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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics

Postby Adrianslont » Mon Apr 24, 2023 8:35 am

Q: Kaufmann: ChatGPT: Should Language Teachers Be Worried?

A: Let’s just have a “robust discussion” about Irish instead.
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics

Postby Cainntear » Mon Apr 24, 2023 10:31 am

Adrianslont wrote:Q: Kaufmann: ChatGPT: Should Language Teachers Be Worried?

A: Let’s just have a “robust discussion” about Irish instead.

Sorry...!
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics

Postby leosmith » Tue Apr 25, 2023 2:46 am

Q: How do I text in Spanish using iphone?
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics

Postby Cainntear » Tue Apr 25, 2023 9:02 am

Q: Amount of passive vocab needed for movies

Unfair question -- any answer we give will rely on active vocab.
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Postby rdearman » Fri Apr 28, 2023 3:03 pm

Q: How will people In the German-speaking world respond if I only roll the 'r' with my tongue?
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Postby rdearman » Fri Apr 28, 2023 9:59 pm

Q: Languages with highest number of Spanish loanwords?
A: Spanish.
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics

Postby Iversen » Fri Apr 28, 2023 11:56 pm

Q: Amount of passive vocab needed for movies
A1: Silent movies: no words
A2: Other films: none, since even natives can't understand what the actors mumble in modern films (presumably some nonsense)

Q: Languages with highest number of Spanish loanwords?
A: Spanglish (not Spanish because Spanish doesn't need to borrow from Spanish - it already contains far too many Spanish words)

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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics

Postby einzelne » Sat Apr 29, 2023 2:02 am

Q: Languages with the most forgiving native speakers
A: Dead ones
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics

Postby Sae » Sat Apr 29, 2023 8:42 am

rdearman wrote:Q: Languages with highest number of Spanish loanwords?
A: Spanish.



That's exactly where my mind went too lol
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics

Postby leosmith » Tue May 09, 2023 10:20 pm

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