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Re: Free language courses

Postby vagabond » Tue Nov 09, 2010 4:10 pm

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suwon fish wrote:Thanks for the welcome gents!

Just so you know, I've been in and around Asia Pacific and SE Asia for 8 some years so I hope I can add something useful to the forum from time to time.


More than most I would say !.... (me certainly)

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Re: Free language courses

Postby suwon fish » Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:01 am

Thanks for the welcome Caliban ^^

Sean Connery? When I look in the mirror I see a well preserved, middle aged, Michael Douglas.

Sadly, my wife sees Reg Varney from On The Buses....

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Postby suwon fish » Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:52 am

Opps, techie trouble with last post...

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Re: Free language courses

Postby vagabond » Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:14 am

I was aiming more at Caliban with that comment actually. Everyone here I pretty much just associate with a movie character.
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Re: Free language courses

Postby suwon fish » Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:37 pm

vagabond wrote:I was aiming more at Caliban with that comment actually. Everyone here I pretty much just associate with a movie character.


My mistake. Will measure twice and cut once in future ^^
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Re: Free language courses

Postby vagabond » Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:55 am

suwon fish wrote:
vagabond wrote:I was aiming more at Caliban with that comment actually. Everyone here I pretty much just associate with a movie character.


My mistake. Will measure twice and cut once in future ^^


No worries. Graham Chapman avatars allow anyone a pass.
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Postby ktrout » Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:06 pm


Have it. Just haven't picked it up and started studying it. A lot of good it's doing me, right ;)?
Can read and write in everything But Mandarin, but am signed up for a class in Beijing this summer to fix that.

I can read and write enough in Chinese for it to be useful, but I don't know how you can stand it there that long. It makes Mexico look good. At least it's okay there for girls to hold hands?
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Postby ktrout » Sun Nov 28, 2010 11:06 pm

John_Mills wrote:Anyone know a free source to find Russian?

I've been looking at Learn Russian Free. I like the most commonly used words list.
Also, for Chinese, there's Zhongwen.com. Also concentrates on the most commonly used words list. Good dictionary and there's chat there too. Just wish he'd do an offline Android version of the dictionary.
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Re: Free language courses

Postby ktrout » Sat Mar 26, 2011 11:03 am

I just found Hot For Words, a Russian study site. Men will love it, women probably not so much.
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