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Jadoo1989
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 Message 377 of 3737
20 February 2010 at 8:08am | IP Logged 
When you've managed to read all 378 messages in this thread over 48 pages in what seemed to be relatively little
time. (It seems like I managed it in 30 minutes, but I'm pretty sure it took longer)

Which leaves a good one - When you lose sense of time because you're too busy either reading this forum or
studying your TL.

When watching the olympics, you pay special attention and show extra pride to the country where your TL is
spoken, leaving everyone else around you astonished as to why you feel compelled to follow the medal count of a
country you've never been to.

Edited by Jadoo1989 on 20 February 2010 at 8:12am

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Rikyu-san
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 Message 378 of 3737
20 February 2010 at 9:01pm | IP Logged 
I am not sure if I remembered to add this one, but I am guilty as charged for these four levels of language wormery:

... when you walk back and forth in your home with your mp3 player and headphones listening to a portion of TL audio, speaking in your trget language and get encouraging looks and comments from the rest of your family.

... when you take it to the next level and walk down the street with your mp3 player and headphones listening to a portion of TL audio, speaking enthusiastically in your target language and receive curious and slightly worried looks from passerbys.

... when you take it even further and walk around in the local supermarket with your mp3 player and headphones listening to a portion of TL audio, speaking in your target language as you shop for your daily dose of dairy products.

... and when you take it all the way and even do it while waiting in line to pay for the goods. Thus the restless and slightly impatient silence in the queue is broken when you say things like, "In den sauren Apfel beissen... Gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser... Im Gänsemarch gehen... Auf Granit beissen..."
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kyssäkaali
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 Message 379 of 3737
20 February 2010 at 9:54pm | IP Logged 
Rikyu-san wrote:
I am not sure if I remembered to add this one, but I am guilty as charged for these four levels of language wormery:

... when you walk back and forth in your home with your mp3 player and headphones listening to a portion of TL audio, speaking in your trget language and get encouraging looks and comments from the rest of your family.

... when you take it to the next level and walk down the street with your mp3 player and headphones listening to a portion of TL audio, speaking enthusiastically in your target language and receive curious and slightly worried looks from passerbys.

... when you take it even further and walk around in the local supermarket with your mp3 player and headphones listening to a portion of TL audio, speaking in your target language as you shop for your daily dose of dairy products.

... and when you take it all the way and even do it while waiting in line to pay for the goods. Thus the restless and slightly impatient silence in the queue is broken when you say things like, "In den sauren Apfel beissen... Gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser... Im Gänsemarch gehen... Auf Granit beissen..."


Wow! Don't you feel self-conscious? I speak to myself in Finnish everyday, but only when locked up inside my room. I could never do it out in public unless I had someone else to speak with.
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Rikyu-san
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 Message 380 of 3737
20 February 2010 at 10:28pm | IP Logged 
A little bit, but I used to be much more self-conscious in the beginning. But in Denmark, like elsewhere where mobile phones with headsets and Captain Speaking blue tooth gadgets are now common, it is not as far out as it used to be. Once when people were talking to themselves aloud, other people thought they were crazy. Now all they have to do is wear a headset... I guess I fall into that category.

I am not shouting, by the way, only speaking when prompted in order to practice pronouncation and tip-of-the-tongueness. So one can do it and be almost inaudible if one wants.

However, I can't wait until I begin shadowing Chinese...

Imagine if I walked up and down the aisles in the supermarket between tuna cans, wine bottles and vegetables, pacing back and forth, speaking loudly. Now THAT would be something! (He he).

Edited by Rikyu-san on 20 February 2010 at 10:30pm

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Teango
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 Message 381 of 3737
20 February 2010 at 11:29pm | IP Logged 
Rikyu-san wrote:
I can't wait until I begin shadowing Chinese...Imagine if I walked up and down the aisles in the supermarket between tuna cans, wine bottles and vegetables, pacing back and forth, speaking loudly. Now THAT would be something! (He he).

Fantastic stuff...and you've gotta do it just like this! ;)
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Rikyu-san
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 Message 382 of 3737
20 February 2010 at 11:48pm | IP Logged 
I am considering doing some shadowing with German fairy-tales.

Shoppers, beware!

Scene: a shopping mall in a galaxy far far away... a language nerd (yours truly) enters the scene. He begins shadowing:

"Da kamen zum Küchenfenster zwei weiße Täubchen herein und danach die Turteltäubchen, und endlich schwirrten und schwärmten alle Vögel unter dem Himmel herein und ließen sich um die Asche nieder... Excuse me, sir, do you know where the slug shop is? 2nd floor? Thank you, sir... Und die Täubchen nickten mit ihren Köpfchen und fingen an pick, pick, pick, pick, und da... excuse me, sorry, no this is not the escalator to the first floor, it is the one to the parking lots. Where was I? Oh yes... fingen die übrigen auch an pick, pick, pick, pick, und lasen alle guten Körner... No, I am not one of the Bremer Stadtmusikanten... in die Schüsseln. Und ehe eine halbe Stunde herum war... no, you have not seen me on TV, and neither in the Starwars cantina... waren sie schon fertig, und flogen alle wieder hinaus."

What a wonderful day.


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Johntm
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 Message 383 of 3737
21 February 2010 at 6:54am | IP Logged 
Jadoo1989 wrote:
When you've managed to read all 378 messages in this thread over 48 pages in what seemed to be relatively little
time. (It seems like I managed it in 30 minutes, but I'm pretty sure it took longer)

Guilty. And it has been said in this thread quite a few times before.
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canada38
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 Message 384 of 3737
24 February 2010 at 5:58pm | IP Logged 
When you have 8GB of language files stored on your hard drive!


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