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Re: Language fun (was Re: High Speed...)
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Sun, 29 Oct 2000 03:36:40 GMT
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On Sat, 28 Oct 2000 12:55:19 GMT, "Shiri Dori" <shirid@hotmail.com>
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> Oh, yes. That is a major problem for me, or at least used to be. At first I
> would translate idioms and phrases, and no one would know what the hell I'm
> talking about. ;-) ...now I'm pretty accustomed to English slang and
> phrases, so it happens less, but instead I find myself sticking English
> words in Hebrew sentences for lack of a suitiable translation. ;-)
And very soon you will be fluent in Engbrew. You won't even realize
you do it. I think I have achieved near mastery of Spanglish. I know a
little bit of Portuñol as well.
Jorge Rodríguez
rodriguez.136@osu.edu
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| (...) Oh, yes. That is a major problem for me, or at least used to be. At first I would translate idioms and phrases, and no one would know what the hell I'm talking about. ;-) ...now I'm pretty accustomed to English slang and phrases, so it happens (...) (24 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.fun)
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