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2023Today’s Resolution: Learn a New Language, Even If Just The Swear Words
“The Babel fish is small, yellow, leech-like, and probably the oddest thing in the universe. It feeds on brain wave energy, absorbing all unconscious frequencies and then excreting telepathically a matrix formed from the conscious frequencies and nerve signals picked up from the speech centres of the brain, the practical upshot of which is that if you stick one in your ear, you can instantly understand anything said to you in any form of language: the speech you hear decodes the brain wave matrix.” As told by Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Now you know where the infamous Babelfish language translator derived from!
There’s something so awesome about speaking several different languages, even if you only know a few lines. Maybe you’ll never visit China and “New York” is technically an accent, but hey whatever works for you. Irish Gaelic? Klingon? Whatever you want, go for it. There’s Rosetta Stone, BBC Languages and LiveMocha but if you’re a romantic, check out TripLingo Romance Edition.
If you’re an even bigger romantic, you’re wanna learn how to sign a Jason Mraz song:
Amanda MacArthur via Facebook
Sign language perhaps? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A2vDzDKwXug
Michelle
I have been brushing up on French and Spanish with my kids, does that count?
Amanda
But of course!
Terri Ann
Learning just one word can change an entire conversation. A def man outside the train station bummed a cigarette off me one day, and it was nice to see him genuinely smile when he showed me a photo of his children and I was able to sign that they were beautiful. While he could read my lips saying it there was a very distinct reaction to the one and only sign I could remember. He then re-taught me two other signs I had forgotten which are probably the most important words to know and use: thank you and you’re welcome.
Amanda
That’s an awesome story!
Anna Goska via Facebook
Today I tried to learn some new HTML. That counts, right?
LifeorDepth.com via Facebook
But of course! Clever!