The Answers to Discussion Topics

[leosmith]

Q: How would you say this:
I saw John yesterday. He said that he had seen Sarah and that she had told him to give me a book. He then got the book out of his backpack and held it out to me.

A: I saw John yesterday. He whipped a book out of his backpack and cracked me over the skull with it saying "that's a little message from Sarah to you".

[einzelne]

Q: Learning a Language You Don't Love...
A: ... to be sure, is a form of sexual harassment!

[Iversen]

Q: How would you say this:
I saw John yesterday. He said that he had seen Sarah and that she had told him to give me a book. He then got the book out of his backpack and held it out to me.

A: II saw John yesterday. He admitted that he had seen Sarah and that she had told him to give me the book. He then reluctantly pulled it out of his backpack and held it out to me and I grabbed it while I had the opportunity (better now than never - he's a sneaky bastard!)

(Morale: never let others borrow your books!)

[Iversen]

Q: Recommendations for audio-only language courses for beginners wanted
A: Only this one: don't believe in fairy tales

Q: This is how they will lie to you if you don't study English.
A: They will lie even more if you do: special price for you, mistah

Q: Did I make a mistake learning Turkish?
A: Not if you actually succeeded in learning it - some just tried and failed

Q: The Study Time Calculator
A: Watched TV for four hours (OK, slept half the time, but still ... study time is study time, isn't it?)

Q: Redefining Pre-Indo-European Language Families of Bronze Age Western Europe
A: Maybe define them first

Q: Strictness with Synonyms: Anki/SRS/Flashcards
A: Excellent point of departure: those three are not synonyms

Q: From Italian A1 to B2 in three weeks, nearly made it!
A: So presumably From A1 to B1½ - and a bloody nose and a sprained ankle from running into B2

[rdearman]

Q: What I never knew about Anki...
A: would fill an encyclopedia

Q: Why are there so many questions about motivation?
A: People are demotivated?

Q: Trying to decide which literary work I should make my standard "language gateway"
A: The cat in the hat.

Q: How do you find things to read?
A: Ask a librarian?

Q: Chunking...
A: or chundering is a phenomenon which happens to some pub goers on Friday nights.

Q: Tips for fluent speaking without engaging with native speakers?
A: Just date them, you don't need to be married or engaged to speak with them.

Q: Simon Roper: how to speak upper-class British in 1673
A: First, get a time machine and travel back to 1673...

[Cainntear]

Q: The Answers to Discussion Topics

A: What is not a question?

[garyb]

Q: Chunking...
A: or chundering is a phenomenon which happens to some pub goers on Friday nights.

I'm happy that it wasn't just me whose first thought went there when they saw that topic!