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I thought Russian would be difficult. Up there with Mandarin or not quite as difficult do you think? It's funny that some people don't like the sound of Russian, that it sounds a little aggressive or whatever. I quite like it.

Mandarin much much more difficult than Russian.

Honestly, if you want to learn a language for fun, then learn the one you want. If you want to learn Russian, who cares if it is hard? Just do it. Don’t pick based on ease. Learn what you want.

It too like the sound of Russian though I have never studied it.

03-14-2018 , 12:02 AM

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Should I feel bad about not wanting to attend a buddies 2nd wedding?
He was married for about 8 years, split up with his wife a year ago and is getting married out of state in 2 months.
Its the out of state part that gets me, but also the 2nd wedding part.

I even hate first weddings ffs!

03-14-2018 , 12:02 AM

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Alpha Fish

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Originally Posted by Rexx14

It's tough for me to gauge how much harder it would be to learn Mandarin or Farsi for a native English speaker.

As a native Russian speaker, I studied German, English and Italian at different points in my life. Out of those 3, German was the toughest by far, and was just about completely erased from memory once I became proficient in English.

03-14-2018 , 12:04 AM

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What kind of idiot gets married a year after getting divorce?

The kind whose wedding cs3 should not attend.

03-14-2018 , 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by cs3

No.

03-14-2018 , 12:07 AM

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Thats what I'm thinking.
Apparently he started dating this girl like a month after him and his ex finalized the divorce, but that seems awefully convenient imo

03-14-2018 , 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by pokeraz

That's good advice. I was actually thinking about trying to learn 2 and starting with an easier one and once I have a basic grasp on it, start trying to learn Russian.

03-14-2018 , 12:11 AM

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Depends how close a friend he is tbh.

03-14-2018 , 12:16 AM

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I was really hoping that the mspaint with Patrick del Poker Grande riding atop the airplane was still in existence, but alas

03-14-2018 , 12:17 AM

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Weddings for close friends or family should be a party before, during, and after. If it’s going to be a slog with bad food and refreshments, then yeah I wouldn’t go.

03-14-2018 , 12:22 AM

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If it were a close friend who asked you to be one of a couple of friends at a private ceremony, maybe. For a traditional wedding, nah.

03-14-2018 , 12:25 AM

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Russian felt harder than German though I only had a surface exposure to Russian.

No idea how to compare difficulty of Mandarin. I think understanding meaning in Mandarin is easier but remembering characters and pronounciation will be harder for most Westerners.

03-14-2018 , 12:52 AM

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anonla

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Re: learning Russian.
What others said. Russian as a second /third language is hard. I once tried to teach my then bf. It was complete fail, although people say that to learn the language in bed is second best alternative to learning it in diapers.

03-14-2018 , 01:17 AM

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Brian O'Nolan

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No idea how to compare difficulty of Mandarin. I think understanding meaning in Mandarin is easier but remembering characters and pronounciation will be harder for most Westerners.

Yeah, tones are a little tricky to learn, but not nearly as difficult as characters IMO. Although there are plenty of foreigners who have them down pretty well... it just requires a good amount of study, which I was never willing to put in.

03-14-2018 , 01:50 AM

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cs,

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Simple rule: don't worry about going to a second wedding unless you're in the wedding.

03-14-2018 , 02:40 AM

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I don’t think I like this new tapatalk update.

03-14-2018 , 04:38 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by amoeba

I think understanding meaning in Mandarin is easier but remembering characters and pronounciation will be harder for most Westerners.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian O'Nolan

Yeah, tones are a little tricky to learn, but not nearly as difficult as characters IMO.

Agree, learning characters is probably the hardest, but learning tones and making/distinguishing certain sounds is also very difficult.

Quote:

Originally Posted by El Diablo

Simple rule: don't worry about going to a second wedding unless you're in the wedding.

I'd also add a similar rule: don't worry about going to an out of state wedding unless you're in the wedding.

03-14-2018 , 06:43 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cs3

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Ames

If it were a close friend who asked you to be one of a couple of friends at a private ceremony, maybe. For a traditional wedding, nah.

Quote:

Originally Posted by El Diablo

Simple rule: don't worry about going to a second wedding unless you're in the wedding.

Quote:

Originally Posted by patron

I'd also add a similar rule: don't worry about going to an out of state wedding unless you're in the wedding.

These all are good answers.

Not that long ago, a pretty good friend of mine got married in a place that's a ***** to get to: either we could have driven 8 hours (w/o traffic) or we could have flown, rented a car, and driven ~2.5 hours. I felt a little bad about skipping, but in retrospect it was 100% the correct play. There were zero hard feelings. I think the bride and groom--bride especially--knew that they were going to lose out on some people being there by choosing such a logistically challenging location.

03-14-2018 , 08:39 AM

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although people say that to learn the language in bed is second best alternative to learning it in diapers.

I don't know who these people are that say this, but I like it.

03-14-2018 , 08:42 AM

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How would that wedding have looked? Like, starts at 3 pm, ceremony, drinks, dinner with everyone, party and sleep there?

03-14-2018 , 08:47 AM

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- Home Depot deathmatch
- What color is a tennis ball
- Manbearpig vs. the golf pro

03-14-2018 , 09:02 AM

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- Home Depot deathmatch
- What color is a tennis ball
- Manbearpig vs. the golf pro

The only one I know is Manbearpig. May have to search for the others.

03-14-2018 , 11:37 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rapini

There were zero hard feelings. I think the bride and groom--bride especially--knew that they were going to lose out on some people being there by choosing such a logistically challenging location.

For sure. Something like 90% of the people who choose a destination wedding don't mind or don't even care if you attend or not, unless you're super close. (And some % of those people actively don't want you to come, they intentionally chose a far away destination in order to cut down on the number of people coming but who they feel obligated to invite.) The remaining 10% are just delusional.

03-14-2018 , 11:53 AM

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We did a destination wedding and the filtering phenomenon worked perfectly. It also allowed us to spend the day prior to the wedding and the day after with close friends before we went off on a honeymoon.

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