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Thursday, July 15, 2004

I can't say my past experience with learning foreign languages has been by any account good or even tolerable, but there remains a dim, curious spark within me to reach out to the peoples of this expansive sphere and talk a mile in their larynxes.

No offense to my dear friends the Swedes, but on my personal list of languages to master, Svenska would not be at the top. It would rank somewhere just below Hmong and just above that language Jodi Foster created in Nell, if only because I don't have the patience to learn the accompanying hand gestures.

But there's a gulf between my interest in the language and the people that developed it. What kind of absurd collective cultural genius they must possess to bring Günther & the Sunshine Girls* unto this world. Once again they tap a Euro-dance zeitgeist I did not know existed. I only wish I knew their beauteous language so that I might decipher this enigma.

Watch the video and gaze in wonderment that the Chris Tucker lateral-head-bob from Rush Hour lives on.

*from the hit factory that brought you ABBA, Ace of Base, and Aqua.

Posted by morland @ 11:48 PM

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Dear Morland:

With reference to learning a foreign language, you might be interested in a new ebook entitled, How to Learn a Foreign Language—A Question and Answer Resource Guide, available at www. Language-Experts.net

Aurelia

Posted by: Aurelia on July 18, 2004 07:02 PM

that link is down.

what gives?

Posted by: jason on July 19, 2004 05:31 PM

All the above links appear to work for me... are you referring to the video link specifically? If you're unable to play WMV videos, try downloading VLC player for OS X: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ .

Posted by: morland on July 19, 2004 06:50 PM

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