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| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7156 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes  20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 25 of 42 01 September 2010 at 11:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
I agree that the stereotypes above are in one way or another questionable and have little bearing on the quality of learning techniques or relevant language-learning material. Yet their presence does illuminate certain attitudes towards language-learners and in that sense the thread isn't pointless. You don't know how many times I've been asked whether I'm dating or have dated a Pole or Slovak just because of my choice in languages studied. I also don't forget the number of times my friends initially thought that I had extreme right-wing leanings because of my choice to study German at university. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6034 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 26 of 42 02 September 2010 at 1:20am | IP Logged | |||||
I genuinely try not to offend people, but have a tendency to do it unintentionally. Hence the disclaimer in my previous post ^_^. Anyway, here are a couple of language learner stereotypes: Chinese - business minded guy, but with unrealistic expectations about making money; or perhaps a nerdy guy who thinks the characters are cool Japanese - most likely a Otaku, and not very serious about *learning* the language Arabic - either interested in poetry and calligraphy, or a potential Taliban (oops...my big mouth) French - some probability of snobbery, but it's not necessarily the case Spanish - party animal German - Ramstein fan Edited by Sennin on 02 September 2010 at 1:24am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Olekander Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5883 days ago 122 posts - 136 votes Speaks: English*, French, Russian | Message 27 of 42 02 September 2010 at 1:22am | IP Logged | |||||
HAAHA) I love Rammstein,- learnt my German from listening to them Spanish - I love to party, learnt my Spanish falling for a spanyard whilst partying. French - I'm a snob. haah this are all so true love it. nice stereotypes 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Lucky Charms Diglot Senior Member Japan lapacifica.net Joined 6949 days ago 752 posts - 1711 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German, Spanish | Message 28 of 42 02 September 2010 at 2:53am | IP Logged | |||||
Yeah, actually, I used to get that all the time. 'German and Japanese!' they'd say, with an uneasy laugh, 'are you into WW2 history or something?' Even worse were the ones who just quietly raised an eyebrow, not sure whether it was ok to ask. After assuring them that it was just pure coincidence and had nothing to do with that, the next question would often be, 'so what do you plan on studying after that?' .... sigh. For a long time, the next language on my hitlist was Italian, the language of the third Axis power. (It has since changed to Spanish, though, so now I can tell people, 'Japanese, German, and Spanish' and they don't really make the connection.) 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6550 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 29 of 42 02 September 2010 at 6:05am | IP Logged | |||||
Gotcha - you're imitating Martin Short in this skit, right? 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Olekander Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5883 days ago 122 posts - 136 votes Speaks: English*, French, Russian | Message 30 of 42 02 September 2010 at 11:27am | IP Logged | |||||
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I learnt Tamil for somewhile, anyone wanna do a stereotype for that :P?
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| Adamdm Groupie Australia Joined 5437 days ago 62 posts - 89 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Japanese, Dari, German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic (Written) | Message 31 of 42 02 September 2010 at 12:36pm | IP Logged | |||||
There are so few people learning Tamil as a foreign language that I think you have an opportunity to create the stereotype! So, why did YOU study Tamil? (it may not be necessary to be constrained by the convention of Truth ...) 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Olekander Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5883 days ago 122 posts - 136 votes Speaks: English*, French, Russian | Message 32 of 42 02 September 2010 at 12:38pm | IP Logged | |||||
I'm learnt it in the broadest sense of the meaning, it's so difficult and I didn't have a tutor. It was because I was out there with christian uniion and I was so taken aback by how humble and friendly the tamils were (they are the pooorest in the country) I just started learning their language. When I got back home it carried on. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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