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I don't think it would take less time than for Portuguese or French, but... Tom Send a noteboard - 05/01/2010 04:53:27 AM
...I already pretty much know Spanish. I took 5 years of it and read the classics in Spanish. Of course, with any Romance language it doesn't take that long to master. It took me about 2 years from my first word to master Russian (complete with nuances, cultural references, popular jokes, cinema, music, etc.) but the vast majority of that was taken up with stylistics, not grammar or vocabulary (other than slang, which evolves quickly).

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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50-book challenge complete! Tim - 31/12/2009 10:02:42 PM 2034 Views
What did you think of Three Men on a Boat? One of the more underrated comedies out there, IMO. *NM* RandAllThor - 01/01/2010 12:02:36 AM 500 Views
I think Jerome K Jerome was brilliant, and wish there were more like him. Tim - 01/01/2010 11:21:07 AM 841 Views
That is a great dedication. *NM* Jacob - 05/01/2010 06:12:34 PM 314 Views
Good job, Tim! rebelaessedai - 01/01/2010 01:09:20 AM 806 Views
Not only that: my current read is Matter, the last Culture novel. Tim - 01/01/2010 11:16:34 AM 874 Views
Nice. rebelaessedai - 01/01/2010 11:45:27 PM 829 Views
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Re: Nice. Tim - 02/01/2010 12:22:37 AM 921 Views
Re: Nice. rebelaessedai - 02/01/2010 08:15:10 PM 949 Views
I should correct myself... Tim - 02/01/2010 08:49:21 PM 815 Views
I also completed the 50 Book Challenge, in a nick of time. Spriteling - 01/01/2010 11:07:42 AM 858 Views
another nice list imlad - 01/01/2010 07:19:46 PM 815 Views
Me too. Camilla - 01/01/2010 11:53:57 AM 932 Views
did you read "Gone-Away World" twice?? imlad - 01/01/2010 07:23:16 PM 828 Views
Yes. It is that good. Camilla - 01/01/2010 10:18:34 PM 718 Views
My 50 and a half books Linda - 01/01/2010 01:00:17 PM 939 Views
so, how you liking Pandora's Star? imlad - 01/01/2010 07:25:24 PM 749 Views
You counted a book about contract law??? Tom - 01/01/2010 04:16:53 PM 842 Views
fnords!!!!! imlad - 01/01/2010 07:29:09 PM 751 Views
by the way imlad - 01/01/2010 07:30:04 PM 752 Views
Three. If they were originally published separately, the fact that someone collected them into... Tim - 01/01/2010 11:55:22 PM 881 Views
thats what I was doing too imlad - 02/01/2010 07:13:47 PM 863 Views
The Night Watch series just got progressively worse. I liked all of them, though. *NM* Ghavrel - 01/01/2010 10:18:15 PM 365 Views
Ha! When you first said "mastering"- rebelaessedai - 01/01/2010 11:51:16 PM 708 Views
Of course. It's the 50-book challenge, not the 50-SciFi-or-Fantasy-book challenge. Tim - 02/01/2010 12:14:59 AM 853 Views
I would never have considered case books "books" for purposes of the 50-book challenge. Tom - 02/01/2010 05:41:02 PM 914 Views
It's a textbook, not a case book. Tim - 02/01/2010 08:43:42 PM 1050 Views
I think even books we called textbooks were essentially case books. Tom - 03/01/2010 05:42:45 PM 829 Views
Re: You counted a book about contract law??? everynametaken - 04/01/2010 10:30:24 AM 760 Views
We both speak Spanish already. Tom - 04/01/2010 02:00:06 PM 765 Views
Do you really figure... Legolas - 05/01/2010 01:57:54 AM 858 Views
I don't think it would take less time than for Portuguese or French, but... Tom - 05/01/2010 04:53:27 AM 873 Views
Right, fair enough. Legolas - 06/01/2010 05:21:09 AM 784 Views
I spent 8 months of those 2 years in Russia. Tom - 07/01/2010 06:08:14 AM 744 Views
I think you should teach her Koine before French Larry - 05/01/2010 04:01:44 AM 766 Views
