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jimlup

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6. A sort of unrelated personal observation...

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Mon May 6, 2013, 07:57 PM

May 2013

I was in Munich Germany for New Years Eve in 2006 and some idiot shot a rocket (firework) right at me. I totally went off on him in English because I was just smoking angry (justifiably so!)

I'm certain he and everyone in the crowd around me understood every word exactly as I was saying it despite not knowing English.

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Linguists identify 15,000-year-old ‘ultraconserved words’ [View all] n2doc May 2013 OP

I love this stuff. arcane1 May 2013 #1

Fascinating! haikugal May 2013 #2

Very cool, thanks for posting. Scuba May 2013 #3

ei! MisterP May 2013 #4

Interesting link that. I could spend hours chasing words there. hunter May 2013 #11

k and r--thank you so much for posting this--sending it to all my sister and brother word freaks. niyad May 2013 #5

A sort of unrelated personal observation... jimlup May 2013 #6

Kids in Germany learn English pretty early on. So many in the group may have understood JDPriestly May 2013 #19

Yeah but my point is that jimlup May 2013 #20

I found German to be pretty natural too. JDPriestly May 2013 #21

Beowulf ChazInAz May 2013 #7

Don't mess with the basics! struggle4progress May 2013 #10

its all humbug isn't it....how can words be 15000 years old when srican69 May 2013 #8

Long live "fuck"! Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #9

If anyone wants to read the full paper, it's available for free muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #12

Neat . . . thanks for posting! fleur-de-lisa May 2013 #13

Cunning Linguists formercia May 2013 #14

You're bad! FlaGranny May 2013 #16

Pray tell...... formercia May 2013 #17

Map of the languages and connections Ichingcarpenter May 2013 #15

Sounds like conversation... AnneD May 2013 #18

I'm wondering; greiner3 May 2013 #22