It's The Little Things

[bloodyrosemccoy]

There are all sorts of reasons why I’m a language nerd.  There’s the anthropological aspect, for starters—what a language says about its speakers, and what they feel is important to say.  There’s the technical aspect—how we encode information. There’s the aesthetic aspect, an appreciation for the sounds and shapes in a language.

 

But I gotta admit, all that pales next to that “BOOYEAH” feeling you get when somebody says something in another language and you understand it.

 

Yeah, I fielded a call in Spanish today.  I kick ass.

Comments

[cjtremlett.livejournal.com]

I had a moment like that in Heroes the other day with the Japanese subtitles. "He didn't say what, he said who!"

[crazykawaii.livejournal.com]

Amen, sister. My proudest Japanese moment was when I called a bunch of hotels and made reservations to stay there. DUDE! ACTUAL USE OF LANGAUGE.

[westrider.livejournal.com]

Yep. Nothing felt cooler than being able to actually book a hotel and do grocery shopping and stuff like that in German.