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| vonPeterhof Tetraglot Senior Member Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4771 days ago 715 posts - 1527 votes  Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Japanese, German Studies: Kazakh, Korean, Norwegian, Turkish | Message 25 of 26 04 November 2014 at 11:44pm | IP Logged |
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Argh, I almost finished writing a long-ass post about my emotional associations with the various languages
I've studied, but then the connection on my tablet derped up and it got lost! It's almost 2AM now and I have work tomorrow, so I'll consider trying to write it up again later, but for now I'll leave you all with a link to a relevant article about a certain moribund language, whose speakers are basically letting it go extinct and largely unrecorded because they "associate it with difficult times". 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| katarinaantalya Diglot Newbie United States Joined 3796 days ago 7 posts - 11 votes Speaks: English*, GermanB2 Studies: French, Bulgarian, Estonian | Message 26 of 26 05 November 2014 at 2:59am | IP Logged |
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I definitely form emotional connections between languages, people, and experiences. I
think that in some ways, it's impossible not to, since a language is such an essential part of an association. Some people call German harsh, but it's the language in which a boy first told me that he loved me, and he's the reason I learned it. In contrast, I stopped learning Mandarin the moment my Chinese best friend abandoned me because every word of it reminded me of her. It's actually a pretty interesting subject. I wonder how many people have stopped learning a language because of a negative experience? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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