Q: Reversed subtitles: myth or reality?
A: Reverse subtitles, you can. So myth they are not.
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Q: Best website for Castillian Spanish pronunciations
A: Castillian Spanish pronunciations R Us
Q: Have you learned a language that you don't like?
A: All of them
Q: Japanese Girl vs. Polish Language
A: On pay-for-view Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!
Q: "Whispered to you and sent you a whirlwind"
A: Shouted back and threw a tomato
Q: Getting fluent with Google
A: Getting jiggy with Bing
Q: Which English
A: Green one, left drawer
Q: Advancing and checking your advancement
A: Step forward while watching feet. Ensure foot has moved further than 1 cm past other. Repeat.
Q: How do you make your self-study more active?
A: Run
Q: losing listening comprehension skills quickly
A: Stop listening, I find this works a treat.
Q: Does anyone know the difference between наверх and вверх?
A: Yeah, one is spelled наверх and the other one is spelled вверх.. Glad I could be of service.
Q: There are worse things I could do... (FR, RU, ES)
A: No there isn't. Really, move on.
A: Castillian Spanish pronunciations R Us
Q: Have you learned a language that you don't like?
A: All of them
Q: Japanese Girl vs. Polish Language
A: On pay-for-view Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!
Q: "Whispered to you and sent you a whirlwind"
A: Shouted back and threw a tomato
Q: Getting fluent with Google
A: Getting jiggy with Bing
Q: Which English
A: Green one, left drawer
Q: Advancing and checking your advancement
A: Step forward while watching feet. Ensure foot has moved further than 1 cm past other. Repeat.
Q: How do you make your self-study more active?
A: Run
Q: losing listening comprehension skills quickly
A: Stop listening, I find this works a treat.
Q: Does anyone know the difference between наверх and вверх?
A: Yeah, one is spelled наверх and the other one is spelled вверх.. Glad I could be of service.
Q: There are worse things I could do... (FR, RU, ES)
A: No there isn't. Really, move on.
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics
rdearman wrote:Q: Japanese Girl vs. Polish Language
A: On pay-for-view Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!
It's definitely Tora! Tora! Tora!
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Frei lebt, wer sterben kann.
J'aime les nuages... les nuages qui passent...
雲は天才である
1. There’s only one rule to rule them all:
There are no Rule(r)s.
2. LISTEN L2, read L1. (Long texts)
3. Pronunciation.
4. Delayed recitation.
J'aime les nuages... les nuages qui passent...
雲は天才である
1. There’s only one rule to rule them all:
There are no Rule(r)s.
2. LISTEN L2, read L1. (Long texts)
3. Pronunciation.
4. Delayed recitation.
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics
rdearman wrote:Q: Which English
A: Green one, left drawer
You have no idea! They really used colors to seperate the book series used for learning English at different types of school.
At my school the series were called "Green Line" (used before I entered school) then "Password Green" (that's the one I had) and now again "Green Line". (Not to be confused with "Green Line".)
The series had a counterpart for another school type called "Red Line", "Password Red" etc. Wikipedia tells me that there's even a series called "Orange Line" and that before the first "[Color] Line" there's "[Color] Line New". (Yes, these book series even have their own Wikipedia articles!)
So taking the green English totally makes sense now, doesn't it?
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Corrections for entries written in Finnish, Spanish or Swedish are welcome.
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You won't believe it, but I actually learned English with Green Line !
Ha, good old days! Where have they gone?
Ha, good old days! Where have they gone?
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Oró, sé do bheatha abhaile! Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh.
- tastyonions
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics
Q: What makes a good log?
A: Depends on what you're building.
A: Depends on what you're building.
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Q: What is the fastest way to learn RUSSIAN!?
A: Be born in Russia.
A: Be born in Russia.
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Following the light of the sun (with written Korean log)
Some kind of airship or a small airplane might work, provided that it can circle the Earth every 24 hours. Or watch outdoors webcams from around the planet through the internet. Or stay North resp. South of the polar circles when they have summer there. Or forget about eternal sunshine and mind your Korean studies.
Tocqueville's quote on democracy and socialism
It wasn't a quote yet when de Tocqueville wrote it. It is somebody else's quote of something de Tocqueville wrote.
Listening vs Comprehension (and the case against TV) [interesting article]
If you listen you may be able to comprehend. If you don't listen you have to read the subtitles, else you won't comprehend nada.
Grammatical Cases: Why are they considered so hard?
Maybe they are hard?
A Words Enthusiast
I also use Words - but LibraOffice Text for some tasks - and paper and two ballpoint pens for my wordlists
You know you're a language nerd when…
When you know that there is such a thread - otherwise you wouldn't be here
Do you take notes?
Legal tender (banknotes): yes, other kinds of notes: no - I make those myself
The outstanding tourist multi-tracks
You have to be a quite outstanding tourist in order to be on more than one track at any one time
what is the difference between 어딜 and 어디
딜 resp. 디
Translating Trump
Eh, is that really a good idea?
LIE to a Polyglot
Mi não lüge jamais
Leyendo de claro en claro
Hallando "en", nada mas...
Side quest - isiXhosa
Some kind of airship or a small airplane might work, provided that it can circle the Earth every 24 hours. Or watch outdoors webcams from around the planet through the internet. Or stay North resp. South of the polar circles when they have summer there. Or forget about eternal sunshine and mind your Korean studies.
Tocqueville's quote on democracy and socialism
It wasn't a quote yet when de Tocqueville wrote it. It is somebody else's quote of something de Tocqueville wrote.
Listening vs Comprehension (and the case against TV) [interesting article]
If you listen you may be able to comprehend. If you don't listen you have to read the subtitles, else you won't comprehend nada.
Grammatical Cases: Why are they considered so hard?
Maybe they are hard?
A Words Enthusiast
I also use Words - but LibraOffice Text for some tasks - and paper and two ballpoint pens for my wordlists
You know you're a language nerd when…
When you know that there is such a thread - otherwise you wouldn't be here
Do you take notes?
Legal tender (banknotes): yes, other kinds of notes: no - I make those myself
The outstanding tourist multi-tracks
You have to be a quite outstanding tourist in order to be on more than one track at any one time
what is the difference between 어딜 and 어디
딜 resp. 디
Translating Trump
Eh, is that really a good idea?
LIE to a Polyglot
Mi não lüge jamais
Leyendo de claro en claro
Hallando "en", nada mas...
Side quest - isiXhosa
several clicks found here ... but there are more in Xhosa
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Q: Judge my French
A: I don't like French. I'm judging you for choosing it.
A: I don't like French. I'm judging you for choosing it.
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learning target
(Runs to Omniglot to find out about the language called "Target".)
(Runs to Omniglot to find out about the language called "Target".)
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