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psy88
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 Message 1281 of 3737
04 December 2010 at 4:06am | IP Logged 
When you actually cringe whenever you hear the commercial that refers to "useless memorization" and "boring drills".
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dotdotdot
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 Message 1282 of 3737
05 December 2010 at 12:12am | IP Logged 
When you practically start screaming at the mention of Rosetta Stone or people saying "I'd like to learn (insert popular/ semi-popular language here) but I have no idea how."

Edited by dotdotdot on 05 December 2010 at 12:12am

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hrhenry
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 Message 1283 of 3737
05 December 2010 at 12:47am | IP Logged 
dotdotdot wrote:
or people saying "I'd like to learn (insert popular/ semi-popular language here) but I have no idea how."

To be fair, people wanting to learn another language often have no idea how to go about doing it. It's not unreasonable to hear them say that.

Unfortunately, marketing usually wins out and people end up using what they see in commercials.

R.
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Genocyde
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 Message 1284 of 3737
05 December 2010 at 4:47am | IP Logged 
When you're tempted to learn French JUST so you can understand this in it's original language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGtKGX8B9hU

It's already funny, but I think it;d be funnier if I knew French.
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Teango
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 Message 1285 of 3737
05 December 2010 at 4:57am | IP Logged 
When you change the language settings on a device out of sheer interest, and then can't work out how to quickly change it back later and use it...because it's all now in a foreign language (lol)!

Edited by Teango on 05 December 2010 at 4:58am

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Teango
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 Message 1286 of 3737
05 December 2010 at 5:00am | IP Logged 
When predictive text on your mobile phone becomes completely messed up and unpredictable, simply because you keep texting in a variety and mixture of languages...

Edited by Teango on 05 December 2010 at 5:02am

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QiuJP
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 Message 1287 of 3737
05 December 2010 at 7:22am | IP Logged 
You plan to take language placement tests just to see how far you can archive by studying
the target languages within one month.
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Levi
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 Message 1288 of 3737
05 December 2010 at 8:58am | IP Logged 
...when you spend hours on Google Earth exploring the places that speak your target language, checking out the pictures and reading any signs you see.


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