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 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5966 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 1177 of 3737 22 October 2010 at 11:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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Playing with multilingual packaging is only the beginning.
All Nerds eventually must visit the Hothouse of Linguistic Difficulty, where we find that, despite the guidance we got from this good site, the limit isn't merely five cacti, oh no! 
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| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5692 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 1178 of 3737 22 October 2010 at 11:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you read this list of names through in awe and respect, squeeing like a fangirl (or -boy) every time you recognize the name of one of your own personal heroes.
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| translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6918 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes Speaks: English* | Message 1179 of 3737 23 October 2010 at 12:46am | IP Logged | ||
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There is a sign in our local hardware chain store that reads:
STORE DIRECTORY ALMANECE EL DIRECTORIO [Store, as in safeguard/warehouse, the directory] There is another sign in my local car repair shop that says: Your bill may include a fee for... Su proyecto de ley puede.. [Your "bill placed before Congress] may include... Further down the road there is a bilingual sign at a construction site: Warning: Power Lines Above Aviso: Arriba de las lineas de electricidad [Warning: Above the power lines] Edited by translator2 on 23 October 2010 at 12:52am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sierra Diglot Senior Member Turkey livinginlights.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 7123 days ago 296 posts - 411 votes Speaks: English*, SwedishB1 Studies: Turkish | Message 1180 of 3737 23 October 2010 at 2:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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When your roommates go out partying for the weekend and you decide to stay home and spend
eight hours a day studying your target language. Bonus points if you enjoy a night out as much as the next person, but still find yourself sitting in your kitchen making flashcards and reflecting on how you're totally having a way cooler weekend than they are anyway. 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| John Smith Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Australia Joined 6041 days ago 396 posts - 542 votes Speaks: English*, Czech*, Spanish Studies: German | Message 1181 of 3737 23 October 2010 at 3:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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When the number of languages you have ever attempted to learn is greater than the number of close friends you have.
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| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5566 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 1182 of 3737 23 October 2010 at 9:42pm | IP Logged | ||
...or the number you are currently attempting. 3 persons have 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 1183 of 3737 23 October 2010 at 10:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you spend the day looking around the area you're thinking of moving to, and one of the first things you do is check out the language sections in all the book shops and local library (and even language tuition cards in the post office window).
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| LittleBoy Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5309 days ago 84 posts - 100 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Spanish, Mandarin, Esperanto | Message 1184 of 3737 24 October 2010 at 5:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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You're working away on a text document (on constructed languages for your own amusement), then realise that you're getting a lot of red squiggly lines beneath words. You check the language settings and realise that your text editor is set to French rather than English.
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