GasBandit
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You are such a fetus.
The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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Not really. I'm closer to 30 than 25.
GasBandit
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Toddler then
I dice hot dogs and fry them in ketchup. Call them Bobbitts.
And when you were born, I was about as close to 30 as you are now
So young
My high school required 3 years of Spanish. I chose to do a 4th year my senior year and hated it and just wanted to drop it. The only problem was that I wanted to go on the exchange trip to Costa Rica and you could only do that if you were currently taking Spanish, so I just gutted it out.
When I got to college they said you needed to do 3 semesters of a foreign language unless you did at least 4 years of one in middle/high school. That was probably the closest I've come to feeling there was a god looking out for me.
When I got to college they said you needed to do 3 semesters of a foreign language unless you did at least 4 years of one in middle/high school. That was probably the closest I've come to feeling there was a god looking out for me.
If you were to hear me speak you'd realise some of us have barely learnt a first language.
When you aren't exposed to other languages very often, it's also a lot harder to learn them.
I took 6 years of French in Middle/High School. I'm pretty sure my daughter took French because she figured I'd be able to help her with her shit. Joke's on her, that was over half my life ago.
I think I have a copy of the Hobbit in Russian somewhere as well from my days in college.
You're a continental European. Isn't knowing at least three languages the default setting?
I did late immersion and took both German and Spanish briefly in school when we lived places without immersion (I'm old lol - Immersion is standard now).
I still take french courses sometimes and would love to study Spanish again if I could find somewhere locally.
Mine is black but due to the amount of cat hair on it....
GasBandit
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figmentPez
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figmentPez
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Saw this while browsing Amazon's daily Kindle deals:
I know that D&D fans take things pretty seriously, but I'm not sure this book is in the right category.
(It doesn't show up in Science Fiction & Fantasy, like the Drizzt novels also on sale.)
I know that D&D fans take things pretty seriously, but I'm not sure this book is in the right category.
(It doesn't show up in Science Fiction & Fantasy, like the Drizzt novels also on sale.)We got a translation case that had to be translated into British English. When the translator handed in the case, he attached a note to it that said, "All instances of the word 'salty' have been spelled with one 'L' in accordance with British English."
Damn you, translator, for making me doubt myself about whether I know how to spell "salty". I actually went and googled it.
Damn you, translator, for making me doubt myself about whether I know how to spell "salty". I actually went and googled it.
figmentPez
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Sallty
Slalty
Saltly
Saltyl
L'salty (wait, that's French)
Slalty
Saltly
Saltyl
L'salty (wait, that's French)
Yes l’salty used to describe the polite rage felt by Canadians when their meetings get postponed at the last second again after they’ve prepared for them again.....
For me, it was 8 years of English, 6 years of Swedish, 5 years of German, 1 year of French, and one semester of Russian.
I hear you.
Super l’salty now. Boss rescheduled and then just stood us up. We all dialed in and who knows where boss was. We chatted and then called it after 30 min.
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This article made me chuckle.
