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Mezzofanti wrote:When thou joinest a devil's web (internet) community 160 years after thy death.
Mezzofanti wrote:When thou join a devil's web (internet) community 160 years after thy death.
Chekhov wrote:Clearly they just don't understand the socialist spirit. "Something for nothing" is our motto!
Kenny wrote:One of my profs was telling us just the other day how back in the day there weren't all these security measures and he would just throw certain books out the window in the library then walk out of the library and pick them up. (He's 69 so back in the day probably means in the 60s.)
Karavinka wrote:When your idea of "taking a break" from language study is translating something from one strange foreign language into another. (God, why am I translating Manchu into Gothic at 4 a.m.?)
When you think "Okay, I'm going to learn German tonight", open your Gothic book, and convince yourself it's sort of like German.
Mezzofanti wrote:When thou join a devil's web (internet) community 160 years after thy death.
[flag]es[/flag] Culpable.When you start comparing Spanish and Portuguese on Notepad out of boredom.
I'm surprised none of them have said anything yet.When the local librarians ask you how you learn so many languages and you feel awkward.
Check out yes. Purchase no. (That's what pirating's for.)When all the books you check out or purchase have to do with languages.
Kenny wrote:I honestly hate the shit out of (okay, not really, but yeah, certainly at least a bit) dead languages, but that, sir, is admirable.
Michael wrote:•When you drool after having acquired a whole bunch of Modern Greek materials online.
•When you are an American who does not listen to a single song sung in English.
•When you would like nothing more than to study your foreign languages 24/7.
•When you start comparing Spanish and Portuguese on Notepad out of boredom.
•When you rush to get your homework done just to hit the language books afterward.
•When the local librarians ask you how you learn so many languages and you feel awkward.
•When all the books you check out or purchase have to do with languages.
Chekhov wrote:It appears you think English, Korean, French, Japanese, German, Spanish, Arabic are just fine with you, with which I'd have to agree since I like all of them myself. I don't hate dead languages - there are quite a few I like, chiefly Biblical Hebrew, Classical Arabic, Classical Chinese and Old English - but I also don't tend to enjoy learning them as much as living ones.
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