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Eurovision Song Contest 2012 | ||
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| gales87 Pentaglot Newbie Spain Joined 4760 days ago 12 posts - 20 votes Speaks: Welsh, English*, Spanish, Portuguese, French Studies: German | Message 1 of 13 26 May 2012 at 6:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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Is anyone going to be watching this tonight? Have you ever used this event to learn languages?
I started watching from a young age and I think it influenced my interest in languages. I remember recording the show and learning the lyrics of the languages I liked, namely Spanish. Unfortunately, most countries send their entries in English these days. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5325 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 2 of 13 26 May 2012 at 10:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm watching it now, and used to listen carefully to all the languages. Like you, I am sad that they almost all sing in English now. I also recorded some of the songs with my tape recorder to learn them. I am now listening to the Romainians who sing mainly in Spanish, with some English, and something I do not understand. Romanian presumably.
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| Fenn Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4882 days ago 51 posts - 119 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 3 of 13 26 May 2012 at 10:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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It's boring, there's absolutely no reason to watch any more as it seems to be 90% just
generic pop music. At least before it was generic pop music in a foreign language. Edited by Fenn on 26 May 2012 at 10:20pm 9 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5455 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian | Message 4 of 13 27 May 2012 at 12:29am | IP Logged | ||
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I always used to watch it as a child and I think it certainly played a big part in my realizing that "Ooh there are
all these amazing countries with cool names!". I also remember a very fun night watching Eurovision with my mates in Vienna with drinking games, bets on which country would win, and general all round hilarity. Ah, memories.... Unsurprisingly here in Japan most people have never even heard of it, so it's a bit off my radar now. Still, if Georgia were to win I think it would be worth a trip to Tbilisi. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5121 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 5 of 13 27 May 2012 at 12:37am | IP Logged | ||
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Azerbaijan put on a good show!
Be honest, guys: How many of you now have the urge to take a trip to Baku? I know I do! R. == 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5249 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian | Message 6 of 13 27 May 2012 at 4:01am | IP Logged | ||
Totally! It looks beautiful. And it's right next to Georgia, where I'm planning to go anyway. Perfect! :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Hampie Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6650 days ago 625 posts - 1009 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Latin, German, Mandarin | Message 7 of 13 27 May 2012 at 5:22am | IP Logged | ||
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Yay, Sweden won :D!
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| Juаn Senior Member Colombia Joined 5336 days ago 727 posts - 1830 votes Speaks: Spanish* | Message 8 of 13 27 May 2012 at 11:34pm | IP Logged | ||
I have devoted many hours every day over several years to my passion for language learning, but even my love of languages is not strong enough to compel me to watch this. 5 persons have voted this message useful |
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