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The_Beholder
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 Message 281 of 3737
18 January 2010 at 3:07pm | IP Logged 
When you are continuously saying something to a friend in a foreign language, even though he/she doesn't understand it, and you don't want to translate what you said...

Edited by The_Beholder on 18 January 2010 at 3:08pm

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QiuJP
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 Message 282 of 3737
18 January 2010 at 4:32pm | IP Logged 
When you try to decline Chinese characters, because you want to make Chinese Characters more readable.......
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canada38
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 Message 283 of 3737
18 January 2010 at 7:07pm | IP Logged 
When you receive a twelve language pocket electronic translator for your birthday from
your significant other.
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MegatronFilm
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Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, French
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 Message 284 of 3737
18 January 2010 at 7:52pm | IP Logged 
canada38 wrote:
When you receive a twelve language pocket electronic translator for your birthday from
your significant other.


Oh man, your significant other rocks! I wish I could get that.



...When you're excited when a friend, who went to Portugal, brings you a book of short stories by Portuguese
writers until you see the book is in English. You thank her anyways an then search online to see if there is a
portuguese edition.
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meramarina
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 Message 285 of 3737
18 January 2010 at 8:18pm | IP Logged 
Quote:
you realise you actually bought a mat with "BAD" emblazened on it in big bold letters. And just to think, only the other day I was smiling at another forum member's confusion with "Die Hard"


That is the coolest bathmat ever! I want one! Fluffy and bad, a good combination.

I am the Dummkopf who got confused about the movie!
One of my German-speaking friends asked me once if it looks strange, for an English speaker in Germany, to see the word "fahrt" everyhere. I said it does look a little funny at first, but I am a mature, grown-up person and I can handle it. Then I saw a truck with the cheery inscription: "Gute Fahrt!" Severe giggle fit!

I always feel a little uncomfortable using the English word "gift" with German speakers, just in case. I'm sure most everyone would know it means a present (in English) and not poison, but still . . . you don't want a false friend to cause you to lose friends.
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Teango
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 Message 286 of 3737
18 January 2010 at 9:14pm | IP Logged 
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One of my German-speaking friends asked me once if it looks strange, for an English speaker in Germany, to see the word "fahrt" everyhere. I said it does look a little funny at first, but I am a mature, grown-up person and I can handle it. Then I saw a truck with the cheery inscription: "Gute Fahrt!" Severe giggle fit!

Glad to see I'm not the only one :) I tried too...I really did...but with so many car showrooms offering the passerby a friendly "Probefahrt" in good faith, it's near impossible to restrain from a playground giggle or two.

Quote:
I always feel a little uncomfortable using the English word "gift" with German speakers, just in case. I'm sure most everyone would know it means a present (in English) and not poison, but still . . . you don't want a false friend to cause you to lose friends.

True enough, but it could be worse I guess, you could offer to go for a romantic stroll with your German loved one in the moonlit "Mist"...

Edited by Teango on 18 January 2010 at 9:25pm

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psy88
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 Message 287 of 3737
19 January 2010 at 12:34am | IP Logged 
When, if you are an English speaker and coming across an English word that is somewhat unfamiliar to you, you want to check its meaning. You take out your English language dictionary. Without thinking, you mentally divide the dictionary in half as you prepare to hunt for the word. Why do you divide it in half? Because you are so use to working with your bilingual Target language-English dictionary. And, of course, after you find the definition, you can't wait to look it up in your bilingual dictionary to discover what it is in your target language.
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Levi
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 Message 288 of 3737
19 January 2010 at 6:54pm | IP Logged 
...when you study languages therapeutically, to get your mind off of stressful things. Nothing calms the mind like getting lost in the beauty of a foreign language.

Edited by Levi on 19 January 2010 at 6:57pm



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