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| g-bod Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5982 days ago 1485 posts - 2002 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, German | Message 2577 of 3737 28 August 2012 at 9:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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When on your way back from your German lesson, not only do you cycle halfway through the city centre before you realise you've been repeating "Bruder, Bruder, Bruder" rather a little too loudly, but the cause of your embarassment is not the fact that you have just become "that crazy lady on a bike", it is actually that your pronunciation is still rather poor.
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| hjordis Senior Member United States snapshotsoftheworld. Joined 5186 days ago 209 posts - 264 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 2578 of 3737 28 August 2012 at 10:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you're getting some stuff you need at an office supplies store while it's on sale and you pick up a writing practice book for little kids because it will be useful when you're learning new alphabets. You also get some graph ruled sticky notes because what if you want to write a sticky note in Japanese?(I have trouble writing kanji on lines though I guess i could always use normal sticky notes but where's the fun?)
(I MAY also have an office supplies problem. I went into an office supplies store when I was in Japan and the cashiers were laughing at me a little cause I got a lot of stuff. But who doesn't need fold up scissors for their keychain?) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5967 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 2579 of 3737 29 August 2012 at 12:03am | IP Logged | ||
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re: Teango's post:
When you were concerned that our dear friend Teango might get himself into difficulties in New York later this week, but then you realize that you shouldn't worry about him - you should worry about the City of New York instead, because if he's like that at home in London . . . *shudder* One day . . . one man . . . all language-learning materials in the big Northeastern American metropolis mysteriously vanish . . . and then, they turn up later in numerous suitcases headed for the Pacific . . . Mrs. Teango will not be pleased. So many language students in NYC will be confused and sad. USA Homeland Security will be very, very suspicious. And I hear that there's a language tsunami warning in effect for Hawaii next week. Wait and see. It's going to happen. I look forward to the local news that evening, and, of course, the TV specials, mystery novels, and action films that will interpret and reenact the event for years to come. But who are we to judge? Any of us here would do the same. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| 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 2580 of 3737 30 August 2012 at 10:13pm | IP Logged | ||
...when your recent intensive study of the Chinese writing system allows you to understand a lot of the Japanese subtitles on your favorite K-pop videos. If my plate wasn't full, I would also be diving into Korean. I really need to study this language. I guess that's more motivation to bring my current languages up to a comfortable level so I have the time for it... Edited by Levi on 30 August 2012 at 10:21pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| cmmah Diglot Groupie Ireland Joined 4531 days ago 52 posts - 110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Irish | Message 2581 of 3737 31 August 2012 at 12:28am | IP Logged | ||
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When you make a list of languages that you "might learn at some point in the future", and realise that you may
have to narrow it down from 30-something. 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5207 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 2582 of 3737 01 September 2012 at 1:02am | IP Logged | ||
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You're watching a film, and you fast-forward past the sex scenes to get to the parts
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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 2583 of 3737 01 September 2012 at 6:04am | IP Logged | ||
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When after several years of HTLAL involvement, you finally meet up, for the first time, with a fellow forum member, and - of course, what else? - you spend your time examining multilingual graffiti.
This is me and Teango on the Brooklyn Bridge this evening (Aug 31). There were barriers blocking the view, but that was not a problem because people had written on them in many languages, and this was much more intriguing than anything else in New York. 
(ignore the red writing) But this German message seems to be misspelled. As you can see, we were deeply concerned. At one point, we sat down on the bridge, in the way of pedestrian traffic, to discuss subjunctive clauses. This drew a few strange looks from others ! And yes, we did contribute a little graffiti, too ! Lovely evening and Teango and his wife are fine people and a lot of fun be with! I hope to meet more of you out there one day - the more language nerds can get together, the better! Edited by meramarina on 01 September 2012 at 6:16am 8 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4828 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 2584 of 3737 01 September 2012 at 3:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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..when you wake up.
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