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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 3057 days ago 3277 posts - 6777 votes  Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 3577 of 3740 16 May 2015 at 11:29am | IP Logged |
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That's sometimes easy. Study other subjects IN your target languages. ;-) Somehow, the
new language makes even boring topics quite fun. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Monox D. I-Fly Senior Member Indonesia monoxdifly.iopc.us Joined 3183 days ago 747 posts - 663 votes Speaks: Indonesian* | Message 3578 of 3740 16 May 2015 at 12:44pm | IP Logged |
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Oh well, in my workplace I read Euclid's The Elements when I have a free time. It is bilingual in Greek and English. I try to read the Greek parts, but because sometimes the words just come out from my mouth, people would think that I am chanting a magic spell instead.
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| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 2892 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 3579 of 3740 17 May 2015 at 2:06pm | IP Logged |
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... when you get excited about a character who speaks exclusively Japanese on your Russian sitcom.
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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4957 days ago 4251 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 3580 of 3740 19 May 2015 at 12:06am | IP Logged |
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...when you talk to somebody at the Polyglot Gathering and the person next to you asks: What language is THAT!? I can't understand a single word!
(The language was of course Irish.:)) 12 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Via Diva Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation last.fm/user/viadivaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 2282 days ago 1109 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: German, Italian, French, Swedish, Esperanto, Czech, Greek | Message 3581 of 3740 19 May 2015 at 2:35am | IP Logged |
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when you start learning a language you don't even really like just for lulz
or to broaden your perception of languages, if to think about that properly 5 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 3604 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 3582 of 3740 22 May 2015 at 6:18am | IP Logged |
When you kick yourself for visiting Wales umpteen times yet having never stopped at this famous location [source: Wikipedia]:
Meaning: Parish [church] of [St.] Mary (Llanfair) [in] Hollow (pwll) of the White Hazel [township] (gwyn gyll) near (go ger) the rapid whirlpool (y chwyrn drobwll) [and] the parish [church] of [St.] Tysilio (Llantysilio) with a red cave ([a]g ogo[f] goch). Pronunciation: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysil iogogogoch. Edited by Teango on 22 May 2015 at 6:39am 7 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 2892 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 3583 of 3740 22 May 2015 at 3:29pm | IP Logged |
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There's a fun song teaching you how to pronounce the name of this village:
How to say Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch It's really catchy and I learned to pronounce the whole name after listening to it for a few times. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Rem Groupie United Kingdom Joined 1805 days ago 66 posts - 96 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin, Czech, French | Message 3584 of 3740 22 May 2015 at 7:32pm | IP Logged |
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When everyone around you is talking excitedly about Eurovision and you're despairing
because so many of the songs are in English. :( 6 persons have voted this message useful |
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