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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5012 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes  Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 3025 of 3737 19 July 2013 at 9:40pm | IP Logged | |||||
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When your desperate as your student budget doesn't allow you to buy all the study material and foreign media you need for your languages. Not unless you develop some chlorophyll and learn to photosynthesize.
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| Einarr Tetraglot Senior Member United Kingdom einarrslanguagelog.w Joined 4616 days ago 118 posts - 269 votes Speaks: English, Bulgarian*, French, Russian Studies: Swedish | Message 3026 of 3737 20 July 2013 at 12:20pm | IP Logged | |||||
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When the pain of suffering through a bloody flu fades away before the fact that you,are quite unexpectedly, given Finnish manuals and grammars especially after you realize that you've just saved €150.
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| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7159 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 3027 of 3737 21 July 2013 at 9:09am | IP Logged | |||||
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... when you see a storefront with the title "OCHO" and interpreting it naturally as something in Cyrillic run through your mind what it could mean in the Slavonic languages that you know (and then after about a minute realize that it's merely the Spanish word for "eight").
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| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4831 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 3028 of 3737 22 July 2013 at 9:43am | IP Logged | |||||
I was born and brought up in the south but had two northern parents (and a large extended family "oop north"), so understand perfectly what you have written, although I'd never seen it expressed like that in writing. :-) Of course, southerners (especially Londoners) also use glottal stops, but in different places! :-) I'm still trying to come to terms with the Danish glottal stop(s), which are different again. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| vixsta Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4818 days ago 11 posts - 16 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Czech, Georgian | Message 3029 of 3737 22 July 2013 at 1:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
I was trying to figure out how to put it into words haha I did not know that about some Londoners, a bit of a generalisation on my part I guess. Danish has glottal stops too? Cool :) I'm doing okay with Georgian glottal stops; it's the q' (a weird squeaky sound) I'm having a bit of bother with but not too much. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4831 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 3030 of 3737 22 July 2013 at 5:34pm | IP Logged | |||||
Probably a bit before your time, but listen to how Tommy Steele pronounces "little" and "pretty" and a few other words in this: Little White Bull 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5210 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 3031 of 3737 23 July 2013 at 10:51am | IP Logged | |||||
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You appreciate a joke in a language textbook that requires knowledge of another language to understand. If only the poor fellow from one of the example sentences in my advanced French grammar book had known some Italian, he would've known not to visit the restaurant called "Schifo" where he ate the worst pasta of his life.
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| Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4706 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian | Message 3032 of 3737 24 July 2013 at 2:14am | IP Logged | |||||
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When you are using Google Maps to guide you through an unfamiliar neighborhood at night
and notice that you're two blocks over from Huidekoper Street - "Skin Buyer Street". This totally freaks you out, and you wonder if the area used to be used for slave trafficking until you meet up with your friend. She suggests that "skin buyer" might just be a reference to leatherworking. You are deeply relieved. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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