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Would you learn a language only for Love? | ||
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| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6550 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 1 of 59 27 October 2011 at 11:32am | IP Logged | ||
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The recent "reading only poll" got me curious about this.
By love I mean an intimate physical relationship with an L2 speaker (of the boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife, etc type). I'm not talking about nanny/infant, parent/child, human/machine, etc. Also, I mean either love of a single person who you admire, or love of individual L2 speakers in general. Please share experiences and confessions. Edited by leosmith on 27 October 2011 at 1:01pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5693 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 2 of 59 27 October 2011 at 12:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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Watch out! You said "opposite sex"! You may want to be careful there...
My answer is, absolutely. I can't share a personal experience because the type of love that has drawn me to languages has been more of a love affair with the entire language and culture than with any specific person – although as soon as I devote myself to a language, anyone who speaks that language immediately becomes more attractive to me. But here's a true story: my uncle, an average American who had gotten divorced in middle age, met a vibrant Brazilian woman while on a trip in Brazil, fell in love (although neither could understand a word of the other's language), brought her home and married her. My new aunt has been doing her best to learn English, but it's difficult for her, because my uncle learned Portuguese so unbelievably fast that he now speaks it fluently and therefore it automatically became the language both of them use at home. I don't think he ever learned another language before he met her. 18 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6550 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 3 of 59 27 October 2011 at 1:02pm | IP Logged | ||
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| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5056 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 4 of 59 27 October 2011 at 1:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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Certainly, I would. Although I have never had such an experience.
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| NickJS Senior Member United Kingdom flickr.com/photos/sg Joined 4959 days ago 264 posts - 334 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese | Message 5 of 59 27 October 2011 at 3:31pm | IP Logged | ||
That is quite interesting that your uncle married before they could communicate with each other - I guess love is a universal language (cliché way to put it). I guess everyone is human though, so a language barriers are not much of a problem if at least one of the individuals is willing to learn. If I had a partner who did not speak English, I think I would definitely learn their language - to be courteous, show my dedication and not to mention get free practise! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| delta910 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5875 days ago 267 posts - 313 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, German | Message 6 of 59 27 October 2011 at 3:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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The funny thing is that I actually am! Actually, I'm learning the language much faster than my other ones that I have
gone after in the past so it's interesting. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| H.Computatralis Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 6304 days ago 130 posts - 210 votes Speaks: Polish*, French, English Studies: German, Spanish, Latin | Message 7 of 59 27 October 2011 at 3:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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Not likely to happen, but yes.
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| smallwhite Pentaglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5308 days ago 537 posts - 1045 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin, French, Spanish | Message 8 of 59 27 October 2011 at 4:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've learnt for much less than that so I'll definitely learn for love.
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