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fiat_knox ([personal profile] fiat_knox) wrote2009-11-06 08:23 pm
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Musical Evening

I'm sitting here in the flat, listening to these MP3 tracks I haven't played in ages. I really need to get new headphones for my MP3 player, so I can enjoy these tracks out in the field again.

Earlier today, I found myself watching Serenity yet again, and thinking of my brief flirtation with Mandarin Chinese - which led to reminiscences of my Japanese studies.

Sooner or later, it always comes back to studying languages. When it isn't studying mathematics or the elements of the periodic table.

I'm planning on another little jaunt to Manchester tomorrow. I think I'll take along a language book of my choice - just one - to give me something to brush up on during my journeys.
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[identity profile] gloomsan.livejournal.com 2009-11-06 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I need to get my japanese better, especially as I want to travel to japan in the next 2 years

[identity profile] lemuria.livejournal.com 2009-11-06 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you have a language (or family of languages) that you prefer? I just ask because I've always found the Germanic and Scandinavian languages more appealing than the Romance languages, and I'm not sure why: I find that I can express myself more accurately in German or Swedish (though my Swedish is extremely rusty!) than in, say, French or Spanish.
I started learning Welsh in my early 30s and found it quite difficult, although I was always OK at the pronunciation as I'd heard family members speaking it.
I've never attempted to learn anything with a non-western alphabet and am impressed that you've tackled Chinese and Japanese.
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