Nobody Panic

[magicicada]

I am still me. I know that I have been using the same icon for several years now, but this one is just perfect. We shall see if it has as long a run as the Jawa or if I will become one of those mad craaazy people that switch their icons for each post.

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Re: aum gum ganyapati nama

[gardenwaltz.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think I've got Sanskrit somewhere after Japanese for languages I'd like to learn[1]. If I had infinite time & energy, Hindu would be next. However, due to practical reasons, I might try to solidify my Spanish knowledge next. I studied it from 1st to 12th grade, but it never took the way that French has. Or... I might go for Italian just because it looks fun. Or... maybe I should just get French down already :).

[1] The tentative dream list.
Spanish
Hindu
Italian
(maybe Latin just for kicks)
Japanese
Sanskrit?

Re: aum gum ganyapati nama

[tonytraductor.livejournal.com]

I only speak/read/write English, Portuguese, Spanish and French,in about that order, but, have learned bits and pieces of Greek, Sanskrit, tibetan, Japanese, Hebrew...(I studied and taught comparative world religion and mythology).
I also studied Old English (Beouwulf), and Middle English (Chaucer).

I keep thinking that I should learn Italian, since, being so closely related to my other languages, it should be pretty trivial to learn.
I can already read and understand a good part of it.
I would like to learn Japanese...some of those others.
For me, having a native speaker around with whom I can converse makes a world of difference.

I cheat with music. I look up the lyrics online (if I don't have a CD with the lyrics in the jacket already).
Listening and singing along really helps.

Re: aum gum ganyapati nama

[gardenwaltz.livejournal.com]

I missed out on Beouwulf. I was told that the only professor who taught it at NC State retired several years before I started. I did study Chaucer/Middle English via Canterbury Tales, but I can't say that it was my favorite work.

Ease of learning is one of the main reasons that I want to learn Italian. The other one is that my husband has said that if we're going to take a family trip to Europe that we have to go to Italy first. He is most definitely not a linguist and so I feel someone should know how to ask where the bathrooms are ;).