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muflax
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 Message 657 of 3737
26 May 2010 at 1:51am | IP Logged 
...when you play The Witcher with Polish voice-overs (because you always choose the original, even when not speaking the language at all) and your thoughts during the tutorial are, "Wow, Polish really sounds badass! I really need to learn a Slavic language soon." and "Wait, did he just change the ending vocal of a name? Polish has a vocative case? Cool!"
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ReneeMona
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 Message 658 of 3737
26 May 2010 at 1:59am | IP Logged 
-When your check list before you leave your house goes like this:
Wallet? Check. Keys? Check. Pocket sized French-Dutch, Dutch-French dictionary? Check.

-When even when you've promised yourself a French-free day to let everything sink in you still find yourself looking up translations of words you come across on Wiktionary.

-When you've been talking to yourself in a mixture of Dutch, English and French for hours, occasionally explaining bits of grammar and vocabulary to the walls to check that you've fully understood them.

-When you and your best friend have long discussions about the languages you are going to raise your own and the other's children in and have decided on Dutch, English, French, Spanish and Papiamentu...so far.

Edited by ReneeMona on 26 May 2010 at 2:00am

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psy88
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 Message 659 of 3737
26 May 2010 at 3:32am | IP Logged 
ellasevia wrote:
psy88 wrote:
When you finally decide to organize all the language learning materials you have been accumulating for your two target languages and then realize that, even studying a few hours a day, six to seven days a week, you would have to live to at least 125 to go through all the materials, and that doesn't include your plan to add a third language next year.


How many materials do you have!?


I could joke and simply say "too many" but in truth I have a lot.And the books, courses, materials are rather long and time consuming if you go at a slow pace,as I like to do, trying to absorb the material.
Also, I found a discount book(and CD) seller that carries a variety of courses and reference material in my two target languages.They add new items and discontinue others. I must admit that I get a little paranoid that they might not have the particular items in the future (when I would be ready to use it) so I gobble them up when I can.
I must also "blame" this site: I hear good things about a program and I want to try it. I don't jump around but I do like to use several resourses at the same time
As an example I am working on Assimil French with Ease, but I also have purchased or received as gifts (and all you fellow language nerds know that these are the gifts we ask for from our friends, family, etc) other materials. These include Berlitz Self-Teacher , Michele Thomas 10 CD Beginners, Cortina Conversation in 20 lessons, Behind the Wheel level 1...well, you get the idea. This does not include all the Spanish books, tapes, CD's,and courses that I have used, am still using, or am planning to use.
So I am exaggerating only a little when I said 125 yr. Maybe only 90 years.

Edit: I guess it also depends on how old one is when first starting.

Edited by psy88 on 26 May 2010 at 3:35am

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Levi
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 Message 660 of 3737
26 May 2010 at 8:17am | IP Logged 
...when you are disappointed that nobody you know is familiar with the sentence "I can eat glass, it does not hurt me" or the sentence "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously".
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egill
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 Message 661 of 3737
26 May 2010 at 9:05am | IP Logged 
Levi wrote:
...when you are disappointed that nobody you know is familiar with the
sentence "I can eat glass, it does not hurt me" or the sentence "Colorless green ideas
sleep furiously".


Or how about "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."?
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Levi
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 Message 662 of 3737
26 May 2010 at 10:55am | IP Logged 
egill wrote:
Levi wrote:
...when you are disappointed that nobody you know is familiar with the
sentence "I can eat glass, it does not hurt me" or the sentence "Colorless green ideas
sleep furiously".


Or how about "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."?

Strangely, I don't think that example ever came up in any of my classes when I was studying linguistics at the University at Buffalo. I read about it on my own.

Edited by Levi on 26 May 2010 at 10:46pm

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karaipyhare
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 Message 663 of 3737
26 May 2010 at 11:32pm | IP Logged 
this one fascinates me:

"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana"
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John Smith
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 Message 664 of 3737
27 May 2010 at 5:27pm | IP Logged 
Thaorius wrote:
meramarina wrote:
I did think it was strange, and I've never heard or read it before
either. I need to consult other sources, that was just a quick lookup. But I see that
you are a native speaker, so I trust your knowledge more than my dictionary! Is
"etiqueta" commonly used? This resembles the German and French (if I can trust my
other quick references!) And I'm wondering also how the English word "etiquette" for
proper manners is related to these words and why the similar word in English is
different. Another thing to look up for this nerd!

Thanks for the correction - I do want to know if I get something wrong. Etymology is a
little off-topic, but certainly nerdy!

EDIT: from Etymology Online:

etiquette
1750, from Fr. étiquette "prescribed behavior," from O.Fr. estiquette "label, ticket."
The sense development in Fr. is from small cards written or printed with instructions
for how to behave properly at court (cf. It. etichetta, Sp. etiqueta), and/or from
behavior instructions written on a soldier's billet for lodgings (the main sense of the
O.Fr. word)

Interesting! I never realized the words were related. I am an imperfect nerd for
sure, but I try to learn what I can!


Please bear in mind I live in Argentina, and the vocabulary used in Spain is
significantly different. That being said, I did live in Spain for 2 years, and the
following should apply more or less equally in both countries.

I will generally use "rótulo" when I mean a hand-made (though not necessarily
handwritten) tag/label. This image would be a nice example:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/svencsh/CD%20Library.jpg

As for "etiqueta", I will generally use the word when I mean the price tag of
something, or the little tag on a T-shirt's neck, or the label on a bottle, etc. It may
also be used like the English word etiquette (for example, "Vestida con ropa de
etiqueta").

----On Topic----
You are a language nerd when... you talk about the etymology of words on different
languages over the internet for no particular reason with people you don't know, and
you actually enjoy it. Even more so, when you choose to type this post during an study
break, because anything language related is so relaxing...


^^ Oops I thought she wanted to know how to say Tag your it in Spanish.


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