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Invented Languages
January 12th, 2010 | 2 Comments
With the popularity of the film, Avatar, linguists around the world have a new invented language to expose their geekiness: Na’vi.
Poised to join the ranks of other invented languages like Esperanto, Quenya (aka High-Elvish), and Klingon, Na’vi is sure to amass a following of nerds and linguists at future nerd conventions like Comic-con.
A Compendium of Useless Spanish Phrases
June 23rd, 2009 | No Comments
…you can probably guess what I watched today from this list:
- ¡Inconcebible! Sigue usando esa palabra. No creo que significa lo que cree que significa.
- ¡No soy zurdo! ¡No tampoco zurdo!
American-born Taiwanese girl who married a Japanese guy. And who forgot about six years' of Spanish grammar and most of the vocab.
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nerissa
celiviel
yvonnekao
Korean-American girl who blogs under a Spanish pseudonym because being culturally confusing is fun. Native speakers say that she has outstanding Spanish (which is a definite compliment) and outstanding German (which is most assuredly not).
Elenita
American-born, Taiwanese guy who took five semesters worth of German and ended up with a major in Linguistics.
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