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| stifa Triglot Senior Member Norway lang-8.com/448715 Joined 4872 days ago 629 posts - 813 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 2689 of 3737 25 October 2012 at 12:14am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm left handed anyway so, long live QWERTY! :D
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6596 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 2690 of 3737 25 October 2012 at 1:21am | IP Logged | ||
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| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7014 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 2691 of 3737 25 October 2012 at 9:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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YKYALN when you are getting tired of keyboard nerdery and want to return to good old-fashioned language nerdery.
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| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5590 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 2692 of 3737 27 October 2012 at 3:50am | IP Logged | ||
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when you wish this thread was as funny as it used to be. Where are the humorous postings like we used to have? The postings that made this one of my favorite features. The ones that would make us all laugh aloud?
edited for clarity Edited by psy88 on 27 October 2012 at 3:52am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4827 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 2693 of 3737 27 October 2012 at 8:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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...when sitting at home reading four-year-old postings from HTLAL is a more attractive option on a Saturday night than going out to the pub.
(Admittedly the near-freezing temperatures outside are an additional consideration). 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| stifa Triglot Senior Member Norway lang-8.com/448715 Joined 4872 days ago 629 posts - 813 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 2694 of 3737 27 October 2012 at 9:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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That you got 11/22 on your Circuit Theory quiz, and that you have a fever, a pounding
headache and a sore throat means a lot less to you than the fact that you found a nice Japanese reader called Read Real Japanese, with unedited short stories from contemporary Japanese writers, supplied with an explanation of every sentence (one page with pure japanese, then one page with explanations, and repeat) And that your local uni library got a room full of language learning material and foreign novels and films is one of the most awesome things ever. Edited by stifa on 27 October 2012 at 10:05pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| 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 2695 of 3737 28 October 2012 at 12:38am | IP Logged | ||
...when the word "pub" makes you think of a French advertisement before it makes you think of a drinking establishment. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5966 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 2696 of 3737 29 October 2012 at 5:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you thought you didn't need those little mini-size dictionaries, but find out that if you have to flee, they are easy to carry at least!
I have left all my language books in a flood zone (home!) which is expected to have some of the worst of the storm surge from the approaching hurricane. And there was no time to secure them in a dry place or decide which ones to take. It's a bad day to live in coastal NJ/NY Last year when we went through this, I managed to keep up the language study through the storm and the following power outage, but not this time, too tired from packing up only the essential stuff and getting out. I'm a few miles inland now in a safe (I hope!) place. When we lose power, I'll get my little dictionary friends and a penlight, because that what language nerds do! EDIT: Well, maybe not this time - looks bad. Time to language stuff on hold. Even nerds have to be sensible. Edited by meramarina on 29 October 2012 at 8:12pm 8 persons have voted this message useful |
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