) 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| jsg Diglot Newbie Canada Joined 4507 days ago 30 posts - 59 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 2499 of 3737 26 July 2012 at 11:05pm | IP Logged | ||
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When your wife starts calling your mp3 player 'The Other Woman'.
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| jsg Diglot Newbie Canada Joined 4507 days ago 30 posts - 59 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 2500 of 3737 27 July 2012 at 12:05am | IP Logged | ||
You are a prophet. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6597 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 2501 of 3737 27 July 2012 at 1:09am | IP Logged | ||
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When you consider changing your trip's dates so that you gained an extra hour for the 6WC due to the timezones :D
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| mikonai Diglot Senior Member United States weirdnamewriting.bloRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4929 days ago 178 posts - 281 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Swahili, German | Message 2502 of 3737 27 July 2012 at 1:44am | IP Logged | ||
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When you get a new smartphone, and aside from the fact that it gives you much better
access to so many language-learning applications, you're especially excited that it finally comes in SIX different languages instead of three, and one of them is even your TL! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| shnndr Diglot Newbie Romania Joined 4515 days ago 9 posts - 13 votes Speaks: Romanian*, English Studies: Italian, French, Norwegian | Message 2503 of 3737 27 July 2012 at 2:34am | IP Logged | ||
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...while reading this post you tell yourself "I'm not a language geek! >:P "
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| Ismeme Granger Newbie United States Joined 4582 days ago 26 posts - 65 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 2504 of 3737 27 July 2012 at 5:11am | IP Logged | ||
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You know that you are a language nerd when you actually love the fact that you couldn't
find the building for the driving class that you were supposed to take tonight because having your mother drive you around, looking for the place allows you to pass a couple of Arabic restaurants and markets with the titles written in Arabic script, a Chinese church(with real characters--no pinyin!), and several Mexican stores-- 'templos'(churches), 'supermercados'(supermarkets), and 'carnicerias'(meatmarkets). You can practically feel your Spanish improving as you are forced to read these glorious signs quickly. Keep in mind that this is in Arizona. I might have expected the Spanish(although that certainly doesn't mean that I am any less excited about it!), but not the Chinese or the Arabic! Great day! 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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