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#41 Maglorfin

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Posted 19 May 2008 - 10:51 PM

English, German, Latin, Slovenian and Croatian.


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Posted 20 May 2008 - 07:07 PM

You did not tell me you spoke my language, Dr. Jones!
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Posted 21 May 2008 - 11:36 PM

I am fluent in over 6 million forms of communication
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Posted 22 May 2008 - 03:37 AM

On special occasions??
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Posted 22 May 2008 - 10:11 AM

Usually when I'm in a group orgy of no less than 50.
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Posted 23 May 2008 - 01:46 AM

Fluent in English and Latin.

Dabbled in German. Would love to learn French.
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Posted 13 April 2012 - 04:12 PM

Only Spanish and English, which I find a shame.

I know a bit of French and Latin, which I'd love to improve. I'm also interested in learning too many languages and I'm having a difficult time choosing hehe.

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Posted 13 April 2012 - 06:12 PM

Need to start learning English.

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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate. - Christopher Nolan

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Posted 13 April 2012 - 06:28 PM

Finnish.

I know little English, Swedish and very little German.

But I know how to order a beer using 29 different languages.

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Posted 13 April 2012 - 06:34 PM

Thats all you need.

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Posted 13 April 2012 - 06:46 PM

But I know how to order a beer using 29 different languages.


That's great :lol:

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Posted 13 April 2012 - 07:09 PM

Need to start learning English.


Sorry, what? I do not understand what you are trying to say.

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Posted 13 April 2012 - 08:12 PM

Jelp jilp dalpop, todlif....derp derp derp!

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Posted 13 April 2012 - 09:12 PM

I speak a little bit of French.
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Posted 13 April 2012 - 09:22 PM

Oh, en ik heb vergeten om te zeggen dat ik na drie of vier Heineken bijna perfect nederlands kan spreken... ;)

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Posted 15 April 2012 - 12:40 AM

I'm sort of narrowing down learning options: Russian, Arab, German, Polish, Japanese.

[And also some stuff to learn on my own due to pure historical and aesthetic fetish. With those I'd be happy understanding more stuff written down or writing myself a bit: Latin, Ancient Greek, and a celtic language (I still don't know which one).]

Ok I still need to put some order on the list.

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Posted 15 April 2012 - 01:44 AM

I learned Spanish. That means I can say "no" in five languages other than English.

@Wojo: stop being facetious.

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Posted 15 April 2012 - 08:00 AM

anyone here speak Bocce?

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Posted 15 April 2012 - 05:07 PM

Cha skrunee da pat.

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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate. - Christopher Nolan

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Posted 15 April 2012 - 06:03 PM

I speak English, but 'ail'n from der Pewl me uvver lingo's sea-pie.

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Posted 15 April 2012 - 06:55 PM

I'm going with German. Not the one I was more interested it, but the most practical in my situation. I know I'm probably going to get hooked to it anyway. We'll see how it goes (well, I presume). The grammar seems very interesting. I like sustantives with genres and it doesn't seem to want to kill you with too many cases.

I wanted to go Slavic or outside IE, but with this change of direction into the Germanic branch I might check out what Scandinavia has to offer later. Or not. Aagh, there are so many.

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Posted 15 April 2012 - 11:19 PM

I am fully bilingual in French and English

I may have said that on page 1 since this thread is from a few years ago

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Posted 16 April 2012 - 04:43 AM

French and English


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Posted 16 April 2012 - 05:49 AM

English is really my main only language. All though I can imitate Klingon by hearing it from movies and such.

If I ever flew to a place say....London or whatever, I would try to learn their language before going over. I wouldn't want to seem rude or insulting by not trying to learn their language of said place.
""Fear. Fear attracts the fearful. The strong, the weak, the corrupt, the innocent. Fear is my ally."

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Posted 16 April 2012 - 07:00 AM

English is really my main only language.

If I ever flew to a place say....London or whatever, I would try to learn their language before going over. I wouldn't want to seem rude or insulting by not trying to learn their language of said place.


Seriously?

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Posted 16 April 2012 - 08:20 AM

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Posted 16 April 2012 - 08:21 AM

Different accent.

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Posted 16 April 2012 - 03:38 PM

Dick van Dyke insulted thousands of Cockneys....

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Posted 16 April 2012 - 04:44 PM


English is really my main only language.

If I ever flew to a place say....London or whatever, I would try to learn their language before going over. I wouldn't want to seem rude or insulting by not trying to learn their language of said place.


Seriously?


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Posted ImageCook Island depicted as London Island. There is another London Island west of the Tierra del Fuego




Cook Island (Spanish: Isla Cook), also known as London Island (Spanish: Isla London),[1] is an island in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago in Chile. It lies west of Gordon Islandand east of Londonderry Island at the head of Cook Bay, within the Alberto de Agostini National Park.


This is what you meant, Trent, right? Right?

@Wojo: stop being facetious.

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Posted 16 April 2012 - 04:53 PM

Looking at the contruction of this sentence...

English is really my main only language..


... I'm not so certain. His second sentence further supports this...

All though I can imitate Klingon by hearing it from movies and such.


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Posted 16 April 2012 - 05:02 PM

Looking at the contruction of this sentence...


English is really my main only language..


... I'm not so certain. His second sentence further supports this...

All though I can imitate Klingon by hearing it from movies and such.


Please at least try to avoid misspelling words when criticizing others for poor grammar. :lick:

@Wojo: stop being facetious.

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Posted 16 April 2012 - 05:05 PM

:lol:

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Posted 16 April 2012 - 05:11 PM

I get wrong the English word order quite often.

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Posted 16 April 2012 - 05:26 PM

Wrong the English word order I get quite often.


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Posted 16 April 2012 - 05:37 PM

Okay I guess London was a bad example..but I was being serious. Not sure why you guys are knocking me down over this.
""Fear. Fear attracts the fearful. The strong, the weak, the corrupt, the innocent. Fear is my ally."

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Posted 16 April 2012 - 05:40 PM


Looking at the contruction of this sentence...


English is really my main only language..


... I'm not so certain. His second sentence further supports this...

All though I can imitate Klingon by hearing it from movies and such.


Please at least try to avoid misspelling words when criticizing others for poor grammar. :lick:


I should've known it'd be you of all people to notice and inconspicuously absent S!

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Posted 16 April 2012 - 05:54 PM

It's apparent that you guys are going to continue to make fun / mock my posts and knock me down because of some of my typos, I'm done with this thread.
""Fear. Fear attracts the fearful. The strong, the weak, the corrupt, the innocent. Fear is my ally."

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Posted 16 April 2012 - 06:05 PM

I'm sorry if I posted anything that made you think that, trent. :(

I've got a question for all you non-native english speakers! what kind of accent do you have? british or american?

I've found that swedes are extremely good at adapting to the american accent (no shit, with all the exposure of american media), compared to let's say germans, finns and spaniards where the accent is quite heavy. all my previous english teachers had british accents though.
BUT I have been struggling with the perfect american pronunciation of literally for years now... just can't get it right :(

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Posted 16 April 2012 - 06:29 PM

Trent never has been known for his sense of humour.

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Posted 16 April 2012 - 06:30 PM

I want to reduce a bit my accent. So many vowels and a pair of sounds I can't get right. A British accent for me!

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