TV 20 - Sorry no fancy title

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

I can and do, but if after 25 years you can't tell my sarcasm without a /s I can't help you.

I am curious what languages you speak. I am deeply envious and impressed. Multilingualism is a superpower I wish I possessed. Were you raised multilingual? Do I blame my parents or am I just lazy and stupid?

Oh I’m just sensitive because i was in my state spelling bee five years in a row

I speak 3 Germanic and one romance. Spanish started in elementary school and goes through high school, so a good amount of retention even now.

German came later, but lived and went to university there for a year, so shock immersion style helped. When I think of what foreign language comes most naturally or which one I often “default” to in my head, it’s German. I have to do less translation in my head and more flowing speech.

Then comes Swedish. I learned that more recently, I have family who are Swedish citizens that speak it, and with my knowledge of German, decided to learn. What I didn’t realize was that while my knowledge of German meant I already knew what a quarter of the words meant in Swedish- but the pronunciation is wildly different than German, which gets me corrected quite a bit .

Spanish is beautiful and easy to learn and say

German is not beautiful and is much more difficult with the cases and three genders

Swedish is easier than German from a tense perspective, but has more sounds than German that native North Americans can’t actually make. German has a few like that (umlauts) ss, st sounds . Swedish has the ä å ö sounds

German with three genders and Swedish being arbitrary of en or ett articles mean you just have to memorize the gender, unlike Spanish which is like child’s play

 

[Russell Jaslow]

I am curious what languages you speak. I am deeply envious and impressed. Multilingualism is a superpower I wish I possessed. Were you raised multilingual? Do I blame my parents or am I just lazy and stupid?

I agree with you. I marvel at multilingual people. I worked (heck, hired him) with a guy from Haiti. He spoke English, French, Creole, Spanish, Portuguese (his second wife was Brazilian), and is learning Flemish. I was extremely envious.

As for me, it was stupid. I excelled at all topics in school ... except foreign language. Barely, and I mean barely, passed Spanish. And I never could pick up Hebrew despite needing to take a lot of that.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

All I will say about this weeks severance is, there are multiple one liners I’m gonna be using over and over again

 

[Spartanforlife4]

Ted Lasso is coming back for Season 4: The Search for More Money.

He will be coaching a women’s team.

 

[Jimjamesak]

Oh I’m just sensitive because i was in my state spelling bee five years in a row

I speak 3 Germanic and one romance. Spanish started in elementary school and goes through high school, so a good amount of retention even now.

German came later, but lived and went to university there for a year, so shock immersion style helped. When I think of what foreign language comes most naturally or which one I often “default” to in my head, it’s German. I have to do less translation in my head and more flowing speech.

Then comes Swedish. I learned that more recently, I have family who are Swedish citizens that speak it, and with my knowledge of German, decided to learn. What I didn’t realize was that while my knowledge of German meant I already knew what a quarter of the words meant in Swedish- but the pronunciation is wildly different than German, which gets me corrected quite a bit .

Spanish is beautiful and easy to learn and say

German is not beautiful and is much more difficult with the cases and three genders

Swedish is easier than German from a tense perspective, but has more sounds than German that native North Americans can’t actually make. German has a few like that (umlauts) ss, st sounds . Swedish has the ä å ö sounds

German with three genders and Swedish being arbitrary of en or ett articles mean you just have to memorize the gender, unlike Spanish which is like child’s play

As a person who also learned German (but didn’t live there so much less retention):

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

As a person who also learned German (but didn’t live there so much less retention):

I love that meme!!

Has Donnie figured out German has 3 genders yet?

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

As a person who also learned German (but didn’t live there so much less retention):

When you can't remember, in casual conversation you can just cheat and use "De".

 

[Jimjamesak]

I love that meme!!

Has Donnie figured out German has 3 genders yet?

The complexity of der die das is hilarious in contrast to the rather blunt nature of German words though.

My daughter is in German now (same teacher I had in high school btw) and I was describing stuff like “you know what the German word for ambulance is? Krankenwagen. You know what krankenwagen literally means? Sick wagon.”

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

The complexity of der die das is hilarious in contrast to the rather blunt nature of German words though.

My daughter is in German now (same teacher I had in high school btw) and I was describing stuff like “you know what the German word for ambulance is? Krankenwagen. You know what krankenwagen literally means? Sick wagon.”

I like pen “kugelscrheiber”
In Swedish it’s “penna”

 

[state of hockey]

My favorite word is Spanish has to be sacapuntas.

 

[Slap Shot]

My kids can read/write/speak at varying levels Thai, Korean, Mandarin and Tagalog. I hate them.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Severance may be my favorite show of all time

A goddamn masterpiece

 

[dxmnkd316]

Ted Lasso is coming back for Season 4: The Search for More Money.

He will be coaching a women’s team.

Good. I liked every season and I don't care if they weren't as good as the first.

 

[Slap Shot]

Yeah I honestly didn't feel any major falloff in Lasso seasons and welcome another. Call it a cash grab all you want, obviously their fans are asking for it.