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They announced that the next polyglot Gathering is in Poland, and you buy polish assimil books out the back of a van like a drug deal.
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Is it official? (New target language in sight... )
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jeff_lindqvist wrote:Is it official? (New target language in sight... )
Yep It is official
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Re: You know you're a language nerd when…
You understand what "fluent" means.
I'm not fluent in Spanish. But I can take your order or sell you shoes.
I'm not fluent in Spanish. But I can take your order or sell you shoes.
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When you see a thread called "Crazy Challenge anyone?" with a few replies and you're disappointed that it's not a new challenge a bunch of people have already signed up for.
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When you think to yourself "oh I really need to get a workbook focused on verb conjugation" then decide to check your bookshelf before buying a book and realize that you have exactly the book you were going to buy.
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aokoye wrote:When you think to yourself "oh I really need to get a workbook focused on verb conjugation" then decide to check your bookshelf before buying a book and realize that you have exactly the book you were going to buy.
Replying to myself. And then you go to your favorite bookstore and buy just one more grammar book because it will cover things that other books you have won't and it was used and I mean, you're going to sell some books back this year at some point...right?
edit: that you then realize you actually don't want for various reasons and are very grateful for the 30 day return policy
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When you're backpacking & trekking but you still have to buy that dictionary you saw for the language you currently have no plans to study
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....when the definition of your comfort reading during a stay in hospital is a book of 101 verb conjugations.
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When you read an academic article on linguistics to distract yourself from a blood test.
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