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| Ogrim Heptaglot Senior Member France Joined 4639 days ago 991 posts - 1896 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, French, Romansh, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Catalan, Latin, Greek, Romanian | Message 2713 of 3737 05 November 2012 at 12:04pm | IP Logged | |||||
I am afraid there is no algorithm. I normally write it down in whatever language comes to my mind. Sometimes I just like the way it sounds in a particular language, so I tend to choose that one. On other occasions it is because I have read a recipe in e.g. Italian, so I will write down the ingredients I need in Italian. I've found it is a good way of learning the name of groceries. I use a shopping list app on my smartphone which lets you sort your shopping into categories, something I've found very practical when going around the supermarket looking for stuff. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5219 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 2714 of 3737 05 November 2012 at 5:17pm | IP Logged | |||||
I was hoping nobody I 'knew' was involved: ***hugs*** If there is anything else to get you back on the grid, shout out. 1 person has 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 2715 of 3737 07 November 2012 at 10:39pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Glad you are safe Meramarina.
Parts of our town were flooded a couple of years ago....nothing on the scale of "Sandy" of course, but the homes of some people were damaged, so I have an idea how bad it can be. Hope that it can be put right eventually. 1 person has 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 2716 of 3737 08 November 2012 at 3:13am | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks for your good wishes. I know I have not been a language nerd at all since the hurricane. I was making dumb jokes about it before it, and now, after it, I cannot identify what I'm thinking and feeling in many words in any language. Every bit of effort has had to go toward salvaging what we can from the house, clearing away debris and discarding nearly everything from inside. The storm surge sent three feet of water through the house, yard and backyard storage shed. And all the time wondering where am I going to go now?
Once things settle down though, however they do, I'll know am a language nerd again when I continue to learn the wonderful words of the world, after I can put more of them together other than -Light-Warmth-Shelter-Food-Safety=GOOD. Edited by meramarina on 08 November 2012 at 3:19am 5 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4844 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 2717 of 3737 08 November 2012 at 4:51pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Oh my, meramerina, the storm really seems to have hit you hard. I have never been in a similar situation, so I can hardly imagine what you must be going through right now, but I hope everything will work out for you and you'll be able to return to your home soon.
Best wishes from Germany! Concerning the original purpose of this thread: You know you're a language nerd when you ask questions about English grammar on HTLAL that have been boethering you since 5th grade, which means for 17 years now. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| stifa Triglot Senior Member Norway lang-8.com/448715 Joined 4873 days ago 629 posts - 813 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 2718 of 3737 08 November 2012 at 10:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
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You know you're a language nerd when your most common procrastination activity is
studying a language, and #2 is browsing this forum. (I'm an Engineering student) 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| eggcluck Senior Member China Joined 4701 days ago 168 posts - 278 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Japanese | Message 2719 of 3737 09 November 2012 at 2:09am | IP Logged | |||||
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When you go 10 months with out a date finally find someone and then you find yourself shooing them away so you can do some anki reps....
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| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5766 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 2720 of 3737 09 November 2012 at 9:33am | IP Logged | |||||
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...when you've recently started work teaching English in China and are arranging your classroom exactly the way you want it. All the other teachers have something on their classroom doors that reminds them of home - but ideally my door would be covered with stuff about Germany, France, Russia and Italy. Hardly appropriate for a school of English...
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