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| Muz9 Diglot Groupie Netherlands Joined 5524 days ago 84 posts - 112 votes  Speaks: Dutch*, English Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Somali | Message 1 of 10 03 March 2010 at 1:27am | IP Logged | ||
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When I hear uncommon words that I have learned in the past couple of months I get small flashbacks of the exact day that I had learned it. Kind of like how some songs may remind you of certain periods in your life, but with words I can actually remember the exact day very vividly, kind of spooky, any of you language learners experienced this before?
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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6909 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 10 03 March 2010 at 1:51am | IP Logged | ||
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I have a very strange (and random) episode memory which sometimes reminds me of where and when I have seen a person, worn a certain t-shirt, heard a song, learned a tune, seen a word, and so on. All of this to the amazement of my friends, foes and colleagues. It doesn't happen too often for vocabulary, though.
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| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5585 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 3 of 10 03 March 2010 at 1:51am | IP Logged | ||
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Yeah, I can recall EXACT details of when I was learning the alphabet in Spanish (almost 5 years ago) Why "Quiero voy a el parque" didn't work, and prepositions.
It's scary really. It's like I can jump back into class. Funny thing is...sometimes I forget when my homework is...or what I ate for breakfast... hahahaha :D 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Muz9 Diglot Groupie Netherlands Joined 5524 days ago 84 posts - 112 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Somali | Message 4 of 10 03 March 2010 at 2:05am | IP Logged | ||
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Thank goodness that this is more common, I thought I was the oddball, haha.
As I have been improving my vocab in both Spanish and English I keep getting more ''flashbacks'' than before. This must be a sign my skills are improving. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Johntm Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5422 days ago 616 posts - 725 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 5 of 10 03 March 2010 at 6:51am | IP Logged | ||
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| Virginian683 Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6777 days ago 43 posts - 50 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Russian | Message 6 of 10 04 March 2010 at 12:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've definitely had that experience. I often recall, if only fleetingly, to the time and place I learned or first looked up the word in the dictionary. It happens especially with uncommon words but if I think about it, I can remember where I learned a lot of common words too.
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| kyssäkaali Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5553 days ago 203 posts - 376 votes Speaks: English*, Finnish | Message 8 of 10 04 March 2010 at 4:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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Same happens here. I often remember the exact moment or the exact source from which I learnt a vocabulary word, but thankfully not all the time. This goes all the way back to the very first words I learnt in my second language. I think it's kinda cool, and sometimes it's exciting to use a word and remember that you learnt it from a Disney dub or a TV commercial or something.
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