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Ben Delacob
Member #6,141
August 2005
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Wow. I feel so dwarfed with my knowledge of American English, fading beginner Spanish, and continued learning of beginner French (non-academic). __________________________________ |
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Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001
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amarillon said: ...and even Finnish.
amber said: ...and Swedish.
I'm so proud of you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest. |
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Darizel
Member #10,585
January 2009
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I speak Elvish, the tongues of both Gondor and of Rohan, the Common Tongue of the West, and of course the Black Tongue of Mordor Not really. I'm just a big LOTR fan
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decepto
Member #7,102
April 2006
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July 2006
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ReyBrujo
Moderator
January 2001
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Darizel said: I speak Elvish
I know people who speak Quenya in Tolkien conventions down here -- |
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Jonny Cook
Member #4,055
November 2003
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I only speak English, and pretty poorly at that. But I'm trying to learn Japanese. I learned to read a bit of Sanskrit at my old school, but we only learned how to read out the sounds. The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face. |
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Darizel
Member #10,585
January 2009
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ReyBrujo said: I know people who speak Quenya in Tolkien conventions down here
You're joking, right! I didn't even know the language was developed enough to be spoken. ---------- |
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Jonny Cook
Member #4,055
November 2003
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Darizel said: You're joking, right! I didn't even know the language was developed enough to be spoken.
My friend used to know Elvish, or Quenya, or whatever it's called. She wrote poems and stuff in it. It surprised me too. The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face. |
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Darizel
Member #10,585
January 2009
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@Jonny's friend ---------- |
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Jonny Cook
Member #4,055
November 2003
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Well, in her defense, they were actually pretty cool. (Read: Covering my ass in case she ever finds this thread. The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face. |
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ReyBrujo
Moderator
January 2001
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Quenya course. There is a reason about why Middle Earth is considered one of the most important fictional settings. Tolkien spent most of his life building it as a fantasy take on UK history. -- |
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alethiophile
Member #9,349
December 2007
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I used to be able to write English in the Tengwar script used to write Quenya. I've forgotten most of it by now, but it was sort of cool. -- |
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Jonny Cook
Member #4,055
November 2003
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ReyBrujo said: Quenya course [folk.uib.no]. There is a reason about why Middle Earth is considered one of the most important fictional settings. Tolkien spent most of his life building it as a fantasy take on UK history. Really? I heard that it was told to him by faeries. The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face. |
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Darizel
Member #10,585
January 2009
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Quote: Quenya course
Overly-devoted fans ---------- |
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SiegeLord
Member #7,827
October 2006
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Your narrow-mindedness disturbs me, Darizel At least they are probably not posting on a forum full of nerds. "For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow."-Ecclesiastes 1:18 |
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Mokkan
Member #4,355
February 2004
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SiegeLord must speak Elfish, too.
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SiegeLord
Member #7,827
October 2006
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The closest thing I did to that was try to learn some Klingon. Only got a few phrases down though... heh. "For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow."-Ecclesiastes 1:18 |
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ReyBrujo
Moderator
January 2001
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Google in Klingon, in case someone missed that. -- |
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LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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Evert said: Oh, are we doing dead languages too? Greek is a dead language? Someone had better tell the Greeks. I used to know enough French that I'd have been able to get by in French speaking countries if I had to, but I've forgotten most of it. I can still read it well enough to be able to understand most of what I come across. Thanks to my uncles, I can swear fairly well in Dutch, and thanks to my mother I know the meaning of several Dutch lullabies. A school friend and I also once memorized how to call someone a big fat dog in about 20 different languages. But I really only speak NZ English, which is just British English that has had some Maori words added to it.
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phate
Member #2,235
April 2002
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My native tongue is English, and not that silly stuff that spews out of Britons and Auzzies. Although I do speak a bit of gibberish that only my family can understand, it mostly consists of grunts, nonsensical words, and memes.
Rada rada rada.
Also: Wholly crap! new mockup code! |
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Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001
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I guess Evert is talking about the ancient Greek that is still taught, partially for same reasons that Latin is taught. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest. |
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Darizel
Member #10,585
January 2009
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Evert
Member #794
November 2000
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Johan Halmén said: I guess Evert is talking about the ancient Greek that is still taught, partially for same reasons that Latin is taught.
Yes, I was!
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LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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Evert said: Good to see there are people who don't fail badly at text comprehension.
Though it's a sham to see there are people who do fail badly at joke comprehension.
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(yes, I know I'm late to the party, what of it?)
