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| Phantom Kat Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5062 days ago 160 posts - 253 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Finnish | Message 2945 of 3737 19 May 2013 at 11:10pm | IP Logged | |||||
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... when you play with an audio card for graduation that says "Congratulations" and
similar phrases in many languages ... when you buy a book of Calvin and Hobbes in Portuguese in Half Price because it'll be a great way to increase your passive knowledge of Portuguese - Kat Edited by Phantom Kat on 19 May 2013 at 11:10pm 2 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 2946 of 3737 20 May 2013 at 2:18am | IP Logged | |||||
That would really make you a language bug! 10 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5008 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 2947 of 3737 20 May 2013 at 6:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
Oh, could you translate "How the hell did you get into the tightly closed jar of honey?!" phrase into Ant for me, please? I'd be very curious about the answer. :-) 3 persons have 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 2948 of 3737 20 May 2013 at 7:34pm | IP Logged | |||||
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But are you nerd enough to NEED to know, NOW, the word for the study of ants as well as its etymological origin?
Yes, I thought so: Myrmecology (pron.: /mɜrmɨˈkɒlədʒi/; from Greek: μύρμηξ, myrmex, "ant" and λόγος, logos, "study") is the scientific study of ants Edited by meramarina on 20 May 2013 at 7:35pm 6 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 2949 of 3737 20 May 2013 at 11:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
See also formica and cf. formic acid & formaldehyde. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| 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 2950 of 3737 31 May 2013 at 10:41pm | IP Logged | |||||
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when you're excited at midnight that tadoku has started...
and then it takes you 40 mins to remember that this means june has started. (and that's the month in which i celebrate my birthday!) 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Kevin Hsu Triglot Groupie Canada Joined 4737 days ago 60 posts - 94 votes Speaks: English, Mandarin*, Korean Studies: German | Message 2951 of 3737 01 June 2013 at 8:20am | IP Logged | |||||
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When you feel ecstatic when you find out that the next polyglot conference is going to be
in Montreal, because it gives you an excuse to learn French, but then feel really disappointed because that will mean less time for German! When you're willing to avoid restaurant food for the entire school year just to save up money for a summer trip to a foreign country. When you have so many Skype language exchange partners that your study schedule is seriously threatened by it. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| 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 2952 of 3737 03 June 2013 at 9:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
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when you want to have a multilingual funeral
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