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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 3561 of 3737 13 May 2015 at 8:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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Tentacles... I learnt in a physiology lecture (medical faculty) that had the primates not
evolved and created a civilisation, the octopuses were the second most probable animals to do so. So, if we manage not to destroy the oceans and everything living inside (or ourselves for the matter), we might need some octopus-human translators in a few millions of years. Do you think the octopuses will use sounds or will they develop a kind of a sign language? :-D Woodsei, now I seriously consider hiring a monkey for the exams ;-) 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Woodsei Bilingual Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Woodsei Joined 4800 days ago 614 posts - 782 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Egyptian)* Studies: Russian, Japanese, Hungarian | Message 3562 of 3737 13 May 2015 at 10:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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You know, this is the first time I've heard that octopuses are next in line to world
domination :D Somehow I now find the fact that we're the ones running the show strangely reassuring... :D Cavesa, this is turning into a physician language nerd thing, lol (I'm also studying for my medical boards ). Maybe we should start rattling off medical terminology and create our own language here on HTLAL! Which reminds me of one very important fact: You know you're a language nerd when you find yourself looking up and translating words from your field in your target language, just because you think it's cool (I found a Japanese site for medical professionals and had a field day, splashing happily in a sea of hippocampal jargon) :-) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Woodsei Bilingual Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Woodsei Joined 4800 days ago 614 posts - 782 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Egyptian)* Studies: Russian, Japanese, Hungarian | Message 3563 of 3737 13 May 2015 at 10:44pm | IP Logged | ||
I don't know why, but this cracked me up :D 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6600 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 3564 of 3737 14 May 2015 at 3:07am | IP Logged | ||
Hmmm Ctulhu? 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6600 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 3565 of 3737 14 May 2015 at 3:07am | IP Logged | ||
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When you start the 447th page of this thread and are excited that 500 pages aren't that far ♥
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| Monox D. I-Fly Senior Member Indonesia monoxdifly.iopc.us Joined 5138 days ago 762 posts - 664 votes Speaks: Indonesian* | Message 3566 of 3737 14 May 2015 at 11:51am | IP Logged | ||
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When you take notes about all languages you can learn, including sign languages, codes, programming language, stenograph, and even animal language. Seriously, I do that.
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| Rem Groupie United Kingdom Joined 3760 days ago 66 posts - 96 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin, Czech, French | Message 3567 of 3737 14 May 2015 at 12:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you sign up for a ‘word of the day’ e-mail in a language that you’re studying and
feel incredibly cheated when the term ‘Fast Food’ is presented to you. 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| 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 3568 of 3737 15 May 2015 at 4:22am | IP Logged | ||
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Yesterday, the phrase of the day on my little Hawaiian app was "ʻIʻini au e paʻi iā ʻoe" (I want to slap you); today it's "Mai ʻōlelo pelapela!" (Don't swear!) - is it just luck, or is there a surly pattern developing here...
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