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Hekje
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 Message 2257 of 3737
26 April 2012 at 8:38pm | IP Logged 
When finding a cheap copy of a grammar book on Amazon produces a surge of joy exceeding anything you felt last
Christmas.
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markdtmj
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 Message 2258 of 3737
26 April 2012 at 9:15pm | IP Logged 
... When you go to a mandatory "diversity training" and the
presenter asks the class "now, who here thinks English is a hard
language?" And your immediate gut-reaction is "oh hell no, you did
NOT just ask that question!" Much less, to a group of monolingual
anglophones... It's possible that I spend too much time on this
forum...

(disclaimer: I'm not knocking diversity. Or training. I love diversity.
I'm a language nerd.)

Nearly everyone raised their hand. I harumphed.
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Serpent
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 Message 2259 of 3737
26 April 2012 at 10:46pm | IP Logged 
When you double check your foreign tweets even during an epic match (Real-Bayern yesterday), because it would be too embarrassing to make a mistake.
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Mae
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 Message 2260 of 3737
27 April 2012 at 12:45am | IP Logged 
You're a language nerd when you buy this expensive clock featuring 5 preloaded and 18 additional languages: Verbarius Digitless Clock

(I'm not related to that website. I just found the clock to be a cool gadget for a language nerd!) :-)

Edited by Mae on 27 April 2012 at 12:46am

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Serpent
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 Message 2261 of 3737
27 April 2012 at 1:06am | IP Logged 
Oh I love their products! Pity some are ridiculously expensive.
I just use FuzzyTime add-on instead :D I look at it more than at any other "clock" because I switched the default one off.
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Teango
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 Message 2262 of 3737
27 April 2012 at 10:25am | IP Logged 
Mae wrote:
You're a language nerd when you buy this expensive clock featuring 5 preloaded and 18 additional languages: Verbarius Digitless Clock

Cool find! Although sadly it looks like I'll never be able to afford one.

This sentence in particular made my eyes light up:

"It comes preloaded with English, German, Spanish, French, and Russian, but if you connect your Verbarius to the manufacturer's website, you can download over a dozen other languages from Esperanto to Welsh."

(I imagine there must be some apps out there for Mac and PC that do pretty much the same thing. ;) )

Edited by Teango on 27 April 2012 at 10:47am

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Serpent
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 Message 2263 of 3737
27 April 2012 at 12:14pm | IP Logged 
As I said, there's FuzzyTime.
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Teango
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 Message 2264 of 3737
27 April 2012 at 2:13pm | IP Logged 
Thanks Serpent! I've added this now to my browser and switched to Russian for the time being. :)


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