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| Joshua B Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5166 days ago 11 posts - 10 votes | Message 49 of 64 07 November 2010 at 9:01pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
That implies that you have to want to be fluent to be classed as being serious about languages. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5694 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes  Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 50 of 64 07 November 2010 at 9:36pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
No, the "if you're serious" clause modifies the clause directly preceding it: "and then just keep studying everything." I added the "if you're serious" part to help motivate him, assuming (and sorry if I was wrong here) that anyone who is "really serious about languages" would naturally want to "keep studying everything," either out of a desire for constant improvement or simply because s/he enjoys the languages in question. I apologize if this wasn't clear; I certainly don't intend to sound elitist. I only speak from my experience of the language-learners on this board. EDIT: My original post would have been clearer if I'd put a semicolon after the phrase "'fluent' and 'not fluent yet'", I suppose. Edited by Jinx on 07 November 2010 at 9:37pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Cesare M. Senior Member Canada youtube.com/user/CheRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5171 days ago 99 posts - 135 votes Speaks: English* | Message 51 of 64 08 November 2010 at 12:03am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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First of all I did not do no wrong to anybody so for those people who were constantly criticizing me
throughout this thread I am sorry that you don't have the brain to actually read over things I write and try to make sense of it all. The "languages I need to work on" means the languages that I am sure I am NOT fluent in. So if you are going to criticize me, do it in a nice polite, and considerate way like very few people in this thread. You don't believe anything I say because you seem to be thinking that 'since he has autism, he'll probably not know what he is talking about'. Also for those people who were crazy enough to think that I just chat with any native across the street, do you know what LiveMocha is? I chatted with dozens of natives there, and I actually asked them if they HONESTLY thought I was fluent or not in those 8 languages after a good amount of conversations and they said YES. Also why did you think that I made a list called "Languages I need to work on", well because the languages that I need a good amount of work on, I am NOT fluent in, and many natives have said and claimed that I was NOT fluent in those languages. So all in all unlike the people in this thread who refuse to think before they say anything, I have actually used my brain, went to LiveMocha, etc. So if you still believe that I am stupid and crazy after reading all this, you should learn more about autism and how it's a sin to put autistic people down every chance gotten. I was using my brain this time. As for everybody else thanks for the nice polite criticism. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Cesare M. Senior Member Canada youtube.com/user/CheRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5171 days ago 99 posts - 135 votes Speaks: English* | Message 52 of 64 08 November 2010 at 12:06am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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I have actually took Richard Simcott's advice and revisited my language abilities, and again if you are going
to criticize me again after this post then I don't know what else to say to you people. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Cesare M. Senior Member Canada youtube.com/user/CheRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5171 days ago 99 posts - 135 votes Speaks: English* | Message 53 of 64 08 November 2010 at 12:08am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
You are and were one of the only ones in this thread that was honest but nice, polite and considerate unlike some other people in this thread. Thanks. :) Edited by Cesare M. on 08 November 2010 at 12:09am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Cesare M. Senior Member Canada youtube.com/user/CheRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5171 days ago 99 posts - 135 votes Speaks: English* | Message 54 of 64 08 November 2010 at 12:14am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
Well the difference is is that I have chatted with those large number of natives through LiveMocha many times and I actually have asked them if they honestly thought I was fluent. Yes you are right, you cannot just apply by what any random person says. For example, natives really like my Indonesian but they claimed that I was not fluent in Indonesian and that's fine with me. In fact I am motivated to continue. Edited by Cesare M. on 08 November 2010 at 12:16am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5694 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 55 of 64 08 November 2010 at 12:34am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
Well, that's what matters! I'm glad you are motivated to continue studying, and I support your efforts! Also, thank you for the nice words, I know how easy it is to come across as rude on the Internet due to the lack of tone of voice, so I always try to give people the benefit of the doubt. All that said, I have to tell you (and I hope you don't take this the wrong way) that I think you've begun overreacting to people, and things will only get worse from here. In particular, assuming that all the negative responses towards you were "autism-bashing" – I would advise you NOT to make that assumption. People here are trying to treat you like they would treat anyone else on this forum, no matter whether they were autistic or not. If you start writing big angry responses where you blame everyone for "being mean to you because you're autistic," you will find that people's tempers will fray rapidly. This approach you're using is called the "victim mentality" (type it into Google if you want to know more about it) and it will not win you any friends. I hope my words don't seem too harsh. I really am just trying to warn you where this attitude will lead. There's still every possibility that you could make friends in this forum and take advantage of all the wonderful resources and knowledge that it offers. But I've found that with most established communities on or off the internet, newcomers are received much more warmly if they enter with a humble and respectful attitude, and try to refrain from boasting and picking fights. Again, let me emphasize that I am only saying these things to help you out, and I really do wish you the best in your language studies, and hope you continue to make the best possible use of your natural gift for languages. Edited by Jinx on 08 November 2010 at 9:41pm 13 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7016 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 56 of 64 09 November 2010 at 1:56am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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Cesare, regardless of your language abilities, I would appreciate it if you could please refrain from posting multiple times, which is against the rules of the forum.
If you have finished writing a post and suddenly have a brainwave which you simply must share with us, please edit your original post and include it there rather than write a one-liner in a new post. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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