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| fireflies Senior Member Joined 5180 days ago 172 posts - 234 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 1161 of 3737 15 October 2010 at 4:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you suddenly worry about certain similar words (similar spellings, meanings, etc) and their proper spellings out of nowhere during your day while not doing anything language related.
I recently found myself pondering vasija and vajilla. Edited by fireflies on 15 October 2010 at 4:50pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5555 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 1162 of 3737 15 October 2010 at 7:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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When a couple next door in your hotel start arguing loudly in Mandarin, and rather than feel disgruntled or distracted, you feel absolutely delighted!
I was so tempted to knock on the wall to ask them to turn it up. Don't worry though, I didn't of course. But just in case, what is Mandarin for "Louder, please, I'm trying to listen and immerse!"...? ;) 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| canada38 Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5494 days ago 304 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Japanese | Message 1163 of 3737 16 October 2010 at 9:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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When all in one day you have completed your German homework, thought about doing your
Spanish homework, talked to a friend in Italian, spoke French a few times, sent an email in Catalan, and translated a sentence from Latin... and the day's not even half over yet! Edited by canada38 on 16 October 2010 at 9:57pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| WingSuet Triglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5350 days ago 169 posts - 211 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, German Studies: Cantonese | Message 1164 of 3737 17 October 2010 at 12:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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...when the first thing you do when you've just arrived to a foreign city is to go to a book shop checking what language material they've got. (That's what my friend and I did when we arrived in Edinbrough and we bought a few each too :P)
...when you log on to youtube and the only video clips recommended to you are disney songs in various different languages. Edited by WingSuet on 17 October 2010 at 1:51pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6141 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 1165 of 3737 21 October 2010 at 9:02pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you're reading Harry Potter in Greek in your Japanese class and your Japanese teacher asks you about it in Japanese. You attempt to respond in Japanese, but still thinking in Greek, respond in that language. You don't realize until a moment later when he asks the question again because he didn't understand.
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| Juаn Senior Member Colombia Joined 5344 days ago 727 posts - 1830 votes Speaks: Spanish* | Message 1166 of 3737 21 October 2010 at 11:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you buy candy or cookies just because they are Japanese or Arabic and throw or give away the food while keeping the packaging.
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| nogoodnik Senior Member United States Joined 5568 days ago 372 posts - 461 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Russian, French | Message 1167 of 3737 21 October 2010 at 11:48pm | IP Logged | ||
that's funny. Last night I bought a bottle of wine because the label was in Georgian but I have no intention of drinking it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5555 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 1168 of 3737 22 October 2010 at 12:13am | IP Logged | ||
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When you smile and say "Schönen Abend noch!" as you leave the hotel restaurant, and wonder why no-one returns your good wishes and some even look at you a bit strangely. Then you quickly realise: oh bugger, I forgot again - I'm in England!
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