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| irishpolyglot Nonaglot Senior Member Ireland fluentin3months Joined 5632 days ago 285 posts - 892 votes  Speaks: Irish, English*, French, Esperanto, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Sign Language Studies: Mandarin | Message 929 of 3737 29 July 2010 at 11:49pm | IP Logged | |||||
Gogglehead, get your facts straight before you spread rumours about me in future please. I never said anything of the sort. I interviewed Prof. Arguelles and he has a very high level of full-time devotion, whereas language learning is a means to an end for me (I just want to expand my social circle when in the country and actively promote lack of perfection with focus on communication and little interest in literature). Obviously I don't claim to be in the same league as him, especially after having the pleasure of talking with him and seeing his passion first hand. What I precisely said was "all of the passionate language learners interviewed learned their languages as adults thanks to a positive attitude and efficient learning technique that we explain in detail. If they all only spoke English when they finished high school, then think of what your potential is!" I don't even compare myself to him there, but grouping us together I only say that we are both polyglots and both learned languages as adults and both encourage positive mentality. This is where I mention him on my site. Perhaps somewhere else I said I interviewed "other polyglots". Any equivalence of me being in his league from this description is purely in your head. Edited by irishpolyglot on 30 July 2010 at 9:41am 5 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| ruskivyetr Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5480 days ago 769 posts - 962 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Polish, Modern Hebrew | Message 930 of 3737 30 July 2010 at 3:11am | IP Logged | |||||
He wasn't meaning to start a rumor nor did he make anything up about you. He probably just misread your post, or was blurry on the details of what specifically was said when he wrote his post. "get your facts straight" sounds a bit confrontational, and there is really no need to get defensive. He wasn't meaning to discredit you. In fact, from what it looks like, he really enjoys your blog. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| ibraheem Groupie United States Joined 5364 days ago 84 posts - 106 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian, Mandarin | Message 931 of 3737 30 July 2010 at 3:50am | IP Logged | |||||
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When you get annoyed when people find you are LEARNING a language and just assume you are fluent in it. Or when people think someone can just pickup a language from a friend like it's nothing.
Or when you are awed at how complex languages actually are which makes them that much greater and more of a long term endeavor. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| johntm93 Senior Member United States Joined 5326 days ago 587 posts - 746 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 932 of 3737 30 July 2010 at 4:52am | IP Logged | |||||
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| Pinathes Tetraglot Newbie Greece Joined 5233 days ago 1 posts - 2 votes Speaks: Greek, English*, Italian, Spanish Studies: Arabic (classical) | Message 933 of 3737 30 July 2010 at 1:23pm | IP Logged | |||||
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..when you're playing "you know you're a language nerd" at 6:43 am with a Greek language nerd who hasn't slept either
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| shadad Pentaglot Newbie VenezuelaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6656 days ago 38 posts - 41 votes 3 sounds Studies: Arabic (Levantine), Spanish*, English, French, Italian, Portuguese Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, German | Message 934 of 3737 30 July 2010 at 1:32pm | IP Logged | |||||
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When you post in a topic called "You know you’re a language nerd when...", which has 118 pages.
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| Asiafeverr Diglot Senior Member Hong Kong Joined 6341 days ago 346 posts - 431 votes 1 sounds Speaks: French*, English Studies: Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, German | Message 935 of 3737 30 July 2010 at 3:22pm | IP Logged | |||||
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When people call you a language genius and say they wish they had this 'talent' but won't
listen to you when you try to explain that anyone can do the same if they put in some time and efforts. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5394 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 936 of 3737 30 July 2010 at 10:52pm | IP Logged | |||||
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When you come home from a long day at work, and the first thing you want to do is get your "You know you're a language nerd when..." fix.
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