Zireael Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4651 days ago 518 posts - 636 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, Spanish Studies: German, Sign Language, Tok Pisin, Arabic (Yemeni), Old English
| Message 49 of 54 08 December 2013 at 12:33pm | IP Logged |
For the Middle-Eastern team, I suggest using the old name, that is Alef or أ
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Ninibo Diglot Groupie Germany Joined 4016 days ago 88 posts - 116 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Mandarin
| Message 50 of 54 08 December 2013 at 3:33pm | IP Logged |
Sunja wrote:
Ninibo wrote:
@Sunja
How about 蝙蝠 for luck? I could use some luck. ;) |
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I had to google that for myself and I found nice blog about bats in chinese culture. |
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That blog is really cool, thanks for pointing it out.
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js6426 Diglot Senior Member Cambodia Joined 4520 days ago 277 posts - 349 votes Speaks: English*, Khmer Studies: Mandarin
| Message 51 of 54 12 December 2013 at 1:17am | IP Logged |
I love the idea of magpie! When I lived in the UK I used to (kind of) support Newcastle United, and they were known
as the magpies! Also I think it was considered lucky if you saw a magpie, but unlucky if you saw two. Or something
like that, my memory is slightly hazy there!
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Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6061 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical)
| Message 52 of 54 12 December 2013 at 2:48am | IP Logged |
js6426 wrote:
I think it was considered lucky if you saw a magpie, but unlucky if you saw two. Or something like that, my memory is slightly hazy there! |
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Maybe you saw two magpies and your memory... pouf.
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Zireael Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4651 days ago 518 posts - 636 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, Spanish Studies: German, Sign Language, Tok Pisin, Arabic (Yemeni), Old English
| Message 53 of 54 12 December 2013 at 10:00am | IP Logged |
Luso wrote:
js6426 wrote:
I think it was considered lucky if you saw a magpie, but unlucky if you saw two. Or something like that, my memory is slightly hazy there! |
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Maybe you saw two magpies and your memory... pouf. |
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*falls off the chair laughing*
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js6426 Diglot Senior Member Cambodia Joined 4520 days ago 277 posts - 349 votes Speaks: English*, Khmer Studies: Mandarin
| Message 54 of 54 12 December 2013 at 10:43am | IP Logged |
Luso wrote:
js6426 wrote:
I think it was considered lucky if you saw a magpie, but unlucky if you saw two.
Or something like that, my memory is slightly hazy there! |
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Maybe you saw two magpies and your memory... pouf. |
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Probably why remembering vocab is causing my such difficulty :-D
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