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| egill Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5697 days ago 418 posts - 791 votes  Speaks: Mandarin, English* Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 17 of 29 02 April 2011 at 5:15am | IP Logged | ||
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Despite the hundreds of April Fools pranks littering the internet, none of which perturbed me in the least, this one got me and it got me good. Kudos.
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| canada38 Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5496 days ago 304 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Japanese | Message 18 of 29 02 April 2011 at 4:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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When I read this I knew it had to be an April Fools' Joke... I didn't expect to get that
video though ahahahahaha good one! Edited by canada38 on 02 April 2011 at 4:00pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6143 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 19 of 29 02 April 2011 at 7:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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Seeing the tag "joke" ruined it for me before I even opened the thread. :(
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| parasitius Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5999 days ago 220 posts - 323 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Cantonese, Polish, Spanish, French | Message 20 of 29 02 April 2011 at 11:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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OMG that was a good one! I was ready to cry. I was thinking about how am I going to save
up enough money on my current salary (which is miserable) to buy at least one copy of every course "just in case I need them one day", and thinking wishfully if only they could have made it a few more years until I get decent pay... LOL LOL 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5382 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 21 of 29 03 April 2011 at 12:16am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm deeply sorry for all the sorrow I may have temporarily caused... NOT, SUCKERS!!!
Seriously though, I didn't mean for the joke to drag on and on. Perhaps the thread can be closed? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| crafedog Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5819 days ago 166 posts - 337 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Korean, Tok Pisin, French | Message 22 of 29 03 April 2011 at 7:11am | IP Logged | ||
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Sadly, as I saw this a few days after April Fool's and through the posts of another user
(i.e. no tags) my heart jumped for a minute. My first thought was "Oh no! How am I gonna buy the Ancient Greek and Egyptian Hieroglyphic course now?!". I'm such a language nerd. I have to agree with what was said earlier about having the copy of the book in your hands (my Spanish With Ease is taking a well-deserved, learning beat down). It does make a difference. I just wish the audio wasn't so damn expensive and that they updated the English base catalogue more often (I have to learn German and French soon). Edited by crafedog on 03 April 2011 at 7:46am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6440 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 23 of 29 05 April 2011 at 5:13am | IP Logged | ||
Both have a role. I buy Assimil courses, and I also use PDFs - they're far, far easier to travel with. A PDF is better than nothing, and I can't easily travel with more than a few dozen physical books... We definitely agree that supporting publishers of excellent content is important. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Romanist Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5283 days ago 261 posts - 366 votes Studies: Italian | Message 24 of 29 05 April 2011 at 11:46am | IP Logged | ||
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@Volte
Not sure I understand you here. Are you saying it's justifiable to download PDFs of Assimil courses from a pirate site, because they are easier to travel with than books? (There is no way to buy PDFs honestly from Assimil, is there?) Edited by Romanist on 05 April 2011 at 11:47am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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