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    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

Reached 1,100 today. Whew. Some things I learned along the way: as Heisig suggests, it's better to spend the extra time making stories vivid. It's also much more fun that way than trying to speed t...
tmesis Remembering the Kanji 616 180,463 2015-04-08, 7:57 am
    Thread: De-aspirating those Plosives
Post: De-aspirating those Plosives

If you haven't checked out forvo.com, it's a good resource for pronunciation. I can't help you with the specifics of the sounds, as I'm doing RTK to learn Hanja for Korean, and know nothing about Japa...
tmesis The Japanese language 35 5,285 2015-04-02, 9:13 am
    Thread: De-aspirating those Plosives
Post: De-aspirating those Plosives

Hi, have you tried listening to minimal pairs? That is, a short recording of two phonemes. In your case, it would be a voiced consonant, say P, followed immediately by its unvoiced counterpart. Listen...
tmesis The Japanese language 35 5,285 2015-04-01, 8:40 pm
    Thread: Time for a new donation run for Fabrice!
Post: Time for a new donation run for Fabrice!

Hello, I made a small donation of 10 Euros. After an abortive attempt several years back, I'm about 800 characters in and I think I stand a good chance of completing RTK 1 this time. The contribution...
tmesis Off topic 42 9,481 2015-03-23, 10:34 pm
    Thread: A Polyglot's Daily Linguistic Workout
Post: A Polyglot's Daily Linguistic Workout

Thank you, and I stand corrected on some of the assumptions. I got my information from Mr. Arguelles's webpage, where he ranks his reading fluency, and on which none of Chinese, Sanskrit, or Ancient G...
tmesis Learning resources 38 12,978 2011-01-15, 1:14 pm
    Thread: A Polyglot's Daily Linguistic Workout
Post: A Polyglot's Daily Linguistic Workout

Womacks23 Wrote:Is it just me or does Professor Argiielles seem a little off to you? I have wondered whether he might be affected by Aspergers. This isn't to denigrate his linguistic achievements; it'...
tmesis Learning resources 38 12,978 2011-01-12, 1:52 am