jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6907 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map
| Message 225 of 312 08 May 2015 at 9:50am | IP Logged |
Probably because the target audience are Americans. If not annoying, it's at least confusing.
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Sarnek Diglot Senior Member Italy Joined 4213 days ago 308 posts - 414 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German, Swedish
| Message 226 of 312 08 May 2015 at 9:56am | IP Logged |
daegga wrote:
Why does this bloody Pimsleur ask me to say bathroom when it actually wants me
to say "les toilettes" and not "salle de bains"? I'm slowly getting annoyed. |
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Reminds me of https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=2yHn8uc5_-4
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daegga Tetraglot Senior Member Austria lang-8.com/553301 Joined 4519 days ago 1076 posts - 1792 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Swedish, Norwegian Studies: Danish, French, Finnish, Icelandic
| Message 227 of 312 08 May 2015 at 2:34pm | IP Logged |
jeff_lindqvist wrote:
Probably because the target audience are Americans. If not annoying, it's at least confusing. |
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I've no problems with exercices like "ask for the bathroom", but when it's "say: bathroom", I don't know what the hell the author was thinking. "restroom" would work perfectly well for AE here.
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Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5164 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian
| Message 228 of 312 08 May 2015 at 3:14pm | IP Logged |
For someone I've always assumed to be exclusively scandivore, you've been having quite some diverse language interests, daegga! Good luck with all your projects.
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daegga Tetraglot Senior Member Austria lang-8.com/553301 Joined 4519 days ago 1076 posts - 1792 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Swedish, Norwegian Studies: Danish, French, Finnish, Icelandic
| Message 229 of 312 12 May 2015 at 12:29am | IP Logged |
They are just side projects, but thanks.
Vilhelm Moberg must be the Swedish George RR Martin. You either win the Game of Nybyggarna ... or you die!
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daegga Tetraglot Senior Member Austria lang-8.com/553301 Joined 4519 days ago 1076 posts - 1792 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Swedish, Norwegian Studies: Danish, French, Finnish, Icelandic
| Message 230 of 312 13 May 2015 at 12:20am | IP Logged |
Jærsk for a change:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNF2P92sw8Y
No idea why her voice reminds me on this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdWr5p-IPaw
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daegga Tetraglot Senior Member Austria lang-8.com/553301 Joined 4519 days ago 1076 posts - 1792 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Swedish, Norwegian Studies: Danish, French, Finnish, Icelandic
| Message 231 of 312 13 May 2015 at 2:40am | IP Logged |
Well, this is just great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr5RPVd-IyE
Croatian, not really of immediate interest to me though.
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daegga Tetraglot Senior Member Austria lang-8.com/553301 Joined 4519 days ago 1076 posts - 1792 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Swedish, Norwegian Studies: Danish, French, Finnish, Icelandic
| Message 232 of 312 13 May 2015 at 5:04pm | IP Logged |
Finally I found music in modern nynorsk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWc7aTnr2Ps
not good music, but well, I take what I get
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