IronMike's 2023 log: Fewer means better, right? (EO & RUS)

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IronMike
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Languages: Studying: Esperanto
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BCS, 1+L/1+R (DLPT5, 2022)
Russian, 3/3 (DLPT5, 2022) 2+ (OPI, 2022)
German, 2L/1+R (DLPT5, 2021)
Italian, 1L/2R (DLPT IV, 2019)
Esperanto, C1 (KER skriba ekzameno, 2017)
Slovene, 2+L/3R (DLPT II in, yes, 1999)
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Re: So many eels, only one hovercraft. IronMike's 2019 log (EO, IT, RU)

Postby IronMike » Mon Sep 30, 2019 1:53 am

Great meeting some forum members tonight here in Boston. Tons of great conversation.

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Re: So many eels, only one hovercraft. IronMike's 2019 log (EO, IT, RU)

Postby cjareck » Mon Sep 30, 2019 5:41 am

Who is who? Please identify yourselves if you don't mind :)
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Listening: 1+ (83% content, 90% linguistic)
Reading: 1 (83% content, 90% linguistic)

MSA DLI : 30 / 141ESKK : 18 / 40

Mandarin Assimil : 62 / 105
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IronMike
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Posts: 2554
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Location: Northern Virginia
Languages: Studying: Esperanto
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BCS, 1+L/1+R (DLPT5, 2022)
Russian, 3/3 (DLPT5, 2022) 2+ (OPI, 2022)
German, 2L/1+R (DLPT5, 2021)
Italian, 1L/2R (DLPT IV, 2019)
Esperanto, C1 (KER skriba ekzameno, 2017)
Slovene, 2+L/3R (DLPT II in, yes, 1999)
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Re: So many eels, only one hovercraft. IronMike's 2019 log (EO, IT, RU)

Postby IronMike » Mon Sep 30, 2019 11:59 am

I'll let the others ID themselves, but I'm the one in the pineapple shirt.
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IronMike
Black Belt - 2nd Dan
Posts: 2554
Joined: Thu May 12, 2016 6:13 am
Location: Northern Virginia
Languages: Studying: Esperanto
Maintaining: nada
Tested:
BCS, 1+L/1+R (DLPT5, 2022)
Russian, 3/3 (DLPT5, 2022) 2+ (OPI, 2022)
German, 2L/1+R (DLPT5, 2021)
Italian, 1L/2R (DLPT IV, 2019)
Esperanto, C1 (KER skriba ekzameno, 2017)
Slovene, 2+L/3R (DLPT II in, yes, 1999)
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Re: So many eels, only one hovercraft. IronMike's 2019 log (EO, IT, RU)

Postby IronMike » Tue Oct 01, 2019 7:09 pm

I've gotten a couple requests, and no one has PM'd me to tell me to remove them, so here is the picture tagged for you
cjareck wrote:cjareck


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Re: So many eels, only one hovercraft. IronMike's 2019 log (EO, IT, RU)

Postby cjareck » Tue Oct 01, 2019 7:48 pm

IronMike wrote:here is the picture tagged for you

Thank you very much! I think that also others will find that photo interesting!
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Listening: 1+ (83% content, 90% linguistic)
Reading: 1 (83% content, 90% linguistic)

MSA DLI : 30 / 141ESKK : 18 / 40

Mandarin Assimil : 62 / 105
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Re: So many eels, only one hovercraft. IronMike's 2019 log (EO, IT, RU)

Postby rdearman » Tue Oct 01, 2019 9:08 pm

Soooooo... what languages did you use?
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MorkTheFiddle
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Re: So many eels, only one hovercraft. IronMike's 2019 log (EO, IT, RU)

Postby MorkTheFiddle » Tue Oct 01, 2019 10:20 pm

IronMike wrote:I've gotten a couple requests, and no one has PM'd me to tell me to remove them, so here is the picture tagged for you
cjareck wrote:cjareck


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Wow. How fun. I tried to guess everybody, and my score was 0 / 5.
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Re: So many eels, only one hovercraft. IronMike's 2019 log (EO, IT, RU)

Postby Ezra » Tue Oct 01, 2019 10:50 pm

MorkTheFiddle wrote:Wow. How fun. I tried to guess everybody, and my score was 0 / 5.

I tried to guess IronMike based on his avatar and was wrong as well.
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IronMike
Black Belt - 2nd Dan
Posts: 2554
Joined: Thu May 12, 2016 6:13 am
Location: Northern Virginia
Languages: Studying: Esperanto
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Tested:
BCS, 1+L/1+R (DLPT5, 2022)
Russian, 3/3 (DLPT5, 2022) 2+ (OPI, 2022)
German, 2L/1+R (DLPT5, 2021)
Italian, 1L/2R (DLPT IV, 2019)
Esperanto, C1 (KER skriba ekzameno, 2017)
Slovene, 2+L/3R (DLPT II in, yes, 1999)
Language Log: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5189
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Re: So many eels, only one hovercraft. IronMike's 2019 log (EO, IT, RU)

Postby IronMike » Sat Oct 05, 2019 2:57 am

Watched Burnt by the Sun today with one of my work colleagues who is interested in Russia. Forgotten how good that movie is. If you haven't seen it, I really must recommend it. The young lady who plays Nadya is so stinking cute...

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You're not a C1 (or B1 or whatever) if you haven't tested.
CEFR --> ILR/DLPT equivalencies
My swimming life.
My reading life.
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IronMike
Black Belt - 2nd Dan
Posts: 2554
Joined: Thu May 12, 2016 6:13 am
Location: Northern Virginia
Languages: Studying: Esperanto
Maintaining: nada
Tested:
BCS, 1+L/1+R (DLPT5, 2022)
Russian, 3/3 (DLPT5, 2022) 2+ (OPI, 2022)
German, 2L/1+R (DLPT5, 2021)
Italian, 1L/2R (DLPT IV, 2019)
Esperanto, C1 (KER skriba ekzameno, 2017)
Slovene, 2+L/3R (DLPT II in, yes, 1999)
Language Log: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5189
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Re: So many eels, only one hovercraft. IronMike's 2019 log (EO, IT, RU)

Postby IronMike » Tue Oct 08, 2019 1:17 am

Italian progresses. Will finish Pimsleur I tomorrow morning on the walk to the train, then on to Pimsleur II. Got to speak with the high school Italian teacher this afternoon, which is always nice practice. She is so perfect, never breaking out of the Italian. Although today we had something I had to discuss for the purpose of the swim meet, so she understood that I couldn't speak about it in Italian. She allowed the English, then immediately went back to Italian, which I need.

In other news, almost done with Kiuj semas plorante... Really liking it. One of my favorite subjects is language politics, in particular the discrimination against Esperanto, especially in Stalin's Soviet Union and Hitler's Nazi Germany. This book is set in the late 1930's, so right there at that time. I'll finish it this week. Then some English reading for a while. I've set a goal of 70 books in 2019 (see my Goodreads). I'm at 53 books so far. Need to catch up!
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You're not a C1 (or B1 or whatever) if you haven't tested.
CEFR --> ILR/DLPT equivalencies
My swimming life.
My reading life.
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