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lili of the lamplight

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:16 pm


Disclaimer- to Nintendo and the sources of the images I'll be using to make cards later on, please PLEASE please do not sue me. This is meant only in fun. Besides, I don't have much money; it all goes to language stuff (DVDs being justifiable as language related on the grounds that most have foreign language tracks and subtitles) and hairdye.


So, I stepping into the shower (too much information, I'm sure), an idea came to me... And after a week of debating the redeeming value of spending my time on something like this, I present you with a peculiar bit of parody

Polyglots Theme Song (to the tune of the old Pokemon theme)
I wanna be a polyglot
Speaking every tongue
To pronounce them is my real test
To learn them is my cause.

I will travel around the world
Wracking my poor brain
Every language, to understand
And the culture it comes with.

Polyglot! It's insanity
I know its my destiny,
Polyglot! Grammar, gerrund, pronunciation.
It's a world of dialects
Polyglot! a lot to learn
Pimsleur and Barron's will pull us through,

You teach me and I'll teach you,
Polyglot! gotto speak'em all

Every conjugation allong the way
with courage I will chart.
I will dream in other tongues
to get that glottalization right.
Speak with me,
Get the accent right,
there's dozens more to hear.
Nose in book and ear to the tapes!
Creoles and cognates, what more could we want!
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More cards and other junk to come.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:18 pm


OMG! That was really funny. Thanks for making my day ^_^

Basbousa


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:44 am


This is really cool! mrgreen

I have an idea: let's write different versions of the song in other languages. xd
PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:18 am


rofl

I wonder where you could throw funny grammatical elements (like morphosyntactic alignment) into something like that?

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:46 am


The MoUsY spell-checker
This is really cool! mrgreen

I have an idea: let's write different versions of the song in other languages. xd

Agreed! rofl
PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:11 am


rofl I think that might actually go real well with the first Pokemon theme.

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Forgedawn

PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:42 pm


Let's make more cards!! I wanna play this!! mrgreen mrgreen mrgreen

This is soooo much better than pokemon!! *hasn't played pokemon cards since 4th grade (or the video game since 7th?), and needs to find out if his 2 charizard cards are still worth ~$100 each so he can sell them rolleyes *

I was serious about this one, though.
PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:58 pm


I totally want to play it too.
mad D

Would there be cards for different languages? All showing flags and whatnot? ;D

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Oh!Sweet`Serenade

PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:21 pm


nice heart
PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:25 pm


I've made a stadium card:

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ljosberinn

PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:04 pm


Ahahahaha! Lovely! rofl
PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:01 pm


rofl

I would so buy this! heart


Thank you oodles for cheering me up. xd

Kalathma


ljosberinn

PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:06 pm


(Happy birthday, Kalathma. heart )
PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:11 pm


biggrin Funny!

Kumiko-Misaki


kyuuketsuki4

PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:06 pm


I agree. This is great and I would definantly buy it.
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