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| vixsta Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4814 days ago 11 posts - 16 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Czech, Georgian | Message 3017 of 3737 18 July 2013 at 1:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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... when you're glad you're from Yorkshire (England) because the Yorkshire dialect uses
glottal stops, which will stand you in good stead for your future study of Georgian. EDIT: ... when you get annoyed at English Southerners not getting the concept of glottal stops and thinking we say "t'" instead of "the". We in fact "say" "'" instead of "the" :) Edited by vixsta on 18 July 2013 at 1:59pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| magallanes Diglot Newbie United States translatefromspanishRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4151 days ago 17 posts - 27 votes Speaks: English, Tagalog* Studies: Spanish | Message 3018 of 3737 18 July 2013 at 3:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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When even the composition of your non English native tongue amazes you
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| yuhakko Tetraglot Senior Member FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4631 days ago 414 posts - 582 votes  Speaks: French*, EnglishB2, EnglishC2, Spanish, Japanese Studies: Korean, Norwegian, Mandarin | Message 3019 of 3737 18 July 2013 at 3:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you are considering starting Indonesian seriously but find a phrasebook with CD for
Italian and end up buying it just for the fun of trying the mass sentence method. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| MarlonX19 Diglot Groupie Brazil Joined 4164 days ago 40 posts - 51 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: French | Message 3020 of 3737 19 July 2013 at 1:06am | IP Logged | ||
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...When you dream in a foreign language during three nights...
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| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4908 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 3021 of 3737 19 July 2013 at 9:09am | IP Logged | ||
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For me, it's the fact that I actually look forward to getting stuck in traffic because I know that I'll have extra learning time.
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| HenryMW Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5173 days ago 125 posts - 179 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, French Studies: Modern Hebrew | Message 3022 of 3737 19 July 2013 at 6:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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When I was in law school, I had a long commute, about 30 to 45 minutes. I used to pay my
roommate to drive so I could study in the car. I didn't realize until recently just how unusual that really was. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Lakeseayesno Tetraglot Senior Member Mexico thepolyglotist.com Joined 4333 days ago 280 posts - 488 votes Speaks: English, Spanish*, Japanese, Italian Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 3023 of 3737 19 July 2013 at 7:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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Judging from the last two posts, I'm starting to think language learners are about the only people who look forward to long commutes and down-times. Edited by Lakeseayesno on 19 July 2013 at 7:36pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| vixsta Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4814 days ago 11 posts - 16 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Czech, Georgian | Message 3024 of 3737 19 July 2013 at 8:16pm | IP Logged | ||
...when you decide that your "future study" of Georgian just cannot wait and you *have* to study it alongside Czech, French and the flirtations with Icelandic. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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