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I finished part 1 laughing and tearing up at his adventures and misadventures with language.

Barry Farber was fascinated with anything foreign from the age of 4. (Page 11)

I definitely won’t know a new language at the end of this book, and he is clear that a ton of hard work is involved; however, he has given quite a few thought-provoking tips that would have made the process of learning Spanish MUCH easier.

done with the tools, now into action

Pisang is banana and its pronounced PEA - song hahaha
good job dude! you find a very useful way to learn Indonesian language. I love it

The author is so cheery in tone that you can't help but be excited as you fantasize about learning fourteen languages at once.

The best lesson comes in the tone of encouragement and wonder, the best way to learn is to recapture a child's curiosity and delight at learning and exploring and expanding your collection of words.

Avessi la costanza di fare metà delle cose che suggerisce, e che tutto sommato sono semplici, e comprenderei 10 lingue. Pare che il sig. Faber ne parli 25

As he railed on, I noticed a Norwegian flag tacked to the wall behind him. “Snakker De norsk?” I asked (“Do you speak Norwegian?”).
He stopped, said nothing for a few seconds. Then, like a Hollywood comic of the 1940’s pulling an absurd reversal, he said, “You’ve got big feet, but there’s a pair of boots on the other side of the bed that might fit you. Try ‘em on!”
i just can't stop laughing imagining the situation

Such a joyous pleasure from simply learning foreign languages. Why need to consider who you want to work with, where you want to study abroad, which culture you will travel to?

I mean that as a compliment.

target language and congratulate him on representing a culture sufficiently appealing to make you want to learn his language. " The man is a bit crazy

Go ahead and write. If you can write letters and cards to someone who speaks that language, so much the better. If you can write your dinner preferences for the waiter in an ethnic restaurant, do so. As soon as you feel sufficiently advanced, write a note to the editor of the foreign publication you’re learning to read and tell him how helpful it is. Write a letter to the ambassador of a country that speaks your targ

bop my head in embarrassment for not thinking of how to distinguish the gender in French as Harry Lorayne

I wonder in our brain are there any session mediate altitude fantasies? If it is, how big?

The different between the two is , with logic you go fr AtoZ. With imagination, you go everywhere, and faster.

Well, this method ia a bit similar with learning the roots, pre and sub to understand the core meaning (story) behind a wrd. Except a etymological dictionary.

Harry Lorayne’s Magic Memory Aid is lovely. In to lasso strangers with ropes of familiarity, it requires you free your imagination and create your own stories has words imitate pronunciation of the foreign word.

...that’s satisfactory, provided you keep it up and maintain momentum. Gardens unattained go to weed. Apples bitten into and abandoned turn brown." yes, like my gran used to say.

useful metaphors.

Very fond of metaphors.

The authors learn language since he's a small child and he still learn like a child, albeit different method.

I'm really loving this book so far. Very practical with personal stories from the author that really inspire you to get going on whatever language it is you want to learn.

I finished the book!

This book seriously needs a Readers Digest version.

More padding.

His system. Immediate reactions: 1) very sensible, 2) the book is 20 years old, and now you could do so much better!

Heard the boasting, now let's get the method...

It gives me motivation for continuing to learn french.