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Welcome to the Language Board
« on: October 28, 2014, 06:05:22 PM »
EDITED in 2022 by Jitter:
Welcome to the Language Board! It was started in 2015 as a temporary test, and has endured! So, this board is for discussion about different languages, and about learning and using of the languages.

Are you new to the Forum? Some tips on getting started with the Forum can be found here: https://ssssforum.com/index.php?topic=1297.0

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This will be a place to talk about languages, as per the suggestions of our user, Headfinder.  This board is a test, and will last until the beginning of December.  If it gets enough activity, and people really like it being here, it will stay.  I'll put up a poll at the end of November to collect opinions on the trial.

Headfinder's idea:
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Something more relaxed, a board for free discussion of foreign languages and cultures, where speaking a foreign language is actually encouraged, that's what came to my mind when I read multiligual; and that's something I might back.

Maybe we can get nordic or romance threads, learning threads for specific languages, history threads, or even vocaroo threads: Post something in your language, make a recording of yourself on other people's posts and link it to the thread for laughs, rating, learning and tip sharing...
Whatever comes.

He also suggested a method to moderate in multiple languages.  We'll be relying on you users to report abuse of the rules.
It'll take a while for this board to find it's comfortable place, so start making threads.  Many threads will likely drift out of use in the next few weeks, but that's natural and happens in every board.  So, get cracking.  Make some threads and lets start talking!

Edit by Feartheviolas: Removed the "better name to be decided" from the topic name
« Last Edit: March 22, 2022, 03:58:49 PM by Jitter »
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Re: Welcome to the Language Board (Better name to be decided)
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2014, 10:30:20 PM »
Hmm, suggestion: What about moving the Language Exchange Program, Learning Russian, and Learning Nordic Languages threads over here? They're all more suited to the Languages Board than the General Discussion Board.
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Re: Welcome to the Language Board (Better name to be decided)
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2014, 11:30:56 PM »
Hmm, suggestion: What about moving the Language Exchange Program, Learning Russian, and Learning Nordic Languages threads over here? They're all more suited to the Languages Board than the General Discussion Board.

I thought about that too! Good idea :)
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Re: Welcome to the Language Board (Better name to be decided)
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2014, 03:58:41 AM »
Hmm, suggestion: What about moving the Language Exchange Program, Learning Russian, and Learning Nordic Languages threads over here? They're all more suited to the Languages Board than the General Discussion Board.

Yesss! Also, what other threads would people like? I'm currently thinking about:

- Romance thread: speakers of one of the romance languages may talk to each other and have fun trying to understand each other

- Nordic thread: same as above, Nordic version

- Conversations with natives thread - for beginners to confront themselves with native or fluent speakers.

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Re: Welcome to the Language Board (Better name to be decided)
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2014, 05:31:18 AM »
Maybe it would be a good idea to wait for moving the language topics Lenny sugested - if at the end of November, we decide to close this board again, they would all need to be moved back.
But of course they'd better fit in here.
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Re: Welcome to the Language Board (Better name to be decided)
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2014, 07:53:22 AM »
Maybe it would be a good idea to wait for moving the language topics Lenny sugested - if at the end of November, we decide to close this board again, they would all need to be moved back.
But of course they'd better fit in here.

Well, the same problem would exist with any other threads created here, right? We might as well try using the language board as it would be used if it were going to stay permanently ;)
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Re: Welcome to the Language Board (Better name to be decided)
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2014, 09:07:06 AM »
I think moving the topics is a good idea. Moving them is pretty easy, but I'm going to wait for more opinions.

And for the forum to start working again. I have to reload while opening every other link here...

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Re: Welcome to the Language Board (Better name to be decided)
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2014, 03:22:00 PM »
'Tower of Babel' è a sehr good idée !
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Re: Welcome to the Language Board (Better name to be decided)
« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2014, 05:30:27 AM »
'Tower of Babel' è a sehr good idée !
the Tower o Babel was a failure   :-\
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Re: Welcome to the Language Board (Better name to be decided)
« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2014, 06:02:16 AM »
the Tower o Babel was a failure   :-\

This one won't be!  ;D
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Re: Welcome to the Language Board (Better name to be decided)
« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2014, 06:18:08 PM »
so happy to see this board
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Re: Welcome to the Language Board (Better name to be decided)
« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2014, 07:41:00 PM »
I promise I will be the first to post an introduction in Russian once the forum allows non-latin characters!
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Re: Welcome to the Language Board (Better name to be decided)
« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2014, 06:57:54 AM »
the Tower o Babel was a failure   :-\
Yes, but its purpose was NOT the same as ours ! :-)
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Re: Welcome to the Language Board (Better name to be decided)
« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2014, 11:27:15 AM »
A thing that would be nice (not compulsory, just a nice thing to do if you have the time and energy), would be to include English translations of the other languages you speak, when you can; this way people who don't speak any of the languages in a given thread can still follow a bit what's going on, or use it to try to learn the language.
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Re: Welcome to the Language Board (Better name to be decided)
« Reply #14 on: October 31, 2014, 11:46:21 AM »
A thing that would be nice (not compulsory, just a nice thing to do if you have the time and energy), would be to include English translations of the other languages you speak, when you can; this way people who don't speak any of the languages in a given thread can still follow a bit what's going on, or use it to try to learn the language.

Google translate usually gives you a pretty good clue as to what people are saying even if there is no direct translation.