April 2011
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absurdlydelicious-deactivated20 asked: Spectacular and relevant tumblr is spectacular and relevant. :') Next semester I'll be taking 16 credits worth of Japanese, Chinese, and Portuguese. Preparing myself to be that crazy person in class who answers in the wrong language half the time and is baffled when people laugh.
Apr 1st
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sonyashnyky asked: I really do love this blog. I'm not a foreign language major, but a cultural anthropologist who learned English and Spanish at the same time (I officially spoke Spanish first) and I'm currently learning Russian, Ukrainian, Greek, Portuguese, Georgian, Catalan and Turkish. While for the most part I don't qualify with everything here, I do love knowing I'm not alone in my love...
Apr 1st
Anonymous asked: FRIEND LOOKS AT IPOD
"WHY ARE ALL YOUR SONGS IN GERMAN OR SOMETHING"
Apr 1st
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[Picture: Background: 6-piece pie-style color split with red and blue alternating. Foreground: Grey elephant in the centre facing to the left. Top text: “ [Writing in Spanish] ” Bottom text: “ [Thinking in French] ”]
Apr 1st
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For every English-speaking Italian student who...
Apr 1st
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March 2011
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Mar 31st
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chainsandcherries asked: I started studying Japanese in middle school and now I'm minoring in it in university! :D
Mar 31st
Mar 31st
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fyeahcoffeeshopcivet asked: Languages are fun! Currently trying to learn some sign language (ASL) - almost got finger-spelling down, and a few useful signs. I know some rudimentary Japanese German, and Pennsylvania Dutch (it's quite similar to Yiddish, I just learned). I'd like to become fluent in PA Dutch and Japanese and ASL. Most of all, it's useful to be able to speak to a friend privately when you're...
Mar 24th
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Mar 24th
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theghilliemonster asked: This blog! I love it, it’s like my entire life rolled up into a ball with a colourful background. I am a native English speaker, then Arabic (my personal favourite), Spanish, Italian and German. And I read in Portuguese, French, Greek and Latin (well I’m still working on the Greek and Latin). I definitely "word vomit” in other languages and it’s so nice to see...
Mar 24th
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Mar 23rd
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everydayim-swagelin asked: So, I'm a dual major biology and French but my father is bilingual and speaks Italian and English. I'm trying to teach myself both Italian and Japanese. This blog is relevant to my life
Mar 23rd
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Mar 20th
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pharos-nous.tumblr.com [Picture: Background: 6-piece pie-style color split with red and blue alternating. Foreground: Grey elephant in the centre facing to the left. Top text: “ [COME TO AMERICA FROM NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY] ” Bottom text: “ [GET ASKED IN ENGLISH IF YOU ARE BILINGUAL] ”]
Mar 19th
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pharos-nous.tumblr.com [Picture: Background: 6-piece pie-style color split with red and blue alternating. Foreground: Grey elephant in the centre facing to the left. Top text: “ [PROUD OF SELF FOR LEARNING THREE EUROPEAN LANGUAGES] ” Bottom text: “ [MEET TRAVELING MONK WHO KNOWS SEVEN] ”]
Mar 19th
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pharos-nous.tumblr.com [Picture: Background: 6-piece pie-style color split with red and blue alternating. Foreground: Grey elephant in the centre facing to the left. Top text: “ [BECOME FLUENT IN SEVERAL LANGUAGES YOU CONSIDER USEFUL] ” Bottom text: “ [TRAVEL TO COUNTRY OF HERITAGE AND REALIZE YOU FORGOT ONE] ”]
Mar 19th
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pharos-nous.tumblr.com [Picture: Background: 6-piece pie-style color split with red and blue alternating. Foreground: Grey elephant in the centre facing to the left. Top text: “ [TRY TO FIND SOURCES FOR JOKES ON INTERNET MEME] ” Bottom text: “ [END UP RE-READING “THE STORY OF YIDDISH” FOR HOURS] ”]
Mar 19th
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via (nerves-in-patterns) [Picture: Background: 6-piece pie-style color split with red and blue alternating. Foreground: Grey elephant in the centre facing to the left. Top text: “ Study Russian and French. Accidentally roll the “r”s in French words. ” Bottom text: “ Be mocked for weeks. ”]
Mar 19th
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Mar 19th
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looneyngilo2 asked: :) I'm bilingual since childhood for Spanish and English. I'm now taking Spanish in college, and though I LIVED IN SOUTH AMERICA FOR YEARS, it's still kicking my ass... Since I'm doing a double major, I need to take ANOTHER language. Any suggestions for languages that might be easier for me? They have Russian, Portuguese, French, Mandarin, and German here (and probably...
Mar 19th
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Mar 19th
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Mar 18th
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Mar 18th
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everybodycansuckit asked: HA
THIS IS BRILLIANT :D
Mar 18th
HEY!
So, the next few items in the queue are mostly videos. So please stop by the template and submit something or share something in the ask box before this dries up! You all are absolutely fabulous and I could not have asked for a better response to this blog.
Mar 18th
Mar 18th
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cricketskisses asked: Haha, this is such a neat blog!
My native language is Latvian but I learned English, Russian and Italian. Now I'm learning German. o:
Mar 18th
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pharos-nous.tumblr.com [Picture: Background: 6-piece pie-style color split with red and blue alternating. Foreground: Grey elephant in the centre facing to the left. Top text: “’YIDDISH IS BASTARDIZED GERMAN’” Bottom text: “WEEPS SILENTLY”]
Mar 18th
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concerning the mamme-loshn:
pharos-nous.tumblr.com [Picture: Background: 6-piece pie-style color split with red and blue alternating. Foreground: Grey elephant in the centre facing to the left. Top text: “LEARN MODERN HEBREW” Bottom text: “LAMENT PRIVATELY AT LACK OF CHUTZPAH”]
Mar 18th
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Mar 18th
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samouraidelespace asked: i love this blog, thank you SO much for setting it up. I'm currently fluent in Irish and English, sadly, and I'm at an advanced level of German, a slightly above beginner level of French, and I have basic Romanian, Spanish, Turkish and Russian, but I'm improving on Russian in Summer, and I can read Cyrillic perfectly. once my exams are over at the end of the year, I'd be...
Mar 18th
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shawbear asked: Native language: English. Majoring in Spanish. Took a couple of semesters of German and Latin. Taking Portuguese next semester. Plan to learn Italian, French, and Arabic or Persian.
Mar 18th
dasdeutschtard asked: I'm from California but don't consider myself american. I am a son of the world. I speak English and Spanish, and i'm nearly fluent in German. I also want to learn Finnish(Crazy, I know, 15 bloody cases), Russian, Lithuanian(i'm 1/4 Litvak, so I feel I need to), Swedish, Norwegian, perhaps Danish, maybe a little Dutch, Italian, Romanian, Gaelic, Welsh, and maybe enough to get...
Mar 18th
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via (eximago) [Picture: Background: 6-piece pie-style color split with red and blue alternating. Foreground: Grey elephant in the centre facing to the left. Top text: “ [PLAY SCRABBLE] ” Bottom text: “ [USE FOREIGN WORDS AGAINST FRIENDS] ”
Mar 18th
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digatisdi asked: I am a Japanese major, I'm highly proficient in French and my first language is English. I didn't have a social life in high school when I took French so I decided to teach myself other languages.
I'm now teaching myself Cherokee, Farsi, Hindi, Croatian, Tibetan, Hawaiian and Basque (got my textbook today) and plan to start Swahili soon.

