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| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5054 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes  Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 2785 of 3737 12 December 2012 at 8:08pm | IP Logged | |||||
It's probably this Disney cartoon that aired in 92-93, at least in Russia. Its theme song is among my earliest childhood memories. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Tamise Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom jllrr.wordpress.com/ Joined 5246 days ago 115 posts - 161 votes Speaks: English*, German, Dutch Studies: French, Japanese, Spanish | Message 2786 of 3737 12 December 2012 at 8:38pm | IP Logged | |||||
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The French one (which I came across recently when watching a French adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel) is:
Am, stram, gram, Pic et pic et colégram, Bour et bour et ratatam, Am, stram, gram. Edited by Tamise on 12 December 2012 at 8:43pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4847 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 2787 of 3737 12 December 2012 at 9:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
I only know "Ene, mene, miste" and I'm from North Rhine-Westphalia, so this is the High German version. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5769 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 2788 of 3737 13 December 2012 at 4:49am | IP Logged | |||||
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You know you're a language nerd when you sit here for half an hour looking through the
above rhymes and learning them, even though you'll never study some of the languages above. And will use them in class to make the kids laugh yet again today. Jack 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Mani Diglot Senior Member Germany imsprachendickicht.b Joined 4908 days ago 258 posts - 323 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Swedish, Portuguese, Latin, Welsh, Luxembourgish | Message 2789 of 3737 13 December 2012 at 8:53am | IP Logged | |||||
I'm from Saxony-Anhalt and know both. :) The second one goes: Ene mene mopel, wer frisst Popel, süß und saftig, eine Mark und achtzig, eine Mark und zehn und du musst gehn. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| stifa Triglot Senior Member Norway lang-8.com/448715 Joined 4876 days ago 629 posts - 813 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 2790 of 3737 15 December 2012 at 4:29pm | IP Logged | |||||
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>When you check HTLAL's "active topics" way more often than Facebook.
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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5559 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 2791 of 3737 15 December 2012 at 9:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
Or even worse, when HTLAL's "Active Topics" IS your browser's homepage! ;) 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Jellitto Diglot Newbie Finland Joined 4903 days ago 17 posts - 32 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English Studies: German, Swedish, Japanese | Message 2792 of 3737 16 December 2012 at 2:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
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...when youre angry because theres a blizzard outside and when you were walking with your dog, your mother has opened the smaller window in your room and when you have come back you have noticed that some snow has come inside, on top of your dictionaries!
...when you get even angrier when your mother argues that the damage is not that severe only because the dictionaries are only humid, not actually wet. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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