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| leroc Senior Member United States Joined 4312 days ago 114 posts - 167 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 1 of 15 11 March 2013 at 9:22pm | IP Logged | |||||
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It has always been my dream to one day go to Egypt and explore open an ancient tomb in the middle of the night. Upon discovering this tomb I will hold up an ancient torch with my Egyptian guide, deciphering the 15 foot stone wall covered in hieroglyphics. "You read this?!" My guide asks in broken French; "Yes" I reply, "At least I can read this kind.." If there is only one thing on my bucket list I accomplish than that is it.
Post a language learning related topic that you most want to fulfill in this lifetime, or am I just the odd man out with my goal? 4 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5376 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 2 of 15 12 March 2013 at 12:56am | IP Logged | |||||
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Great topic and great goal!
I have tons of language related goals... for now, I'd be satisfied with a trip to Valencia, Spain during Las Fallas. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| sillygoose1 Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 4637 days ago 566 posts - 814 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: German, Latin | Message 3 of 15 12 March 2013 at 2:41am | IP Logged | |||||
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Be able to read Aristotle and Cicero in the originals without a dictionary.
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| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4359 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 4 of 15 12 March 2013 at 7:40am | IP Logged | |||||
Can I be there too, taking the notes? :) The one on my list would be: I will fill my library with great books from all ages and languages, and read them in the original. Then I'll give a banquet and invite their authors, and discuss their works with them. Homer, Aristolte, Thucidides, all the ancient dramatists and poets, Shakespeare, Pushkin, Cervantes, Dostoyevsky and the rest of the russians, Voltaire and all the "enlightened" bunch, the Arab scientists and poets, Amos Oz, David Grossman and friends, etc. The invitation list is too long to mention, but you are all invited as well. The party will last for a month and become legendary. Do you think it will ever happen? :) Edited by renaissancemedi on 12 March 2013 at 8:03am 12 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| drp9341 Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 4913 days ago 115 posts - 217 votes Speaks: Italian, English*, Spanish, Portuguese, French Studies: Japanese | Message 5 of 15 12 March 2013 at 8:44am | IP Logged | |||||
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Have a conversation with an old Irish Speaker in the Gaeltaecht.
Read original works in Irish. Learn Portuguese and spend a year or so in Rio :) Reach native fluency in a language other than English. Inspire and help others to learn languages and adventure out in the world! 5 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Ogrim Heptaglot Senior Member France Joined 4640 days ago 991 posts - 1896 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, French, Romansh, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Catalan, Latin, Greek, Romanian | Message 6 of 15 12 March 2013 at 10:00am | IP Logged | |||||
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Read the complete works of Dostoyevsky in the original, followed by an appearance on Russian TV to discuss (in Russian of course) his influence on Scandinavian writers in the early 20th century.
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| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6551 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 7 of 15 12 March 2013 at 2:18pm | IP Logged | |||||
Why is the torch ancient? 6 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| leroc Senior Member United States Joined 4312 days ago 114 posts - 167 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 8 of 15 12 March 2013 at 6:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
Indiana Jones style, grab an old torch off the wall that's probably been around several millennium. Perhaps my word choice was unimaginative, a long day at work is usually the best way to sap my creativity. Edited by leroc on 12 March 2013 at 6:24pm 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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