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| Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4705 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes  Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian | Message 2513 of 3737 08 August 2012 at 6:50pm | IP Logged | |||||
Dangit, I know! But there really was no way to approach them other than creepily springing into their path like Gollum. Another time. x-D 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4830 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 2514 of 3737 08 August 2012 at 8:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
Next time, have some Biltong with you and offer to share it. I believe it keeps well. :-) Moving on, You know you're a language nerd when, as a passenger on a long and potentially boring journey up the motorway, a large goods vehicle comes into view and you are just about to overtake it, it's clearly from abroad, and suddenly the journey becomes a bit more interesting, and you hungrily scan the text printed on the back and sides of the vehicle (firms are quite canny about using their vehicles for self-promotion these days) for clues or confirmation of its place of origin, and anything else of interest. Actually I was walking into town earlier today, the weather having taken a turn for the better, hallelujah, and was walking past part of a "science park" which eventually leads to a fairly picturesque roundabout route into town, when I noticed a large goods vehicle parked by the side of the road. The printing on the side was in a mixture of languages, but there was clearly a Netherlandish flavour to the whole thing. I suppose French, German, Dutch and Belgian vehicles are pretty common here, although by no means the only countries of origin. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6599 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 2515 of 3737 09 August 2012 at 2:21am | IP Logged | |||||
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When you read HTLAL using source code although the new posts are nothing exciting, just complaints about the forum not working. When you come here to say so. When you repost this because the messages posted during the attack are gone.
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6599 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 2516 of 3737 10 August 2012 at 2:54am | IP Logged | |||||
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When you discover Ai se eu te pego on lyricstraining while looking through the Portuguese songs. (No, I haven't discovered it only now. Just randomly remembered how I wanted to have more lyrics read for Tadoku) Edited by Serpent on 10 August 2012 at 3:04am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6153 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 2517 of 3737 10 August 2012 at 11:18am | IP Logged | |||||
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When the creaky page load on the forum fills you with a sense of nostalgia, and you realise it's back to the way it was. My dear old forum.
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| Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5068 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English*, Bulgarian*, Spanish Studies: Danish | Message 2518 of 3737 10 August 2012 at 2:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
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...when you wander into a Bulgarian bookstore, immediately go to the language section and
wonder as to how all of these books will fit into your suitcase. ...when you find a copy of a grammar book called "Старобългарски език" (Old Bulgarian) in said language section and buy it without even opening it first. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| WentworthsGal Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4890 days ago 191 posts - 246 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish, Spanish | Message 2519 of 3737 10 August 2012 at 2:49pm | IP Logged | |||||
When reading this post makes you want to go into your local charity bookshop and look at their foreign section... Like NOW! And you think you might just do it :p edit: And when you go to said shop, you see a TY Bulgarian book and buy it :p (plus 8 more books in various languages hehehe) Edited by WentworthsGal on 10 August 2012 at 6:24pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Jappy58 Bilingual Super Polyglot Senior Member United States Joined 4640 days ago 200 posts - 413 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Guarani*, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghribi), Arabic (Written), French, English, Persian, Quechua, Portuguese Studies: Modern Hebrew | Message 2520 of 3737 10 August 2012 at 6:19pm | IP Logged | |||||
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...When you spend some of your free time looking through the Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, thrilled at the fact that even eight years after Arabic stopped being your target language, you still discover a new word - and then see it being used in a classical text.
...When you see a couple arguing in a public space, you feel the urge to recite a portion of one of Rumi's poems in Persian to calm them down. ...If after reading Serpent's post about Ai se eu te pego, the words "Nossa, nossa" resurface in your mind, and you decide to explore Michel Teló's other works. ...When you discover a new colloquial expression in Moroccan Arabic and await the moment that you can use it properly. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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