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hyperflare  ·  2867 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dear Hubski, what language do you speak?

Wow, lots of you guys speak German, I'm surprised. I thought the only people that learned German were the French and Finnish, lol (Dutch people don't count, they're basically Germans anways :P).

I can speak German and English, understand a bit of Russian, and I did Latin as a "major" in school. I always joke that I learned more about German in Latin class than I did in German class, but it's true, really. Grammar and syntax are just so much clearer to me thanks to the systematic approach you take to translating these ancient texts. It's also handy for etymology!

And a bit of french, of course. You gotta understand your neighbors, right? :)

hyperflare  ·  2941 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: March 9, 2016

    Be you foolish, Mary Warren? Be you deaf? I forbid you leave the house, did I not? Why shall I pay you? I am looking for you more often than my cows!

Wow, that line is still burned into my mind after what, 4 years? I've never tried something with so many different emphases as that line.

Also I love that play, because Miller hates hypocrites just about as much as I do.

hyperflare  ·  3171 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do some words bother you?

Synthesizer. Because fuck pronouncing that 'th' in seventh grade.