Re: [AFMUG] OT Language practice

2014-10-20 Thread Sam Lambie via Af
Irish? Really?

Sam Lambie
Wireless Internet Technician
www.taosnet.com
575.758.7598

 On Oct 19, 2014, at 3:06 PM, Josh Reynolds via Af af@afmug.com wrote:
 
 I just started learning Irish and German on it a week before Vegas. My wife 
 is working on Italian. It's amazing.
 
 I worked with Rosetta Stone in the Army for Spanish and (Iraqi) Arabic. It 
 was okay, but this is much more engaging.
 Josh Reynolds, Chief Information Officer
 SPITwSPOTS, www.spitwspots.com
 
 On 10/19/2014 11:08 AM, Chuck McCown via Af wrote:
 If you have ever thought about buying Rosetta stone (or have bought it, like 
 me but lost interest) check out Duolingo.
  
 I play with this every day and compete with my wife on it.  I love this free 
 program. 
 Not sure how they are for beginners, my wife and I are conversational in 
 Spanish. 
  
 I wonder how they make money...
  
 www.duolingo.com
  
 Spanish
 French
 German
 Italian
 Portuguese
 Dutch – beta
 Irish – beta
 Danish – beta
  
 Below, varying states of completion.
 Swedish
 Hungarian
 Turkish
 Russian
 Polish
 Romanian
 


Re: [AFMUG] OT Language practice

2014-10-20 Thread Chuck McCown via Af
Ólaim beoir i bhfad ró-

From: Sam Lambie via Af 
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 7:54 AM
To: af@afmug.com 
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Language practice

Irish? Really?

Sam Lambie 
Wireless Internet Technician

www.taosnet.com
575.758.7598

On Oct 19, 2014, at 3:06 PM, Josh Reynolds via Af af@afmug.com wrote:


  I just started learning Irish and German on it a week before Vegas. My wife 
is working on Italian. It's amazing.

  I worked with Rosetta Stone in the Army for Spanish and (Iraqi) Arabic. It 
was okay, but this is much more engaging.

  Josh Reynolds, Chief Information Officer
  SPITwSPOTS, www.spitwspots.com

  On 10/19/2014 11:08 AM, Chuck McCown via Af wrote:

If you have ever thought about buying Rosetta stone (or have bought it, 
like me but lost interest) check out Duolingo.
I play with this every day and compete with my wife on it.  I love this 
free program.  
Not sure how they are for beginners, my wife and I are conversational in 
Spanish.  
I wonder how they make money...
www.duolingo.com
Spanish
French 
German
Italian 
Portuguese
Dutch – beta
Irish – beta
Danish – beta
Below, varying states of completion.
Swedish
Hungarian
Turkish
Russian
Polish
Romanian 



Re: [AFMUG] OT Language practice

2014-10-20 Thread Josh Reynolds via Af
Had you come out with us in Vegas, you would find I'm a massive fan of 
Irish Car Bombs...


Of course that made the early morning sessions quite rough :)

Josh Reynolds, Chief Information Officer
SPITwSPOTS, www.spitwspots.com http://www.spitwspots.com

On 10/20/2014 07:17 AM, Mike Hammett via Af wrote:

Maybe he wants to be able to drink more Guinness?



-
Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com


*From: *Sam Lambie via Af af@afmug.com
*To: *af@afmug.com
*Sent: *Monday, October 20, 2014 8:54:28 AM
*Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT Language practice

Irish? Really?

Sam Lambie
Wireless Internet Technician
www.taosnet.com http://www.taosnet.com
575.758.7598

On Oct 19, 2014, at 3:06 PM, Josh Reynolds via Af af@afmug.com 
mailto:af@afmug.com wrote:


I juststarted learning Irishand German on it a week before Vegas.
My wife is working on Italian. It's amazing.

I worked withRosetta Stone in the Army for Spanish and (Iraqi)
Arabic. It was okay, but this is much more engaging.

Josh Reynolds, Chief Information Officer
SPITwSPOTS, www.spitwspots.com http://www.spitwspots.com

On 10/19/2014 11:08 AM, Chuck McCown via Af wrote:

If you have ever thought about buying Rosetta stone (or have
bought it, like me but lost interest) check out Duolingo.
I play with this every day and compete with my wife on it.  I
love this free program.
Not sure how they are for beginners, my wife and I are
conversational in Spanish.
I wonder how they make money...
www.duolingo.com http://www.duolingo.com
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Dutch – beta
Irish – beta
Danish – beta
Below, varying states of completion.
Swedish
Hungarian
Turkish
Russian
Polish
Romanian







Re: [AFMUG] OT Language practice

2014-10-19 Thread Chuck McCown via Af
Hablo como un niño de dos años.

From: Jaime Solorza via Af 
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 1:05 PM
To: Animal Farm 
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Language practice

What kind of Spanish?I am sure Gino can a spin a phrase I will not 
understand and same for me.  es la pura neta!  

Jaime Solorza 
Wireless Systems Architect
915-861-1390

On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Chuck McCown via Af af@afmug.com wrote:

  If you have ever thought about buying Rosetta stone (or have bought it, like 
me but lost interest) check out Duolingo.
  I play with this every day and compete with my wife on it.  I love this free 
program.  
  Not sure how they are for beginners, my wife and I are conversational in 
Spanish.  
  I wonder how they make money...
  www.duolingo.com
  Spanish
  French 
  German
  Italian 
  Portuguese
  Dutch – beta
  Irish – beta
  Danish – beta
  Below, varying states of completion.
  Swedish
  Hungarian
  Turkish
  Russian
  Polish
  Romanian