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| Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4495 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes  Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian | Message 273 of 568 21 August 2013 at 6:43am | IP Logged |
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Blauwe Mandaagen: done! Booyah. My Super Challenge statistics now are: Films: 80/100 Books: 7 "Books": 18.6/100 So yeah, nothing that would curl your hair, but at least the film part will definitely get done. Side note - as I have mentioned before, I have been keeping a detailed record of how long I read every day since the beginning of summer. I have read four books during that time (Tirza, Kartonnen Dozen, Mijn haar is lang, and now Blauwe Maandagen). The record looks like this: 
So now, as a fun side note - depending on how you define fun - we can plug these numbers into Excel and see if any fun statistics pop out: 
Average time per page: 1.9 min/page Average number of minutes read per day: 71.5 min Average number of pages read per day: 37.9 pages 
Average time per page: 3.5 min/page Average number of minutes read per day: 45.0 min Average number of pages read per day: 12.8 pages 
Average time per page: 1.8 min/page Average number of minutes read per day: 31.3 min Average number of pages read per day: 17.8 pages 
Average time per page: 1.8 min/page Average number of minutes read per day: 48.3 min Average number of pages read per day: 26.3 pages This yields some interesting (to me) facts. 1) Although I initially hypothesized that my reading speed would accelerate as the summer wore on, it turns out that my reading speed is actually much more dependent on the level of the book. For example, according to the spreadsheet, I average a regular 1.8 minutes per page while reading... except for with Kartonnen Dozen, which has the highest level of diction. That one takes me almost twice as long to read. 2) If a book is above my level, I will get "fed up" with it much faster (i.e., I will read fewer pages every day before getting a headache and calling it quits). Note that I read three times as far in Tirza every day as I would read in Kartonnen Dozen. 3) Apparently I averaged the least amount of time per day with the Brusselmans. This kind of makes sense because nothing happens in his books and they are intentionally a bit boring. 4) No matter how long or how challenging the book, I spent around the same number of reading days on each one. That's kind of weird. Okay, so anyway, riveting stuff. Options abound for the next book. Will update when I pick a good 'un. Indonesian I am a lapsed sinner... Edited by Hekje on 21 August 2013 at 6:44am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4499 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 274 of 568 21 August 2013 at 8:59pm | IP Logged |
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Lapsed sinners are the best. They're reliable sinners. Love 'em. Love sinners in general.
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| Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4495 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian | Message 275 of 568 25 August 2013 at 5:15am | IP Logged |
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I've taken a bit of a break from Dutch over the last few days. Instead of Dutch literature, I have read the entirety of Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves, which is, by the way, a really fantastic book. I highly recommend it. Mijn volgende Nederlandstalige boek is een bekende vreemdeling: archibald strohalm door Harry Mulisch. Die kon ik niet echt vergeten. De eerste keer was de taalniveau te hoog voor me, maar nu dat ik Kartonnen Dozen heb gelezen, ben ik ervan overtuigd dat ik alles wat op mijn pad komt kan lezen. Verder - dit boek heeft een serieuze omslag (in tegenstelling tot die vreselijke omslag voor Blauwe Maandagen met het idiote meisje erop). Met die laatste moest ik constant verklaren: 'Dit is een slim boek voor slimme mensen! Ik beloof je!' want hij was zó erg. :-P Even serieus, ik kan slechte grafische ontwerp niet verdragen, ik baal ervan! Indonesian Still a pause on Indonesian for now, but in about 8 or 9 months I might be able to explain why. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4495 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian | Message 276 of 568 27 August 2013 at 6:53pm | IP Logged |
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I'm on page 15 of archibald strohalm. Ik vind hem nu inderdaad véél makkelijker om te lezen, nu dat Kartonnen Dozen helemaal af is. (Achteraf gezien lijkt die een behoorlijk traumatische ervaring te zijn geweest...) Maar ja, ik ben vooral bezig met andere dingen geweest. Namelijk: naar New York verhuizen!! Ja, morgen reis ik per bus naar de Big Apple. Ik vind het allemaal zó spannend. Heb nog nooit in zo'n grote stad gewoond. Wat betreft taal leren - dit verandert niks, behalve dat ik tegen meer Nederlandstaligen zou kunnen komen. (Er zijn niet veel waar ik nu woon, geloof me.) Maar goed, ja, ik vind het maar héél erg spannend. Hoera! Indonesian See above. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4499 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 277 of 568 27 August 2013 at 7:41pm | IP Logged |
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Wat ga je doen in New York?
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| Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4495 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian | Message 278 of 568 27 August 2013 at 8:22pm | IP Logged |
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Ik heb een stage als kunstenaar assistent. Ben ook animator en ga een beetje lekker
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| Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4495 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian | Message 279 of 568 31 August 2013 at 6:06pm | IP Logged |
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Pagina 48 van archibald strohalm. Het gaat nog steeds lekker goed. Ik vind de schrijfstijl van Harry Mulisch zo heerlijk. Kan wel snappen waarom hij een van de grootste Nederlandstalige schrijvers ooit is. Ik lees het boek als ik op de subway wacht, wat heel vaak voorkomt. New York is een mooie stad, maakt me ook soms duizelig. Nieuw baantje, nieuw huis, nieuwe wijk... goh. Indonesian Not right now. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Hekje Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4495 days ago 842 posts - 1330 votes Speaks: English*, Dutch Studies: French, Indonesian | Message 280 of 568 05 September 2013 at 3:44pm | IP Logged |
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Sooo archibald strohalm is moving at a glacial pace now. I'm now on page 51. Still, I have noticed some fun Dutch-related things in New York. For example, there's this bodega on the corner of the street where I work that I visited the other day. I was flabbergasted to see that the door handles were labeled "Pull" in five languages - and Dutch was second! (After English and before French.) I have never seen that before in the United States. For a minute I thought that it might be some kind of nod to the fact that New York used to be New Amsterdam, but then I realized the name of the restaurant was in French and that they served "Brussels Breakfast" tea. So it looks like it's because the chain is actually Belgian. But still, pretty cool. Indonesian I'm still noting it in these entries to keep myself accountable, but I haven't done anything in a while. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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