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Post by ])-Kyle "Wild Child" Gibney-([ on Apr 29, 2024 4:17:22 GMT 1
What ancient languages couldve sounded like. As much as I hate the idea of AI..courtesy of AI lol
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Post by AQUA CAT! on Apr 29, 2024 5:02:25 GMT 1
It actually blows me away sometimes that people make sounds and hear them as words. Something I'd like to do in my lifetime is learn another language. To go back and forth between languages is cool. I think it's fascinating, so the novelty is unlikely to wear off. If I could have any language magically planted inside my brain, Japanese would be up there. French would be up there. Spanish, German. Russian. Actually sign language appeals to me too kinda. You could take a vow of silence but communicate with that.
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Post by ])-Kyle "Wild Child" Gibney-([ on Apr 29, 2024 12:44:03 GMT 1
It actually blows me away sometimes that people make sounds and hear them as words. Something I'd like to do in my lifetime is learn another language. To go back and forth between languages is cool. I think it's fascinating, so the novelty is unlikely to wear off. If I could have any language magically planted inside my brain, Japanese would be up there. French would be up there. Spanish, German. Russian. Actually sign language appeals to me too kinda. You could take a vow of silence but communicate with that. Then there are animal languages. AI could prove useful there. Imagine what kind of assistance we could get. Obviously some animals see really great in the dark. Dogs seem to detect earthquakes. Bloodhounds for local crimes potentially etc
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Post by AQUA CAT! on Apr 29, 2024 17:26:03 GMT 1
It actually blows me away sometimes that people make sounds and hear them as words. Something I'd like to do in my lifetime is learn another language. To go back and forth between languages is cool. I think it's fascinating, so the novelty is unlikely to wear off. If I could have any language magically planted inside my brain, Japanese would be up there. French would be up there. Spanish, German. Russian. Actually sign language appeals to me too kinda. You could take a vow of silence but communicate with that. Then there are animal languages. AI could prove useful there. Imagine what kind of assistance we could get. Obviously some animals see really great in the dark. Dogs seem to detect earthquakes. Bloodhounds for local crimes potentially etc I can only imagine my cats' sass, like that one time one of them threw up on the kitchen floor and said "Merry Christmas" in perfect English before walking away.
No actually I think it's an interesting idea too. You can tell when an animal is in pain or hungry. I've seen a few videos of animals who were nearly put down because they were thought to be irreversibly sick but it turned out there was a tick or some sort of bug on it. If animals could communicate it could be life-saving. The idea of picking apart a crime scene with a bloodhound amuses me though.
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Post by WOLVERINE JACK! on May 1, 2024 5:45:37 GMT 1
It actually blows me away sometimes that people make sounds and hear them as words. Something I'd like to do in my lifetime is learn another language. To go back and forth between languages is cool. I think it's fascinating, so the novelty is unlikely to wear off. If I could have any language magically planted inside my brain, Japanese would be up there. French would be up there. Spanish, German. Russian. Actually sign language appeals to me too kinda. You could take a vow of silence but communicate with that. I highly recommend learning another language. At the risk of sounding pretentious, I found it to be an essential experience. I actually didn’t particularly want to but I had to take a year of Spanish in college. I enjoyed it so much I used a year of electives to take German a year later. It was an extremely rewarding educational experience. Plus, I had a captive audience for my impression of Hitler ordering lunch. Got some good laughs in Ger103.
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Post by AQUA CAT! on May 1, 2024 19:56:04 GMT 1
It actually blows me away sometimes that people make sounds and hear them as words. Something I'd like to do in my lifetime is learn another language. To go back and forth between languages is cool. I think it's fascinating, so the novelty is unlikely to wear off. If I could have any language magically planted inside my brain, Japanese would be up there. French would be up there. Spanish, German. Russian. Actually sign language appeals to me too kinda. You could take a vow of silence but communicate with that. I highly recommend learning another language. At the risk of sounding pretentious, I found it to be an essential experience. I actually didn’t particularly want to but I had to take a year of Spanish in college. I enjoyed it so much I used a year of electives to take German a year later. It was an extremely rewarding educational experience. Plus, I had a captive audience for my impression of Hitler ordering lunch. Got some good laughs in Ger103. That sounds awesome. I learned French up until grade 10 because it's required learning in Canadian schools, but then it just halted and I was disappointed. Learning another language is one of my life's ambitions. No lie. I honestly think it's like a superpower. I can only imagine Hitler's lunch. Sauerkraut soup and sauerkraut sandwich; maybe sauerkraut souffle for dessert. Can you get around in German still?