I just found this blog....
Mar 18th
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via (steeple333) [Picture: Background: 6-piece pie-style color split with red and blue alternating. Foreground: Grey elephant in the centre facing to the left. Top text: “YOU SPEAK THAT LANGUAGES?” Bottom text: “SAY SOMETHING FOR US!”] When my classmates found out about my Japanese major. This happens a lot…
Mar 17th
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arthurpewtey asked: I have to say I'm loving these language-related memes. :D I know Spanish (L1), been studying English since I was 10 (one thing I can thank school for...) Currently in my second year of Japanese. And I know a little bit of French. I would love to learn Mandarin and/or Russian some day, too.

I freaking love languages. xD
Mar 17th
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tiffanyaching asked: Regarding the aspiring Korean speaker below: Listening to Kpop is a great idea. It's what got me started in Korean. The alphabet is really easy to learn, so you could totally learn it on your own - a quick Google search should bring up a bunch of helpful websites. If you like Korean dramas, those are really helpful for building up your listening skills. Korean's really fun to learn :D...
Mar 17th
datass-assin asked: Oh goodness I thought I was alone with this. I'm so grateful for this tumblr. <3

Besides English, I speak German, Japanese and Russian. What's more, I want to also learn Arabic, Korean, Greek and Italian.

IT MAKES ME GLAD THAT OTHER PEOPLE DO THIS, TOO. :D
Mar 17th
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imperfectionsofa-ducky asked: I'm currently learning Japanese. Uh, that's it. xD
Mar 17th
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