If I could convince my wife, I would Tom - 05/01/2010 04:57:05 AM 812 Views
There's always Amharic, I suppose Larry - 05/01/2010 07:32:50 AM 941 Views
For some reason I always want to read that word as though it were in Gaelic Tom - 05/01/2010 01:49:44 PM 760 Views
Well, at least it's not Klingon! Larry - 05/01/2010 11:30:48 PM 764 Views
I have a cursory knowledge of Old Persian and a smattering of Gatha Avestan...why do you ask? Tom - 07/01/2010 06:09:20 AM 733 Views
You languageist! jh - 05/01/2010 03:09:59 PM 696 Views
Don't misunderestimate me or my verbology *NM* Tom - 07/01/2010 06:10:02 AM 329 Views
Oh, come on. Finnish is all kinds of awesome. Legolas - 05/01/2010 05:01:16 PM 769 Views
I know the word "omenapiraaka" means "apple pie" - I went to the Helsinki McDonald's. Tom - 07/01/2010 06:10:49 AM 795 Views
Congratulations, that is twice my total Stephen - 01/01/2010 04:18:06 PM 711 Views
Since 50 and a half seems to be quite a popular number this year, here are mine. wahooka - 01/01/2010 04:38:09 PM 960 Views
I think I managed, too. However, after that, my reading just... ceased. jh - 01/01/2010 06:02:16 PM 836 Views
There's a lot of those I have not heard of. rebelaessedai - 01/01/2010 11:57:04 PM 854 Views
Oh. jh - 02/01/2010 11:19:25 AM 844 Views
Re: 50-book challenge complete! imlad - 01/01/2010 07:11:32 PM 784 Views
I failed my challenge. Rebekah - 01/01/2010 11:13:59 PM 844 Views
What did you think of Foucault's Pendulum? Camilla - 02/01/2010 08:42:02 PM 763 Views
Because I'm not American. Tim - 03/01/2010 05:50:36 AM 706 Views
Yes, but you lot have lost so much more... Larry - 03/01/2010 06:03:38 AM 718 Views
Is the subjunctive any more alive in America than in Britain? Tim - 03/01/2010 06:23:09 AM 765 Views
It is where I live Larry - 03/01/2010 07:46:15 AM 889 Views
Not in any meaningful sense. I suppose there are some irregularities which could be subjunctive... Ghavrel - 03/01/2010 09:54:46 AM 797 Views
Are you talking about African-American English? Tim - 03/01/2010 11:34:30 PM 920 Views
I think he is Larry - 03/01/2010 11:43:24 PM 853 Views
The example I used was AAVE, yes. Ghavrel - 04/01/2010 02:10:23 AM 819 Views
Would y'all ( ) say it's the same situation as with French (and I think Spanish)? Legolas - 05/01/2010 02:05:59 AM 733 Views
Not exactly Larry - 05/01/2010 04:00:04 AM 753 Views
Isn't that just a gerund? Ghavrel - 06/01/2010 08:20:00 AM 770 Views
Close, but not exactly Larry - 06/01/2010 10:17:34 AM 851 Views
All I know about French is what's in Louisiana, and it's just completely incomprehensible. Ghavrel - 06/01/2010 08:20:53 AM 724 Views
I was referring to Quebecois. Legolas - 06/01/2010 05:49:43 PM 807 Views
Aaah. Camilla - 03/01/2010 09:04:45 AM 776 Views
I should have mentioned... Tim - 03/01/2010 11:39:27 PM 795 Views
Re: I should have mentioned... Camilla - 04/01/2010 08:30:50 AM 708 Views
Possibly. It'd probably be worth checking what he meant. *NM* Tim - 05/01/2010 10:59:32 AM 320 Views
Illuminatus! is so great. I finished the trilogy last year, I think. Panorphaeon - 05/01/2010 06:58:14 AM 750 Views
If this will be your first Eco, I definitely recommend The Name of the Rose rather than FP. *NM* Tim - 05/01/2010 11:13:07 AM 328 Views
THE NAME OF THE ROSE is certainly a better introduction to Eco. Jacob - 05/01/2010 06:09:04 PM 726 Views
I finished as well. Craig - 08/01/2010 03:51:25 AM 871 Views
I finished with 90 books. Jessie - 09/01/2010 09:45:29 PM 829 Views
You should read Niffenegger's new book. Legolas - 10/01/2010 07:52:37 PM 728 Views
I have. Jessie - 11/01/2010 01:59:45 AM 823 Views
Excellent. (spoilers) Legolas - 11/01/2010 04:31:17 PM 721 Views
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