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| s_allard Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5429 days ago 2704 posts - 5425 votes  Speaks: French*, English, Spanish Studies: Polish | Message 33 of 38 30 January 2013 at 6:58pm | IP Logged |
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Great topic, as always, from Solfrid. I can't think of a particular trigger for speaking but I do feel more comfortable in situations where I'm relaxed and I'm at my right level of speaking ability. If I feel that I can perform at the level expected of me, I can just start chatting away spontaneously.
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| ilcommunication Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6691 days ago 115 posts - 162 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 34 of 38 30 January 2013 at 8:11pm | IP Logged |
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For me, alcohol absolutely helps, more words come to me and fly out of my mouth faster and more fluently, and for some reason with more grammatical accuracy.
Jovial conversation helps as well, it's far easier to get into a groove when you're enjoying people's company. Lastly, my accent is always best when I'm speaking with people who are native or else fluent...when I speak with people who are learning I get lazy. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| expatmaddy Diglot Newbie Korea, South Joined 4327 days ago 19 posts - 27 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Japanese, Korean, French, Mandarin | Message 35 of 38 06 February 2013 at 11:22am | IP Logged |
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:) Soju works every time. I have also been 'loosened' by Sherry, and sometimes by 노래방, or other excuses to sing loudly and off key in a foreign language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4667 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 36 of 38 07 February 2013 at 12:05am | IP Logged |
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Alcohol loosens my tongue.
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| Deji Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5439 days ago 116 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Hindi, Bengali | Message 37 of 38 23 February 2015 at 10:15pm | IP Logged |
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In loosening my tongue, the best is when you don't have a choice. And also getting mad is good.
I returned to Kolata (India) after 15 years (and not so much study in Bengali with my teenage daughter. Of course the plane got in at 2 am and we hadn't bothered to ask anyone to pick us up. The airport had a prepaid taxi service but the porters at that time of night were dressed in really ragged clothing, so just about looked like beggars. And in usual style a bunch of them swooped in and took our luggage away, including my instrument. Convinced we had been set upon by theives, we ran after them…(of course they were really just heading to the taxi driver that had paid them to do so). When we got there and found it all going in the cab, we got in. Hands were thrust in the windows demanding a tip. Still revved up with adrenaline, I burst out "Ami KICHUI debo na !! Kichui debo na ! (I won't give ANYTHING). The cab took off and I fell back--oh, my god, I didn't know I even knew how to say that !! I'm BAACK !! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Arthaey Groupie United States arthaey.com Joined 5045 days ago 97 posts - 155 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 38 of 38 24 February 2015 at 2:56pm | IP Logged |
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I've noticed in my immersion experience here, talking is easiest when I'm actually excited about what we're
talking about; I stop thinking about what/how to say it and just start trying to get out everything I'm wanting to add to the conversion. Funny, I'm like that in English too. ;) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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