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Post by WOLVERINE JACK! on May 1, 2024 20:17:21 GMT 1
I highly recommend learning another language. At the risk of sounding pretentious, I found it to be an essential experience. I actually didn’t particularly want to but I had to take a year of Spanish in college. I enjoyed it so much I used a year of electives to take German a year later. It was an extremely rewarding educational experience. Plus, I had a captive audience for my impression of Hitler ordering lunch. Got some good laughs in Ger103. That sounds awesome. I learned French up until grade 10 because it's required learning in Canadian schools, but then it just halted and I was disappointed. Learning another language is one of my life's ambitions. No lie. I honestly think it's like a superpower. I can only imagine Hitler's lunch. Sauerkraut soup and sauerkraut sandwich; maybe sauerkraut souffle for dessert. Can you get around in German still? I can speak both (on a basic level) but my comprehension isn’t very good. So if someone speaks German I’ll get like maybe 20% of it. Same with spanish. I was never willing to commit to it enough to become fluent. Actually the biggest lasting gift of the experience is the ability to modulate my voice in ways I never could before, which came from learning how to do the accurate pronunciations.
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Post by AQUA CAT! on May 2, 2024 17:21:27 GMT 1
That sounds awesome. I learned French up until grade 10 because it's required learning in Canadian schools, but then it just halted and I was disappointed. Learning another language is one of my life's ambitions. No lie. I honestly think it's like a superpower. I can only imagine Hitler's lunch. Sauerkraut soup and sauerkraut sandwich; maybe sauerkraut souffle for dessert. Can you get around in German still? I can speak both (on a basic level) but my comprehension isn’t very good. So if someone speaks German I’ll get like maybe 20% of it. Same with spanish. I was never willing to commit to it enough to become fluent. Actually the biggest lasting gift of the experience is the ability to modulate my voice in ways I never could before, which came from learning how to do the accurate pronunciations. Sounds awesome to me. In my mind whenever I try to speak another language I have no accent that reflects it as a core language in my brain, like Brad Pitt and his over the top BON JORNO in Inglourious Basterds. 20% is still great. On occasion when I traveled east (in Canada) to the more French-speaking parts, I loved speaking in French, but I could only speak so much. I loved utilizing little tricks here and there to get by, like keeping it brief. Even ordering a coffee and uttering no more than pleasantries, size, sugar and cream + thanks was a successful encounter. I liked tallying them. I can modulate my voice for French because I did pick it up early enough in school that when I lay it on thick, I could pass for a moment as actually knowing it.
Do you ever think or dream in Spanish or German?
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Post by WOLVERINE JACK! on May 2, 2024 20:18:06 GMT 1
I can speak both (on a basic level) but my comprehension isn’t very good. So if someone speaks German I’ll get like maybe 20% of it. Same with spanish. I was never willing to commit to it enough to become fluent. Actually the biggest lasting gift of the experience is the ability to modulate my voice in ways I never could before, which came from learning how to do the accurate pronunciations. Sounds awesome to me. In my mind whenever I try to speak another language I have no accent that reflects it as a core language in my brain, like Brad Pitt and his over the top BON JORNO in Inglourious Basterds. 20% is still great. On occasion when I traveled east (in Canada) to the more French-speaking parts, I loved speaking in French, but I could only speak so much. I loved utilizing little tricks here and there to get by, like keeping it brief. Even ordering a coffee and uttering no more than pleasantries, size, sugar and cream + thanks was a successful encounter. I liked tallying them. I can modulate my voice for French because I did pick it up early enough in school that when I lay it on thick, I could pass for a moment as actually knowing it.
Do you ever think or dream in Spanish or German?
I think it may have crept into my dreams on nights when i was studying late but I was never anywhere close to fluent so neither language was completely programed into my brain in the way it is with people who are truly bilingual. I always planned to pick my studies up again and get a greater handle on both languages but I’m just not sure I have the desire anymore. That enthusiasm to expand my horizons kinda died in my late 20s. I’m glad I committed to it when I did though. Its a good skill to have.
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