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Kakino
Newbie
Canada
Joined 4462 days ago

7 posts - 16 votes
Studies: English*, French, Japanese, German

 
 Message 1 of 33
27 April 2012 at 11:53pm | IP Logged 
At the age of 15, I don't really see anybody my age learning languages unless I am
watching youtube videos. It is quite upsetting to be the only person in my school who is
interested in this dying hobby/obsession.
Is everyone else the same; does anyone else not have any "polyglot pals"?
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Ellsworth
Senior Member
United States
Joined 4717 days ago

345 posts - 528 votes 
Speaks: English*
Studies: German, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Irish

 
 Message 2 of 33
28 April 2012 at 12:10am | IP Logged 
I am 16. I study lots of languages. No one else in my school or anyone I know for that
matter can speak more than two languages well or cares to learn any others. Don't feel
bad your the only one though. That's why the internet is here!
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Volte
Tetraglot
Senior Member
Switzerland
Joined 6199 days ago

4474 posts - 6726 votes 
Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian
Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese

 
 Message 3 of 33
28 April 2012 at 12:33am | IP Logged 
Language learning is not a dying hobby; it's a fairly common one (more so in some regions than in others), as well as a multi-billion-dollar industry.

As an adult, it's easy to hang around with other people into languages if you want to. While you're in high school, it's a bit more luck of the draw, unfortunately.

For now, you have the internet; in a few years, there's nothing stopping you from surrounding yourself with polyglots your own age.

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Quinn
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United States
Joined 6083 days ago

134 posts - 186 votes 
Speaks: English*
Studies: French, Italian, Spanish

 
 Message 4 of 33
28 April 2012 at 12:48am | IP Logged 
It might feel lonely now, but in a few years I think you'll be very happy you started so early in life. I wish I would have!
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ellasevia
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Winner TAC 2011
Senior Member
Germany
Joined 5902 days ago

2150 posts - 3229 votes 
Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian
Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian

 
 Message 5 of 33
28 April 2012 at 3:01am | IP Logged 
I'm 17 and have been studying languages on my own since I was 12. I have a few friends who are interested in languages as well, but not to the same extent.
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csjc
Tetraglot
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Joined 5360 days ago

20 posts - 36 votes
Speaks: English*, Icelandic, Modern Hebrew, Dutch
Studies: Norwegian, French, Japanese

 
 Message 6 of 33
28 April 2012 at 3:44am | IP Logged 
I'm 18, been doing it since I was about 12 as well. I know one person in real life who is at at the same level of
obsession as I am.
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rivere123
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United States
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129 posts - 182 votes 
Speaks: English*
Studies: French

 
 Message 7 of 33
28 April 2012 at 4:10am | IP Logged 
I'd argue otherwise. I know a bunch of bilingual people, and a few trilinguals, under the age of 20. Can't claim I'm among them, but I probably will be before age 16.
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csjc
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Speaks: English*, Icelandic, Modern Hebrew, Dutch
Studies: Norwegian, French, Japanese

 
 Message 8 of 33
28 April 2012 at 4:50am | IP Logged 
Bilingual and trilingual, sure, but it's much more likely due to circumstance than interest.


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