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post Mar 26 2007, 07:45 PM
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Aww you're making me feel jealous!! I'd love to learn more languages - currently doing French and I did German up to the end of last school year (had to drop it - it was Music or German (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) ) and I'm now trying to teach myself Polish and polish(ha!) up on my German, in all my spare time obviously (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Doesn't help that one of my closest friends is a language freak - currently doing French, German, Czech, Italian and a little Spanish (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) And she's so sickeningly GOOD at it all!!
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post Mar 26 2007, 07:53 PM
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Why don't we all teach someone else a little bit of another language during the summer holidays, so it doesn't mess up exams for those who are taking them? We could have a thread for each...
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post Mar 26 2007, 07:54 PM
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Aww you're making me feel jealous!! I'd love to learn more languages - currently doing French and I did German up to the end of last school year (had to drop it - it was Music or German (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) ) and I'm now trying to teach myself Polish and polish(ha!) up on my German, in all my spare time obviously (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Doesn't help that one of my closest friends is a language freak - currently doing French, German, Czech, Italian and a little Spanish (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) And she's so sickeningly GOOD at it all!!

She probably envies your sheer musical capacity! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Mar 26 2007, 07:56 PM
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DF, I only learned French properly at school, with a very small smidgen of German and a sprinkle of Spanish, and now look at me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) so if languages float your boat then you have plenty of time to learn all the esoteric ones (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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DF, I only learned French properly at school, with a very small smidgen of German and a sprinkle of Spanish, and now look at me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) so if languages float your boat then you have plenty of time to learn all the esoteric ones (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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Ooh I look forward to it!! Wow, love the idea of a smidgen of German and a sprinkle of Spanish lol (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
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post Mar 26 2007, 08:00 PM
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QUOTE(Rosemary7391 @ Mar 26 2007, 08:53 PM) *
Why don't we all teach someone else a little bit of another language during the summer holidays, so it doesn't mess up exams for those who are taking them? We could have a thread for each...

Oooooh I like that idea!

We must easily be able to have French, German, Spanish, Russian... Various forms of Chinese... Arabic I think? (between native speakers and learners) - even some Hebrew (I believe there is at least one person who speaks it even though she doesn't write it)... *thinks* - Japanese...

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DF, I only learned French properly at school, with a very small smidgen of German and a sprinkle of Spanish, and now look at me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) so if languages float your boat then you have plenty of time to learn all the esoteric ones (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Cześć!


Ooh I look forward to it!! Wow, love the idea of a smidgen of German and a sprinkle of Spanish lol (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

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post Mar 26 2007, 08:01 PM
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I can do German and Spanish for starters.. Perhaps not as interestng as the non latin alphabet languages but its a start! We should get Allan here.
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post Mar 26 2007, 08:05 PM
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Oh and we have several speakers of Gaelic of various types - Irish and Scots for sure.

I'll go email Allan....
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post Mar 26 2007, 08:08 PM
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Hehe Excellent!! When shall we kick this off?
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post Mar 26 2007, 08:12 PM
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I guess after language exams are finished is fairest. The only exception that I can think of, is if it would be helpful for those STUDYING the languages FOR exams to have to be trying to explain things to non-speakers of those languages (and I guess it may be good revision for people just to talk in those languages). Then those who weren't learning those lingos would have to exercise self-restraint in not looking into language threads of new languages if they thought it was going to confuse them!

We'd have to find out what languages people were taking exams in (Spanish, French, German are the obvious 3 that I am certain people are being examined in but there are probably others) and also be organised as to how to spot the language learning threads - make sure they had recognisable titles - to help us linguist freaks out (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Ancient Greek and Latin may also have enough learners now I come to think of it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Mar 26 2007, 08:18 PM
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Well my last language exam is the 12th of June - thats German and Spanish over by then, GCSE and A level too I tihnk. I can check French too.
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May be worth asking around just to check.

Just to be vaguely on topic: confession... I'm far from indiscriminate, but still well aware that some will probably think it's naff... I LOVE good country and western music *grin*
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I have a confession to make too... Been a bit of a tube really (as a freind so kindly put it!) And the reason I dyed my hair was because I was led to beleive that all people from the 1930s had dark hair. I was later reminded by my dad, that all the photos were in black and white. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)
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Been a bit of a tube really ...


Explanation for English types: "tube" is an expression of contempt in these parts, several degrees up the scale from "numpty". Visitors would be well advised not to go around mentioning the YouTube website unless they want first-hand experience of what the term "Glasgow kiss" means.
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post Mar 27 2007, 10:22 AM
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Ahhh. Hadn't come across that. *mental note about youtube...*
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