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| Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5957 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes  Studies: French | Message 49 of 112 12 December 2012 at 7:50pm | IP Logged | ||
I think there is a lot of merit in the sub-team approach. Perhaps we can keep Romulan (or whatever name we decide) enrolment open to as many as may care to join and we will present a massive juggernaut of keen Romance language learners and will undoubtedly roll over and crush those punks in all the other teams due to our awesomeness. (Sorry, I just watched the movie 300 last night, and I am feeling all war-like and competitive.) Within the broader Romance team, it will be useful to have sub-teams, so that our individual study approach can be as focussed as possible. For those with a healthy sense of competition, we could even have some healthy sibling rivalry among the various daughters of Romanice for motivation purposes to see which sub-team outperforms the others in terms of progress, colouring within the lines, that sort of thing. So, a tentative vote in favour of open team enrolment, establishment of subteams within the broader team environment, and my interest would be in French only at this time. I do not have a strong voice here as the issue is partially moot for me in any event: I wind up reading practically everyone’s logs on this forum just out of interest (and to avoid my own studying), and I fully expect I will be offering apologies and dropping out of TAC by April at the latest…. In terms of the name, assuming we stay together in some fashion, I don't have a strong opinion but am somewhat in favour of the name Romulan for the team name, and am prepared to risk running the wrath of disappointed trekkies who may feel tricked. I like the concept of some of the other suggested names, but my own sense is that a team name is best one word rather than a phrase, just for ease of use. My only alternative suggestion is SPARTA!!! - again, my apologies, I stayed up too late watching 300 and it seems to have imprinted somewhat on my brain. The name does not fit at all and should not be adopted, but it sounds really really cool if we were all to yell it out at once, preferrably while raising spears or something. I will try to limit my late-night viewing in the future.... Edited by Spanky on 12 December 2012 at 7:50pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5396 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 50 of 112 12 December 2012 at 8:03pm | IP Logged | ||
Um, if I'm not mistaken, wasn't Sparta in Greece? LOL 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6621 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, NorwegianC1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish | Message 51 of 112 12 December 2012 at 8:43pm | IP Logged | ||
In case no one reads the main sign-up thread anymore, here is what I wrote there:
I think it would be a shame to split up a team willy-nilly when the members have gotten to know each other and begun to make plans. So I thought this idea would be the best. That leaves us with a Romance team or perhaps two which would be ideal for those who are studying more than one language or who are interested in other Romance languages, and we could if you wish, have separate one-language teams as well. Romance languages are very popular so I think whatever we do, we won't have any trouble creating 2-4 good-sized teams. Remember that this is only the 12th of December which means a lot more people will probably sign-up by the end of the year, and sign-ups aren't officially closed until the end of January. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Tsopivo Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4472 days ago 258 posts - 411 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Esperanto | Message 52 of 112 12 December 2012 at 8:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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I will admit that for a second there, I considered taking Greek just so I could be part of a Sparta team :)
I like the idea of sub-teams though it would be nice if people read the logs of languages they speak, along the ones of the languages they learn so for instance, I,d be part of both sub-team French and Spanish. We could still close off inscriptions for this team as we are a very large group already. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| deadscreen Diglot Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4374 days ago 25 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 53 of 112 12 December 2012 at 9:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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If I may make a suggestion, we can have Romance Team 1 include ONLY the people who are ALREADY listed on the first post of this thread. If your name is not there, then you split off and start a Romance Team 2 thread. This may be the simplest and fastest way of choosing who is on which team and keeping team 1 under 20 members. I believe there are only 18 people currently listed on the first post but I could be wrong... There seems to be enough enthusiasm for all Romance languages that splitting by individual language may just make things a bit too complicated. If individual members feel that they only want to read logs by people studying the same languages, then they may feel free to do so. Honestly, it sounds like even that level of participation is good to shoot for and we have plenty of multi-language-crossover to work with.
Team 2 could even be called "Team Remus" so it's not all about the Star Trek and sort of about Romulus and Remus. But there have been some other good suggestions. I think I will create a poll the week before the New Year so that we can all vote in an organized fashion. Edited by deadscreen on 12 December 2012 at 9:17pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| CMTM Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4549 days ago 28 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 54 of 112 12 December 2012 at 9:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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So are we doing sub-teams or two separate teams? If there is no definite answer, maybe we
could hold some sort of vote, just because I'm not entirely sure on the situation. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| deadscreen Diglot Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4374 days ago 25 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 55 of 112 12 December 2012 at 9:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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Vote for team division method here! (Maybe, let's hope this works)
http://poll.pollcode.com/kr3swz Copy and paste the URL into your browser's address bar, and please only vote once. Please try to vote in the next two days. Edited by deadscreen on 12 December 2012 at 9:51pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5957 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French | Message 56 of 112 12 December 2012 at 10:09pm | IP Logged | ||
If we were to go this route, I believe there are three current team members not reflected in your list: songlines, GeoffW and Gragazzo, all of who are studying multiple Romance languages, at least two of whom were earliest nominees. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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