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| Lykeio Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4244 days ago 120 posts - 357 votes  | Message 2969 of 3737 12 June 2013 at 1:44pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Gaffer tape is like duct tape but different in that it comes off cleanly for some reason. It tends to be used by lighting and staging crews a lot, also its almost...pressure sensitive in the way it can distribute pressure and weight so its pretty useful. Source: Helping stage a Latin play and getting lots of experience building and smashing a stage. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| osoymar Tetraglot Pro Member United States Joined 4736 days ago 190 posts - 344 votes Speaks: English*, German, Portuguese, Japanese Studies: Spanish, French Personal Language Map | Message 2970 of 3737 12 June 2013 at 7:21pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Gaffer tape is the best!
Also the best: getting banner ads in languages you're not even studying. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| SamD Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6659 days ago 823 posts - 987 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Norwegian | Message 2971 of 3737 17 June 2013 at 9:59pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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You know you're a language nerd when you're excited to be asked to sing at a Korean wedding but disappointed when they want you to sing in English...even though you've never, ever studied Korean.
And then you start wondering how the song would sound in Spanish because your best friend and language buddy lives in Spain! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| karaipyhare Tetraglot Groupie Paraguay Joined 5585 days ago 74 posts - 150 votes Speaks: Portuguese, Spanish*, English, Guarani Studies: German, Italian, French, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 2972 of 3737 19 June 2013 at 4:25pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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When you feel you've wasted your commuting time and feel really bad about it when you
don't prepare a Pimsleur lesson or a language podcast to listen to while going to work or back home. 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Phantom Kat Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5063 days ago 160 posts - 253 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Finnish | Message 2973 of 3737 24 June 2013 at 1:46am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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- when you and your older sister entertain the idea of taking a sister trip to Europe and
when wondering what country we both ask ourselves: "What language would we like to pick up?" before anything else. Yep, it's true. I got my love for languages from her. - Kat 4 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 2974 of 3737 24 June 2013 at 10:07am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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When you're sort of dissappointed because your twin brother is one of those "English is
all I need"-people... 8 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Zimena Tetraglot Groupie Norway Joined 4592 days ago 75 posts - 146 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, German, Spanish Studies: Czech, Mandarin | Message 2975 of 3737 24 June 2013 at 2:38pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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When you pick up election information materials in all the languages you can get (even Arabic and Chinese, which have writing systems you cannot read), even though you're already familiar with how an election works in your country.
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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5556 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 2976 of 3737 25 June 2013 at 1:02am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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When you spy the words "Polish Station" on a sign whilst out with your wife, experience a sudden flicker of childlike joy, and then watch that flame fizzle out as you realise it's just a bunch of nail varnish. Edited by Teango on 25 June 2013 at 1:03am 9 persons have voted this message useful |
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