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Well fitting britches are a treat! 
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I guess when I know that English isn't someone's first language, I'm surprised and delighted that he or she knows words like that! I guess it would be similar if I was learning Tagalog and just burst out with a _______ . (Hell, I have no idea what to put in that blank, so hopefully you get the point! )
Still "Lardy" to my friends!
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You make an excellent point Lardy! Easier for me because English is my first language. My English vocabulary is far wider than my Tagalog.
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Oh, I assumed it was Tagalog!  I've seen you converse with others on Facebook in Tagalog, so I just assumed....
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Aw it's fine Lardy  I am in a very small minority. See, my folks made English my first language so I would have more opportunities abroad. But I learned Tagalog and national language Filipino (which is supposed to be a composite of various Philippine languages but is overwhelmingly based on Tagalog) from a young age. Still, my English proficiency is far ahead of my Tagalog.
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The younger you are the easier it is to learn languages. Scientists have shown that the speech centers of our brains are larger when we are infants.
Big Dog! Big Dog! Bow Wow Wow!
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thoth's last four words in the one word thread - 5 letters, then 4 and now two with 3 letters. Did they say how quickly those language centres shut down? >worried<
"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
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Fabulous and Sparkly!
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I wish I had the discipline to follow up on learning languages. I always thought that I could be fluent in both French and Spanish if I really tried.
The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."
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I use Duolingo to learn French words and phrases. But I need someone to practice with to really learn
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I often find myself getting my secondary languages, Spanish and German mixed up in my head. For instance, "es" means "is" in Spanish, but "it" in German so I sometimes find using the wrong version when speaking one of the two languages. 
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Keep up with what I've been watching lately! "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you."
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How many languages do you speak in all Stalgie?
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3 that I can speak and understand (English, German, Spanish) and 1 can understand (Telegu)
Keep up with what I've been watching lately! "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you."
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Awesome! You know more languaes than I do!
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Fabulous and Sparkly!
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I speak enough French and Spanish to get by in a situation where I need to speak them, but am far from fluent. I do get them mixed up sometimes and say things like "un momento, s'il vous plait."
The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."
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Code switching. We do that all the time here. We have Taglish, a combination of English and Tagalog
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In high school a friend made up this "joke"
"I can understand all languages except Greek."
*you then had to ask him to read something in a different language*
He would then say "That's Greek to me."
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I'm not a fan of knock knock jokes.
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Knock, Knock
Who's there?
Banana
Banana who?
Knock, Knock
Who's there?
Banana
Banana who?
Knock, Knock
Who's there?
Banana
Banana who?
Knock, Knock
Who's there?
Banana
Banana who?
Knock, Knock
Who's there?
Orange
Orange who
Orange you glad I didn't say "banana" again?
Big Dog! Big Dog! Bow Wow Wow!
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Trap Timer
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Knock knock
Who's there?
Lettuce
Lettuce who?
Lettuce in, it's cold out here!
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Knock, Knock
Who's there?
Tick
Tick who?
Tick 'em up! I'm a tongue-tied wobber!
Big Dog! Big Dog! Bow Wow Wow!
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More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
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I love the Amii Stewart disco cover version of "Knock on Wood".
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"Knock on wood" reminds me of the Poe story The Premature Burial. It just does! I am not being a Gloompuss!
"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
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space mutineer & purveyor of quality sammitches
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I like Stewart's version AND the older one by Georgie Fame. <3
Fame in his youth was quite the looker. I've always wanted to cast him as a super-villain in one of my stories.
Hey, Kids! My "Cranky and Kitschy" collage art is now viewable on DeviantArt! Drop by and tell me that I sent you. *updated often!*
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A villain called Fame. Sounds interesting.
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Not much between despair and ecstacy
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His real name would be David B. Jones, and he would be a young American.
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