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| Zoulch Diglot Newbie France Joined 4108 days ago 3 posts - 6 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: German | Message 3097 of 3737 30 September 2013 at 1:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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When after downloading a movie, you realize there are hardcoded subtitles in a language you don't know but you're not disappointed at all and try to read them anyway...
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| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5173 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 3098 of 3737 30 September 2013 at 5:59pm | IP Logged | ||
When you think Ancient Greek accentuation is the coolest thing ever, while for some reason your classmates are convinced that it is the bane of their existence.
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| Matthew12 Newbie United States Joined 4327 days ago 13 posts - 20 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, German | Message 3099 of 3737 01 October 2013 at 3:50am | IP Logged | ||
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You spend your whole time reading about language learning (blogs and forums like HTLAL),
and only look at the language for 5 minutes. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Henkkles Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4255 days ago 544 posts - 1141 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Swedish Studies: Russian | Message 3100 of 3737 05 October 2013 at 10:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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...you quite like grammar tables, paradigms and the like and can't for the life of you understand why people bash them.
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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5011 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 3101 of 3737 05 October 2013 at 10:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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when you think really hard about ways to gently but clearly instruct your relatives not to give you books translated to your native language and choose the originals instead as birthday presents.
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| beano Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4624 days ago 1049 posts - 2152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Serbian, Hungarian | Message 3102 of 3737 05 October 2013 at 10:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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You meet someone in your own country who has family roots in a different land and you immediately start to
wonder if they can speak another language. Edited by beano on 05 October 2013 at 10:31pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ling Diglot Groupie Taiwan Joined 4588 days ago 61 posts - 94 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Indonesian, Thai | Message 3103 of 3737 06 October 2013 at 8:30am | IP Logged | ||
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When you're on your deathbed, mere days away from your last breath, and you're eagerly
spending your remaining hours on earth studying an obscure language spoken by one of your nurses. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Zimena Tetraglot Groupie Norway Joined 4594 days ago 75 posts - 146 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, German, Spanish Studies: Czech, Mandarin | Message 3104 of 3737 06 October 2013 at 2:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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When you have a chance to visit a new country, and your first thought is: "Yay! This means I can go to a bookstore there and check what learning materials they have available for their language(s)!"
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