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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 09:37 PM Original message |
How we get our heads round languages |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. international mother language day observances |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. I have a lovely friend ..she speaks 5 langugaes.. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 05:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. O-tohsan ga Kansai-ben shabetteharu? |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. chichi wa Oosaka de unmaremashita. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. O-tohsan ga Osaka de umarete, |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. daijyoubu |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Oyasumi-nasai |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. arigatou! Gambarimasu!!!!!! |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. it is a source of bewilderment to me that, in this country, with so many cretins and their |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. In international settings, Americans are often the most difficult to understand |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. pathetic, isn't it? |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. What's pathetic? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Rather than being ashamed of knowing only one language, they revel in their ignorance. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I grew up in a multi-lingual world, and hearing multiple languages is usual for me. when I hear |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 01:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Omg.. your mention of people being upset |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. I find study in this field fascinating. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. I rather miss living in a multi-lingual country |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. What Spanish-speaking country is multilingual? (Other than Spain) |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. My old haunts west of Portland, Oregon were strongly bilingual- though I could have learned |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Many have largish linguistic minorities. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Mexico |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Are they widely seen, heard and used by a significant part of the |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Depends. Nahuatl is used in many pockets of the culture, |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. Multilingualism is a sign of intelligence and intellectual curiosity |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. There are two kinds of multilingualism. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. You're forgetting a third kind |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
13. I abuse english as my muttersprache, and I kind of understand French |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 01:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. give the Michel Thomas lessons a try |
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tango-tee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
14. I started learning English in school |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
17. Many Europeans speak more than one language... |
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Mira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
19. English is my second language, but when it comes to preference it is my first. |
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