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| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5593 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes  Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 169 of 3737 19 November 2009 at 4:32am | IP Logged | ||
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When you just purchased a wrist watch but are now kicking yourself because you then discovered, in a catalog,that you could have purchased one without numerals but with the numbers written in your target language.
PS regarding The 13th Warrior-do you ever wish you could learn a new language as easily, quickly, and apparently as fluently, as the thirteenth warrior did, simply by traveling with a small band of Norsemen. A real language nerd would have liked to be with them,even facing the "fireworm", if it meant acquiring another language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sierra Diglot Senior Member Turkey livinginlights.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 7126 days ago 296 posts - 411 votes Speaks: English*, SwedishB1 Studies: Turkish | Message 170 of 3737 20 November 2009 at 5:34am | IP Logged | ||
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Recent language nerdery going down in Texas:
-Ordering language materials off Amazon and racing home from work each day like a kid on Christmas morning to see if the package has arrived yet. -When alone, monologuing endlessly about grammar comparisons between languages. And hoping against hope that someone will one day ask you for a description of the ins and outs of your target language so you'd have an excuse to talk about it. -Poring over books in languages you don't understand just to see what you can piece together. -Holding up both sides of under-your-breath sample conversations in your target language. ...yeah, I admit it, I talk to myself a lot. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| kyssäkaali Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5555 days ago 203 posts - 376 votes Speaks: English*, Finnish | Message 171 of 3737 20 November 2009 at 12:47pm | IP Logged | ||
I wouldn't be surprised if this is done by most people learning another language and enjoying it! I love speaking Finnish, and I mumble to myself often even though I live in Finland and have ample opportunity to speak to natives. I have conversations with the mirror, as well. When I'm listening to music with no lyrics I usually make up Finnish lyrics to sing along to the beat with. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5569 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 172 of 3737 21 November 2009 at 8:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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You know you're a language nerd when your first thought after waking up in the morning is the realization that there is a common Greek root in the words "kleptomaniac" and "clepsydra". Edited by Levi on 21 November 2009 at 8:09pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5593 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 173 of 3737 24 November 2009 at 3:58am | IP Logged | ||
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You know you are a real language nerd when you actually spend more time studying your target language than you spend reading all the postings at how-to-learn-any-language.
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| PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5478 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1 | Message 174 of 3737 27 November 2009 at 10:27am | IP Logged | ||
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when you're at work wishing you were at home studying languages. Consequently, (due to the fact you work at a hospital) in your breaks you take to reading instruction manuals you've been collecting from the medical supplies you open for patient operations.... i need to win tatslotto!
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| Rikyu-san Diglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 5530 days ago 213 posts - 413 votes Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: German, French | Message 175 of 3737 27 November 2009 at 10:44am | IP Logged | ||
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When you speak French to your wife, German to your maid and Danish to your dog...
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| ruskivyetr Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5483 days ago 769 posts - 962 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Polish, Modern Hebrew | Message 176 of 3737 27 November 2009 at 8:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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You know you're a language nerd when you spend hours on Wikipedia trying to find the next language that you will learn based on number of speakers, difficulties in grammar, and the coolness of sounds from videos you search on youtube.
I do this all the time. When I started learning Czech I looked up "Czech news" on youtube to see how I liked it. You know you're a language nerd when you decide to learn a new language and you discover you have at least three resources for it. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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