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How big is your language harem?
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Poll Question: How many people are in your language harem?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
0 or 1	20	[51.28%]
2 or 3	8	[20.51%]
4-6	6	[15.38%]
7-9	3	[7.69%]
10 or more	2	[5.13%]
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leosmith
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United States
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Speaks: English*
Studies: Tagalog

Message 1 of 14

09 November 2011 at 12:30pm | IP Logged

The quote below says just about everything you need to know to answer the question. The only thing I'll add -
you are only allowed to count one person per language.

Jinx wrote:

Solfrid Cristin wrote:

Jinx wrote:

leosmith wrote:

Jinx wrote:

leosmith wrote:

Jinx wrote:

I think maintaining a near-native level in a foreign language
requires an exceptional interest in and
passion for the culture as well as the language

What if you had 14 boyfriends...would it be possible then?

Sure! Are you volunteering? I guess I'd better pick from the members of this forum if I want to get started...

I'm too busy building my own harem to belong to yours. But thanks for your kind consideration.

New competition: whose "language harem" features the widest-ranging variety of native speakers? ;) I can see
this getting dangerous...

Does it have to be a contemporary harem, or can we count old loves? As a married woman, the here-and-now
approach to 14 boyfriends might meet a tad of opposition from my otherwise understanding husband.

Of course we can count old loves! Hmm, this could actually get fun. I'm afraid my harem is rather sparsely
populated at this point in life – I've only got English and German so far.

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Fasulye
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Message 2 of 14

09 November 2011 at 12:33pm | IP Logged

I don't understand what a "language harem" is precisely:

Do you mean foreign girl-friends, boy-friends, spouses and ex-spouses?

Fasulye
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leosmith
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Message 3 of 14

09 November 2011 at 12:43pm | IP Logged

I think you are correct, Fasulye. My personal interpretation is that they have to be someone who is a native speaker
of a language you are trying, or were trying, to learn. But I can't speak for the young ladies in the quote.
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Fasulye
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Message 4 of 14

09 November 2011 at 12:47pm | IP Logged

Thanks for explaining! I have never had such an relationship with a foreign boy-friend or husband, so my answer is "zero".

Fasulye

Edited by Fasulye on 09 November 2011 at 1:00pm
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HMS
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Message 5 of 14

09 November 2011 at 5:37pm | IP Logged

In my language harem - I'm forming an orderly queue of...one.
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Solfrid Cristin
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Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian
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Message 6 of 14

09 November 2011 at 6:27pm | IP Logged

Since my foreign boyfriend/Norwegian boyfriend ratio is 10-1, I voted for more than 10,spanning Spain,France, Italy, Lebanon, Marocco and Poland. Mind you, I am then including boyfriends I have known in the non biblical sense.

I once choked om my drink, when a guy I met at a party said he was impressed at my range of old lovers from all over the world, when all I had done was to refer to my old boyfriends.

Oops. I didn't realize until after I voted that you were only supposed to count one per language, then I am down to 5 :-)

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Levi
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Message 7 of 14

10 November 2011 at 1:56am | IP Logged

Zero. I've never had a girlfriend who spoke a foreign language...or English, for that matter. :(
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cathrynm
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Speaks: English*
Studies: Japanese, Finnish

Message 8 of 14

10 November 2011 at 4:54am | IP Logged

I find the whole concept very strange. I can't imagine a harem of Finnish men.

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