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| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5566 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 9 of 17 23 February 2012 at 10:25am | IP Logged | ||
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that's synchronicity....
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| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4910 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 10 of 17 25 February 2012 at 3:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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I prefer to keep MT and Pimsleur for the car, but when I'm walking about I speak quietly to myself. I think it's important to use your mouth, not just an inner voice, with these courses, because you might be able to think a phrase, but still stumble over it when speaking it out loud. I also try to echo Assimil lessons in the same way, but you have to be quick!
I can't resist mentioning it, in case anyone misinterprets the word: synchronicity does not mean that the two things are related by cause and effect. It is the experience of two relatedt things that feels so strong, one seems to have caused the other. So when you are talking about a song, and then it comes on the radio. Two things, related by meaning rather than by cause and effect, come together in time. However, speaking French to yourself, then meeting a French person is a case of cause and effect. Speaking didn't cause them to be there, but it did cause you to meet them. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kimmitt Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4952 days ago 33 posts - 38 votes Studies: French | Message 11 of 17 07 April 2012 at 1:03pm | IP Logged | ||
Not sure that is my experience - maybe it depends on whereabouts in London you live. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5670 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 12 of 17 07 April 2012 at 1:22pm | IP Logged | ||
Or simply a case of heightened observation on your part. I noticed something similar when buying cars over the past few decades. No matter which colour car I have bought, as I drive it home I cannot believe how many people seem to be driving cars of exactly the same colour. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| onurdolar Diglot Groupie TurkeyRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4653 days ago 98 posts - 147 votes Speaks: Turkish*, English Studies: Italian, German | Message 13 of 17 07 April 2012 at 10:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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I do this everyday; on my way to work and on my way back. I'm working in a bank located
in city center so people stare at me as im a madman trying to talk in Italian to himself but i don't care much about what they think. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jason_polybus Tetraglot Newbie Canada study-and-learn-chin Joined 4620 days ago 5 posts - 10 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, French | Message 14 of 17 07 April 2012 at 10:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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I used to take a commuter bus to work. It was about 30 minutes in the morning and closer to an hour in the evening. I didn't want to waste all that time, so I would often bring an mp3 player and do some audio courses or listen to dialogues from coursebooks. If there was someone sitting right next to me I would feel a little awkward, but as long as I got the two seats to myself I had no problem looking out the window and mumbling foreign dialogues to myself for the whole ride.
Not sure what people around me thought. Maybe they thought I was on a phone or something, but once I started into the material I would forget about the other people. I do the same thing when I know I will have to wait in waiting rooms or wait in lines when running errands. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Maux Diglot Newbie Netherlands Joined 4626 days ago 37 posts - 51 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English Studies: Mandarin | Message 15 of 17 08 April 2012 at 7:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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I keep it down to a whisper, but apart from that I'm too focused on studying to pay attention to (or care about) how
other people are reacting. Come to think about it, someone who seems to be completely focused inward while continuously whispering weird sounding phrases probably comes across as stranger than someone who just ups the volume a bit. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Snowflake Senior Member United States Joined 5960 days ago 1032 posts - 1233 votes Studies: Mandarin | Message 16 of 17 08 April 2012 at 8:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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When I was downtown, a heavy shopping/business area, people often were having phone conversations on a tiny ear piece or dictating notes, full volume as they walked to/from the train station to their work building. So speaking out loud was not an issue. I did speak a little softer though so as to not draw too much attention to myself.
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