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| egill Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5696 days ago 418 posts - 791 votes  Speaks: Mandarin, English* Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 681 of 3737 08 June 2010 at 12:31am | IP Logged | |||||
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…when you go to IKEA ostensibly to look at furniture and become engrossed in all the
random Swedish books that decorate the bookshelves (they aren't just props!). I was literally pulled away from them. Regarding Eyjafjallajökull, I was actually asked how to pronounce the name of that glacier by some people who knew I've been learning Icelandic. I was shocked that my Icelandic learning actually came in handy in the real world. o_o Edited by egill on 08 June 2010 at 1:05am 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6142 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 682 of 3737 08 June 2010 at 12:34am | IP Logged | |||||
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I was also asked about how to pronounce Eyjafjallajökull, even though I'm not studying Icelandic... It's a good thing I've dabbled in Icelandic before and knew how to sound it out!
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| elysandler Triglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5404 days ago 22 posts - 25 votes Speaks: Modern Hebrew, English*, French Studies: Latin, Spanish, Russian | Message 683 of 3737 08 June 2010 at 12:40am | IP Logged | |||||
I do hope that that is an intentional pun? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Olympia Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5981 days ago 195 posts - 244 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Old English, French | Message 684 of 3737 08 June 2010 at 12:42am | IP Logged | |||||
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When you watch a movie on YouTube where the dialogue switches between English, Spanish, and Portuguese
throughout the film and immediately go to Amazon to see if it's available as a Region 1 DVD (it is :-D). Edit: Or you don't even care what region the DVD is because you asked for a codeless DVD player for your birthday to watch all of your foreign films. Edited by Olympia on 08 June 2010 at 12:44am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| egill Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5696 days ago 418 posts - 791 votes Speaks: Mandarin, English* Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 685 of 3737 08 June 2010 at 1:05am | IP Logged | |||||
Nope, just careless spelling. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7015 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 686 of 3737 08 June 2010 at 11:14pm | IP Logged | |||||
...and your wife at first reminds you that it's stealing, then she threatens to leave the shop with the kids and disown you, all because you absolutely insist that the books are free and you'll just borrow a few since they could be useful in the future when you decide to learn Swedish. Edited by patuco on 08 June 2010 at 11:14pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Patriciaa Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 5685 days ago 59 posts - 73 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese | Message 687 of 3737 09 June 2010 at 12:52am | IP Logged | |||||
This happens to me everytime I go there :D 1 person has 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 688 of 3737 09 June 2010 at 12:53am | IP Logged | |||||
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...when you're willing to re-install your operating system and all your software just so your computer will be in your target language.
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