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| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5567 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 633 of 3737 18 May 2010 at 4:01am | IP Logged | |||||
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...when you refuse to speak to someone in English if you have some other language in common.
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| Rabochnok Diglot Newbie Colombia Joined 5610 days ago 37 posts - 59 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Turkish, Persian | Message 634 of 3737 18 May 2010 at 4:43am | IP Logged | |||||
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When you look for L2 words on licence plates.
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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 635 of 3737 19 May 2010 at 9:09pm | IP Logged | |||||
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When you start noticing adverts in your Google Mail for "spam breakfast burritos", and you bizarrely click on the link in the hope of learning a little more about Spanish culture and cuisine...
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 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5967 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 636 of 3737 20 May 2010 at 1:20am | IP Logged | |||||
Ha, that's a good one! The person who invents a way to send burritos by email will earn my undying respect. And I don't even like burritos . . . I just like the idea of opening up mail and finding food. I have another language nerd experience to tell. A few days ago I decided to stop at the bookstore on the way home from work, and I was browsing around, thinking of the million + books I'd like to buy and the one book I can possibly, actually afford, when I noticed something extremely interesting going on in the bookstore cafe. A man and a lady were sitting there with a lot of Spanish grammar and reference books spread out before them on the table, and they were absorbed in some very earnest Spanish study! I lurked around as long as I could without causing too much suspicion, and I so, so badly wanted to go talk to them, but they were really involved in their work. I wanted to say: HI! I LIKE YOU! You study languages, and I do, too! Can I listen, please, please, pleeeeeeesee!? I like languages too! We can talk! We are from the same tribe! Language people! Where do you live? Can I come over? Please???? I'll share my books . . . Yes, it was just pathetic. I did not interrupt them. I went away. Sadly. Where did I go? To the language aisle. That should help, right? Well, what did I see there? There was a bookstore clerk there, and she was . . . she was . . oh, I can't say it, it's just too much . . she was TAGGING language books! I wanted to say: HI! You are tagging language stuff! This is great! I do this too, isn't it fun? You like tags and languages, too? We must have a common ancestor, right? Some cave guy, probably, who tagged a lot of stuff milleniums ago, and today we carry on the great tradition! TAGS! I did not. Obviously I need to find more people who share my interests. I'll probably go back tomorrow. It's incurable. 6 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Thaorius Diglot Groupie ArgentinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5543 days ago 40 posts - 58 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishB2 | Message 637 of 3737 20 May 2010 at 2:27am | IP Logged | |||||
I think I can confidently say it. You have issues :). [Just kidding] You are a language nerd when... your personal emails with your mother are a mix of Spanish, English, and Esperanto; your mother responds in bits and pieces of Esperanto (she has no clue of Esperanto), and this doesn't even give raise to so much as a comment, complain, or petition to stop. After all, you are known and expected to do that kind of thing... 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Warp3 Senior Member United States forum_posts.asp?TID= Joined 5535 days ago 1419 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Korean, Japanese | Message 638 of 3737 21 May 2010 at 4:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
When this post makes you annoyed for not noticing that you could even change the UI language on Youtube (or you'd have already done so). 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5567 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 639 of 3737 21 May 2010 at 8:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
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...when your YouTube is in German, your e-mail is in French, and your Facebook is in Chinese.
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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 640 of 3737 21 May 2010 at 9:40pm | IP Logged | |||||
I've got the perfect solution, let's form a Spanish tag team! ;) Edited by Teango on 21 May 2010 at 9:41pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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