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- besleybean
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Re: You know you're obsessed with Sherlock when...
Still only been here a few days and haven't ploughed through everything yet.
Do we have an ' Other Projects' board?
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- Mattlocked
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Well observed, Davina. 
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- QuiteExtraordinary
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Re: You know you're obsessed with Sherlock when...
... when your new nickname for your dog's preydummy is "death frisbee".
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He’s got a dog. We go to the pub on weekends. I’ve met his mum and dad …
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- QuiteExtraordinary
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... when you stop by the library on your way home to get this: 
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although you still have: 
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He’s got a dog. We go to the pub on weekends. I’ve met his mum and dad …
… and his friends and all his family and I’ve no idea why I’m telling you this.
- Mattlocked
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Fine, so you will be off now for a while? 
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- tobeornot221b
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Oh, I wouldn't say that, QE!
A PURPLE one apparently has until now been lacking... 
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John: "Have you spoken to Mycroft, Molly, uh, anyone?"
Mrs Hudson: "They don’t matter. You do."
I BELIEVE IN SERIES 5!
- horserider99
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I just compiled a huge list of Sherlock related books at my library that I'm going to read ....I'm gonna have to do it a book or two at a time or my family's gonna freak. 
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"Geniuses are often obsessive, and their clarity of intellectual insight can be depressing and isolating: by nature geniuses march to a different drum." - Ron Bracey
- QuiteExtraordinary
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Re: You know you're obsessed with Sherlock when...
Mattlocked wrote:
Fine, so you will be off now for a while?
You wish. No, I'm very good at multitasking.
A PURPLE one apparently has until now been lacking...
Ah, you noticed that I choose them by colour. You observe!
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He’s got a dog. We go to the pub on weekends. I’ve met his mum and dad …
… and his friends and all his family and I’ve no idea why I’m telling you this.
- ancientsgate
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... when you stop by the library on your way home to get this:
although you still have:
But all those books are written in German! Waaaaa! *smile, just teasing*
I'm sitting here and trying to think what Stephen King would sound like, read aloud in German. Yowsa!
- SusiGo
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Re: You know you're obsessed with Sherlock when...
German is quite a nice-sounding language, actually. 
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- QuiteExtraordinary
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I'm sitting here and trying to think what Stephen King would sound like, read aloud in German. Yowsa!
Well, the "harsh" sound of it is probably quite fitting in that case.
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He’s got a dog. We go to the pub on weekends. I’ve met his mum and dad …
… and his friends and all his family and I’ve no idea why I’m telling you this.
- ancientsgate
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German is quite a nice-sounding language, actually.
Did I say it wasn't? But for those who don't speak it, it sounds very.....commanding, to say the least! And Stephen King is.....commanding! Nice combo, I'll bet. I don't know if (the tone of) English sounds much different than German to someone who speaks neither; English has a reputation of being pretty commanding-sounding in its own right, after all.
- SusiGo
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Does it really? Even if we speak quite normal? I can't tell myself because I've grown up with the language. There are some hard consonants, that's true. But it can sound very soft and poetic, too. But I guess that's the case with most languages.
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"To fake the death of one sibling may be regarded as a misfortune; to fake the death of both looks like carelessness." Oscar Wilde about Mycroft Holmes
"It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)
“Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.” (Benedict Cumberbatch)
- Mattlocked
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AG, place me in front of Ben and you won't hear any word which may sound even nearly commanding, I swear!
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- besleybean
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Ha!
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- SusiGo
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AG, place me in front of Ben and you won't hear any word which may sound even nearly commanding, I swear!
Could we please have a little example, dear?
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"To fake the death of one sibling may be regarded as a misfortune; to fake the death of both looks like carelessness." Oscar Wilde about Mycroft Holmes
"It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)
“Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.” (Benedict Cumberbatch)
- Davina
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Re: You know you're obsessed with Sherlock when...
To the English speaking ear (oh, that sounds a bit odd now I've written it but I hope you know what I mean) German sounds harsh: firstly because it has some guttural sounds English doesn't have but also because the intonation is different. This even makes a difference when Germans speak English with German intonation; it makes then sound officious and commanding/bossy.
Personally I actually find German an attractive language to listen to but I suppose that is because I have been learning it for so many years now I have grown accustomed to it. I always think languages are a bit like people. You know, when you first meet someone they don't look the same as later on when you know them really well.
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- Mattlocked
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No problem. Get Sherlock Benedict!
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- ancientsgate
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AG, place me in front of Ben and you won't hear any word which may sound even nearly commanding, I swear!
Oh, well, don't make promises you can't keep. *laugh*
- ancientsgate
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Re: You know you're obsessed with Sherlock when...
To the English speaking ear (oh, that sounds a bit odd now I've written it but I hope you know what I mean) German sounds harsh: firstly because it has some guttural sounds English doesn't have but also because the intonation is different. This even makes a difference when Germans speak English with German intonation; it makes then sound officious and commanding/bossy.
Personally I actually find German an attractive language to listen to but I suppose that is because I have been learning it for so many years now I have grown accustomed to it. I always think languages are a bit like people. You know, when you first meet someone they don't look the same as later on when you know them really well.
As an English native-speaker, I know exactly what you mean here, Davina. I think it's hard to put into words, but I know what you mean about the intonation. For those who aren't native English speakers, they might not really understand what you're saying, but I get it. I suppose native German speakers would have plenty to say about what our German sounds like as well, lol.
I have always been told that English and German are very similar languages, actually-- both are spoken out of the throat, rather than up front on the tongue, the way French and Spanish are, for instance. When I switched from studying French to studying German back in high school, I remember how relieved I was that I didn't have to try to produce those front-of-the-mouth sounds anymore, lol.
