Thursday, December 07, 2006

...A reason to learn foreign languages :-%

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13 comments:

  1. Anh Khoi Do11:53 pm, December 06, 2006

    People are quite encouraged to learn foreign languages. I'm soon going to be in university in a program of political science. I do have the odd feeling that I'm going to be forced to learn [a] foreign language(s). After all, I'm already struggling to learn Spanish, but it's not as tough as it looks.

    ---------------

    By the way, here's the answer to your question about pharmacies on one of my blog entries.

    I don't know what are the American labour laws concerning pharmacies, but I really doubt that there are differences between them and that of Canada.

    In Canada, the term "profession" (in French or in English) usually refers to jobs that require an university degree. To answer to your question, in the USA and Canada, some jobs in pharmacies are opened for young students (who are in high school or above) such as cashiers and clerks (working for the delivery or in a store's alleys, for instance). However, if one wants to work as a pharmacist, one must have an university degree in pharmacology.

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  2. trol9:41 am, December 07, 2006

    i am struggling with higher level Greek...keep reading newspapers, books but there always seems to be a point where they fail me...the fact that most users around me of higher level Greek also do incredible mistakes is not at the least encouraging, it is rather a shame....so i easily retrieve, when writing, in english/greek and, when speaking, in greek/kozanitika, found to be efficient but yes I think it is a sign of eh eh ekfulismos

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  3. dodo10:09 pm, December 07, 2006

    Πειστικότατο το ταινιάκι...:)

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  4. FreeCyprus8:29 am, December 09, 2006

    Personally, I love Hebrew and Arabic.

    Remember, there are many flavours of Chinese, like Mandarin and Cantonese and even "Shanghainese"

    Put English on that list since that's the one language that everyone, regardless of race, religion, nationality, ethnic group wants to learn.

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  5. ovi11:36 am, December 09, 2006

    Δεν είδα πουθενά τα...φιλανδικά, φαντάζομαι ανληκει στα ...impossible to learn!!! :D

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  6. Belinha Fernandes6:59 pm, December 09, 2006

    Hello Ergotelina!!Today I reached 100 posts/collages!!:-)

    One of my 2007 resolutions will be learning spanish AT LAST!!I think it will be easy because spanish has a lot in common with portuguese.( But Spanish people find Portuguese language very difficult!!!!)I hope to have the time for that.I am still in the hard process of learing graphic computer skills.So I am a bit scared of so much to learn at one time!Foreign languages allways interested me. I can' pratice my english so I lost a lot of vocabulary.Now it's esier to speak. A few years ago I wrote better english than I do today.Same but worst happened with french.Today I speak french if I'm tortured!!!I hardly can write. But I inderstand it and read it.It's good to know english when we travel.But when I was in Turkey most people did not speak a word of it!!So I made a lot of gesture!!!!!:-)I would like to learn japanese...dream on!!!

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  7. Ecumene11:37 pm, December 10, 2006

    @Anh khoi do

    Spanish? :-) Good choice..
    The estimated population of Spaniards in Canada is about 213,105, and they are concentrated areas of Spanish people in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal.
    http://www.answers.com/topic/spanish-canadian
    -----------------------------------
    Ιn non-libertarian economies
    it is usual "closed professions"
    to exist.(from father to son)
    (notaries public,pharmacists)
    Even if one has academic degree
    he is not allowed to work as a free
    professional but now in Europe
    all the professions seem to be open
    for everbody who meets the standards.
    ------------------------------------
    @Trol
    ekfylismos is a kind of evolution..
    isn't it?
    Αγγλοκοζανίτικα δεν μιλάτε;..
    :)
    @leprinceheureux


    Kolik jazyků znáš, tolikrát jsi člověkem.

    Kolik=The more
    jazyk=language
    znáš=you speak
    tolikrat = so many times
    jsi=you are
    člověk=human

    You live a new life for every new language you speak.
    or...
    If you know only one language, you live only once.
    (Czech proverb)

    http://www.omniglot.com/

    @Gavrilos

    "can a parrot fish fly?" or "does a dogfish bark?", Meg's the one to ask! If at the end of your trip you want to buy Meg a drink, make it a shot, because she doesn't drink beer.

    http://www.keywestwatertours.com/toppage2.htm

    @Dodos
    Poor, poor and hungry pussycat ..
    maybe is coming to you for food....

    http://dodoulis.blogspot.com/2006/09/just-family-dinner.html

    @Freecyprus

    I love the shouting languages
    with open vowels like italian
    spanish etc

    I will be fixing the post
    when I find new videos

    There are many japanese-english
    and funny videos like
    this german english spot
    What do you sink about?
    :)
    @Belinha
    Portuguese accent is strange
    for spanish people but there are
    a lot of common latin words...

    muito engraçados óculos
    O homem é confudido falando assim muitos collagem
    :-]

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  8. Ecumene11:54 pm, December 10, 2006

    @Ovi

    Phil,Our Finno-American friend gives
    one piece of advice
    :-)
    (((Speak First, Grammar Later)))
    ((((

    So I found a video and posted it.
    Learn Finnish with Sulkasiipi.
    New Method...:-

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  9. trol10:44 am, December 11, 2006

    of course,
    sourdos comes from ab-surd, they are even pronounced the same

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  10. Ecumene5:51 pm, December 11, 2006

    Εh! amica donna mia
    il tuο spirito é pieno di assurdità...
    sei totalmente sorda?
    Μου πήρες τα αυτιά !!
    με τη Τρολή Μουσική σου


    :-)

    Σιούρδος που προφέρεται απο πολλούς και ως Σούρδος σημαίνει ο χαζός ή παλαβός ή τρελός.Τον τίτλο αυτό τον φέρουν όσοι κατάγονται από την Κοζάνη(μέσα από την Κοζάνη και όχι από την περιφέρεια ή από τα γύρω χωριά).Οι περισσότεροι δεν το γνωρίζουν αλλά κατ'εξαίρεση και μόνον, Σιούρδοι αποκαλούνται και οι κάτοικοι των Σερβίων ...για λόγους που αγνοώ! Γι αυτό ίσως να έχετε ακούσει και το γνωστό," πως η Σιουρδαμάρα φτάνει μέχρι το ποτάμι(δηλ. τον Αλιάκμονα)!"

    ---Στα λατινικά η λέξη Σούρδος σημαίνει κουφός(surdus στα λατινικά).Για την προέλευση του όρου Σιούρδος ή Σούρδος έχουν ειπωθεί πολλά και δύσκολα με σιγουριά μπορεί να πει κάποιος απο προέρχεται.Μετά απο έρευνα που έκανα και προσωπικά η πιο πιστευτή εκδοχή αναφέρει ότι "Ο όρος Σούρδος προέρχεται απο τον χαρακτηρισμό που δώσαν οι Ιταλοί τελωνιακοί υπάλληλοι σε Κοζανίτες εμπόρους που ταξίδευαν προς κεντρική ευρώπη όταν παρίσταναν τους κουφούς(η λατινική ερμηνεία που ανέφερα και παραπάνω) για να περνούν τα εμπορεύματα τους παρακάμπτοντας διατυπώσεις και ελέγχους.
    mmmmm....Πονηρός ο Σούρδος
    Σε πωλεί και σ' αγοράζει...
    :]
    Sourdos.gr
    ------------------------------
    Surd-Wikipedia

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