[Leica] Learning a language!?

[lists at heninger.org (Wade Heninger)]

Check, on the pretty girl.  I'd go with Brasilian, but that is just cause I
lived in Brasil for a few years.  The lilting accent of a carioca melts me
to this day.

Boa sorte, meu.



On 10/16/05 2:24 PM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> With the Leica Historical Society about to meet in San Fran but next year
> very amazingly possibly meeting in Wetzlar. (that's across the ocean)
> It strikes me that some of us may be getting into "learn other language"
> mode. German in that sense. To be a registered hard core Leica nut it never
> hurts to know some German. Knowing a lot helps more. I took German every
> Tuesday in 4th grade with Mrs. Kleinsorgen. The rest of the class took it
> Thursday as well but the speech therapist thought my New York Accent was a
> speech impairment..
> This was the north shore Chicago and I was "Mork from New York".
> Or she thought I was cute.
> 
> O tannenbaum, o tannenbaum, wie treu sind deine bl?tter.
> Du gr??nst nicht nur zur sommerzeit, nein auch I?m winter wenn es schneit.
> O tannenbaum, o tannenbaum, wie treu sind deine bl?tter.
> 
> Herr Google:
> O fir tree, o fir tree, as faithfully are your sheets.
> You to the summer time, no also I'm winters if it does not gr??nst only
> snow.  
> O fir tree, o fir tree, as faithfully are your sheets.
> 
> In a variety of languages, certainly not just German we learned:
> Everybody loves Saturday night.
> Everybody loves Saturday night.
> Everybody, Everybody, Everybody.
> Everybody loves Saturday night.
> 
> German
> Jeder liebt Samstagnacht.
> Jeder liebt Samstagnacht.
> Jeder, Jeder, Jeder.
> Jeder liebt Samstagnacht.
> 
> Spanish
> Todos ama la noche de s?bado.
> Todos ama la noche de s?bado.
> Todos, Todos, Todos.
> Todos ama la noche de s?bado.
> 
> French, which I took in high school
> Tout le monde aime samedi nuit.
> Tout le monde aime samedi nuit.
> Tout le monde, Tout le monde, Tout le monde.
> Tout le monde aime samedi nuit.
> 
> Italian
> Ognuno ama la notte di sabato.
> Ognuno ama la notte di sabato.
> Ognuno, Ognuno, Ognuno.  Ognuno ama la notte di sabato.
> 
> Portuguese
> Todos ama a noite de s?bado.
> Todos ama a noite de s?bado.
> Todos, Todos, Todos.
> Todos ama a noite de s?bado.
> 
> Japanese (beta)
> ????????????????????????? ??????????????
> 
> Korean (beta)
> Everybody ??? ?? ????.
> Everybody ???  ?? ????.
> Everybody ? Everybody ? Everybody.
> Everybody ??? ?? ????.
> 
> Chinese simplified (beta)
> ??????????????????,  ??, ?? ?????????
> 
>  I recall the "s?bado" came earlier in the sentence. These are not ringing 
> a
> bell.
> And the Asian stuff I just threw in there thanks to Google and the Asian
> fonts in my Mac G4 with system X.
> 
> It's the Portuguese I'm into now. The one that starts with
> "Todos ama a noite de s?bado."
> This I guess will help me when I track down the Leica factory in the area.
> And sing and play Antonio Carlos Jobim songs on guitar I already know some
> of the tricky (69) cords.
> 
> But my question is....
> 
> How does one learn a language nowadays if one is 54 years old and has a
> Leica M system?
> A. DVD's?
> B. ON line in a chat group?
> C. Hire cute Portuguese gal to have espresso with you every morning and 
> talk
> Portuguese?
> D. CD's playing in your car. Or as I don't have a CD player in your car:
> E. tapes:
> F. Or stuff you can import into your iPod?
> G. Or walkman?
> H. I forgot.
> I. all or none of the above.
> 
> The technology overwhelms me but I bet for such a thing would make a great
> difference.
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Rabiner
> Photography
> Portland Oregon
> http://rabinergroup.com/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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