|
 |
You know you’re a language nerd when... | ||
Tags: Language Geek | ||
Share with:
| ||
 Language Learning Forum : General discussion |  | |
| elysandler Triglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5403 days ago 22 posts - 25 votes Speaks: Modern Hebrew, English*, French Studies: Latin, Spanish, Russian | Message 433 of 3737 16 March 2010 at 8:13am | IP Logged | ||
|
When people have stopped asking things like "why do you have a learning Czech book?"
2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5590 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes  Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 434 of 3737 17 March 2010 at 3:26am | IP Logged | ||
|
When you finally catch the virus/flu that has been going around. You have a fever, your body aches, your throat is sore, you have a cough , and are sneezing. At first, you think of how you would list all your symptoms in your target language. Then, as your symptoms worsen,and you are half delirious and can hardly get out of bed, your biggest concern is how will you do the third Assimil lesson in your new target language. You had promised yourself to stay on track with one lesson a day faithfully and you keep thinking that this is the worse time to be sick!
And then you think "oh, you are too sick to do your lesson, but you are not to sick to be posting about it!!" 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5555 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 435 of 3737 17 March 2010 at 6:27pm | IP Logged | ||
¡Recupérate pronto! :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5590 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 436 of 3737 19 March 2010 at 2:50am | IP Logged | ||
|
Teango,
¡Ojalá! Y gracias,amigo (o amiga) :-) P.S. Studying two target languages when you have a high fever, and then going to sleep, makes for pretty bizarre multilingual dreams. 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 437 of 3737 19 March 2010 at 5:28pm | IP Logged | ||
|
You are a Language Nerd for sure if, by chance, you hear strangers speaking your target language, and you follow them (discreetly!).
The other day, I heard German spoken in the US, for the first time since I've been studying it. I was as happy as the old expression says: "like a kid in a candy store". Um, actually, I was in a candy store (really!) and I heard a mother speaking German with her three small children. I was checking out the Easter candy, for personal research purposes, and I heard someone speaking a foreign language in the next aisle. My first reaction was, oh, how nice to hear another language, for a change, I just wish I could understand it . . . and then I realized, I did understand! " . . . und hier ist alles für Ostern . . . " well, this made my day! So, I sort of lurked around, examining the chocolate bunnies, not exactly foreign behavior for me, anyway, and listened. I really wanted to say something, but didn't want to bother a mom trying to guide her three rowdy little ones away from the candy. The children were very young, and were speaking a mix of German and English, and it was so much fun to listen to them. I also heard some Spanish speakers discussing sore throat remedies at the drugstore, which, I am sure you will agree, is also fascinating. If you are a Language Nerd in a mostly monolingual environment, you have to find your listening practice where and when you can! 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| crackpot Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6300 days ago 144 posts - 178 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 438 of 3737 19 March 2010 at 10:47pm | IP Logged | ||
|
You spend more time on this site than with your girlfriend.
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 439 of 3737 19 March 2010 at 11:11pm | IP Logged | ||
|
Well, that was a very odd comment, and I do not know what it means or if it was directed at me, but if it was for me, since mine was the most recent post in this thread, please be informed that 1) I do not have, nor do I want, a girlfriend 2) A significant portion of the time I spend here is an attempt to make a positive contribution to the site - for example, I used most of my time here today to tag old threads.
Please delete this response if necessary. I do not want to make unpleasant posts. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Gareth Groupie United States Joined 5457 days ago 51 posts - 67 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Cherokee, French | Message 440 of 3737 20 March 2010 at 12:55am | IP Logged | ||
|
I believe Crackpot's post wasn't directed at you Meramarina but rather at himself.
1 person has voted this message useful |
|  | 
Printable version
|
| Copyright 2024 FX Micheloud - All rights reserved No part of this website may be copied by any means without my written authorization. |
