irishpolyglot

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by irishpolyglot 13y ago
"Benny's American accent in Chinese is thick" I'm Irish.
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by irishpolyglot 13y ago
I can't do crosswords in English, my native language. I definitely can't breeze through classical texts. It's important to be realistic on the other end of the scale too. Criteria like this are way too demanding, and it'
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by irishpolyglot 13y ago
Hi there Hacker News! Thanks for the interest in my article :) My site went down an hour or so ago because I'm making database changes - I'm actually HN proof, since I had an article do very well here years ago that is much more p
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by irishpolyglot 15y ago
Thanks for explaining!
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by irishpolyglot 15y ago
As I said in another comment, these are just things that I have personally learned in the last 8 years. Disagree with them if you will. I do agree that TV quality is better in the UK (we get most of it in Ireland) compared to the states, bu
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by irishpolyglot 15y ago
If after spending many hours watching TV you feel your life has been enhanced in some way, then by all means keep it up. In my opinion people don't feel this way (I certainly never did and grew up glued to my TV) and would have spent their
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by irishpolyglot 15y ago
As I said in the post, closed-mindedness is something that people have to realise lies within themselves. This post wasn't calling Parisians closed minded.
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by irishpolyglot 15y ago
Wa hey! Fellow Cyavan-man? I'll be back for the Fleadh in a month :)
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by irishpolyglot 15y ago
This is the only list post I've ever written on my blog, since I was in a reflective mood about a long list of specific things and felt this got my point across clearest. You'll find a lot of stories that expand on and discuss particular pa
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by irishpolyglot 15y ago
Another post that you may find more relevant to Paris is my experience in finally learning how to get along with Parisians: http://www.fluentin3months.com/closed-minded/ This is important to keep in mind as it's the only place in the worl
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by irishpolyglot 15y ago
I'm the author and I agree with Vacri's interpretation.
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by irishpolyglot 18y ago
How do you become an expert? Change your concept of expertise! Another excellent article from 30sleeps about thinking outside the box to achieve your goals