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"You should just use Rosetta Stone" grrr | ||
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| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5390 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes  Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 9 of 36 14 June 2010 at 12:02am | IP Logged | ||
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Re RS ad campaigns, I am reminded of the lyrics from the song " I heard it through the grapevine". When they ask, just sing "believe half of what you see, none, non,e none, of what you you hear". I can practically guarantee if you sing it loudly enough, they will not ask again..nor will any other co-workers.
EDIT spelling error: none, none, none Edited by psy88 on 14 June 2010 at 12:03am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jaguar8311 Groupie Canada Joined 6455 days ago 84 posts - 96 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 10 of 36 14 June 2010 at 2:45am | IP Logged | ||
I don't think said people don't read 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| irrationale Tetraglot Senior Member China Joined 5849 days ago 669 posts - 1023 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, Tagalog Studies: Ancient Greek, Japanese | Message 11 of 36 14 June 2010 at 7:38am | IP Logged | ||
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I just say simply "Rosetta Stone sucks". Short, sweet, to the point, and true. At least it is one negative against the advert juggernaut hogging someone's mindshare.
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| Chris Heptaglot Senior Member Japan Joined 6920 days ago 287 posts - 452 votes Speaks: English*, Russian, Indonesian, French, Malay, Japanese, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Korean, Mongolian | Message 12 of 36 14 June 2010 at 8:07am | IP Logged | ||
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What? Are you serious? Rosetta Stone is wonderful! Just squint at the pictures, wonder what they represent and what you are supposed to be saying, and you'll be fluent in no time.
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| RedBeard Senior Member United States atariage.com Joined 5901 days ago 126 posts - 182 votes Speaks: Ancient Greek* Studies: French, German | Message 13 of 36 16 June 2010 at 4:46am | IP Logged | ||
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sounds like jealousy.
methinks you should just buy r.s. and be done with it already. at full price. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Chris Heptaglot Senior Member Japan Joined 6920 days ago 287 posts - 452 votes Speaks: English*, Russian, Indonesian, French, Malay, Japanese, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Korean, Mongolian | Message 14 of 36 16 June 2010 at 7:30am | IP Logged | ||
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Why not buy them all at full price, and a copy for each of your friends? They are the very best courses after all. It says so on TV so it must be true.
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| egill Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5495 days ago 418 posts - 791 votes Speaks: Mandarin, English* Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 15 of 36 16 June 2010 at 8:14am | IP Logged | ||
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I bought a copy of Rosetta Stone and let me tell you, boy was I disappointed!
You see, I'm just a regular guy from the Midwest, a hard working farm boy if you will; and met this great gal who happens to be a supermodel. The only problem is she only speaks Italian, and I knew I would have just one chance to impress her. Well anyways, the background isn't that important, I just wanted to emphasize that I really tried to use this product, but it simply does not work as advertised. Firstly, it's really heavy, like almost a ton. You can imagine my surprise when they had to hoist it onto my porch with a small crane. Secondly, it was ridiculously expensive. I won't specify exactly, as that simply wouldn't be polite. I did have to mortgage the farm and go through the black market to obtain it. But hey, anything for love right? Thirdly, all it has on it are meaningless white squiggles. I was suspicious at first but decided to trust the advertising and spent 1-2 hours every morning (after milking the cows) staring at it. I figured it must have been some new language acquisition technology. I half-convinced myself it was working, but then realized I was just reciting the names of Italian dishes (spaghetti alla carbonara and the like). After months of effort I gave up. In closing, I would not recommend this product to anyone. Although it's heft may fool you into thinking it's effective, this did absolutely nothing for me. It makes a nice centerpiece though. Edited by egill on 16 June 2010 at 8:17am 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| TerryW Senior Member United States Joined 6156 days ago 370 posts - 783 votes Speaks: English* | Message 16 of 36 16 June 2010 at 10:42am | IP Logged | ||
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"You should just use Rosetta Stone" grrr
Oh, so there's a new version out? Does anyone know if this new "grrrr" version is better than version 3? ;-) Does it stand for "Guaranteed Really, Really Rotten"? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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