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I was learning how to speak German by DVD for 1 hour then I turned off the DVD and an English movie was on TV and it sounded like it was in German for 20 seconds it was all in German then suddenly it was in English. I could hardly understand a word they were saying but it was all in German. I re-winded the movie and then it was in English. What on earth!? Has anyone had this happen to them?

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    HypnodiscHypnodisc Posts: 22,728
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_aftereffect

    ^ Sounds similar to this, which is caused by this:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_adaptation

    But no, never actually heard of this before.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 366
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    Maybe it is sound after effect? Something new?
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    TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    It's just your brain adjusting, which can sometimes produce - I can't think of another way of putting it - a 'phantom leftover'.

    I get that sometimes when switching to a different language after an intense session in the other language. Only happens when I'm tired, though. The punch-drunk kind of tiredness. The phantom leftover each time over years didn't last longer than five or maybe ten seconds.

    Confusing, but you do learn to get used to it.
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    DinkyDoobieDinkyDoobie Posts: 17,786
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    You rewound the movie?

    Marty! is that you?
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    anne_666anne_666 Posts: 72,891
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    No idea. What a mystery Mr "Truther". Lots of those around, must be a conspiracy.:D
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    anne_666anne_666 Posts: 72,891
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    Deleted....,
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    jsmith99jsmith99 Posts: 20,382
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    It was a mistake. We were monitoring you through your TV (you naughty boy - you'll go blind!) while discussing with colleagues in the German Secret service what to do about the conspiracies you've uncovered. Alas, someone left your TV sound in the circuit.

    The best thing to do is forget about it .... it never happened....Ok?
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    U96U96 Posts: 13,937
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    jsmith99 wrote: »
    It was a mistake. We were monitoring you through your TV (you naughty boy - you'll go blind!) while discussing with colleagues in the German Secret service what to do about the conspiracies you've uncovered. Alas, someone left your TV sound in the circuit.

    The best thing to do is forget about it .... it never happened....Ok?

    Is that you Angela(DDR) Merkel?.:p
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    MAWMAW Posts: 38,777
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    The moral of this story is that you should never, ever, remove your tin foil hat.
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    U96U96 Posts: 13,937
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    MAW wrote: »
    The moral of this story is that you should never, ever, remove your tin foil hat.

    Or the atomic satellites will home in on you.:p
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    GroutyGrouty Posts: 34,039
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    John_Truther wrote: »
    I was learning how to speak German by DVD for 1 hour then I turned off the DVD and an English movie was on TV and it sounded like it was in German for 20 seconds it was all in German then suddenly it was in English. I could hardly understand a word they were saying but it was all in German. I re-winded the movie and then it was in English. What on earth!? Has anyone had this happen to them?

    Nein.

    :D
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    CryolemonCryolemon Posts: 8,670
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    The human mind is a strange thing.
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    TerraCanisTerraCanis Posts: 14,099
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    20 seconds? The TARDIS translation circuits usually respond more quickly than that!
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    albertdalbertd Posts: 14,361
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    Has anyone seen my Babelfish? It has gone missing.
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    Seth1Seth1 Posts: 676
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    John_Truther wrote: »
    I was learning how to speak German by DVD for 1 hour then I turned off the DVD and an English movie was on TV and it sounded like it was in German for 20 seconds it was all in German then suddenly it was in English. I could hardly understand a word they were saying but it was all in German. I re-winded the movie and then it was in English. What on earth!? Has anyone had this happen to them?

    Sie haben das Kraut rauchen gewesen?
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 36,630
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    Bratwurst
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    farmer bobfarmer bob Posts: 27,595
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    captainkremmen wrote: »
    Bratwurst

    Danke, mein Herr
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    sodavlacsodavlac Posts: 10,607
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    Hypnodisc wrote: »
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_aftereffect

    ^ Sounds similar to this, which is caused by this:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_adaptation

    But no, never actually heard of this before.

    I had the motion one yesterday. Was playing a right to left side-scrolling computer game for about an hour and when I finished everything in the room was moving left to right for 5-10 seconds. It made me feel a touch queasy.
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    jsmith99jsmith99 Posts: 20,382
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    U96 wrote: »
    Is that you Angela(DDR) Merkel?.:p

    The black sheep finds unicorns at midnight. How are the mome raths?
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    InMyArmsInMyArms Posts: 50,792
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    How odd :eek:
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    RobinOfLoxleyRobinOfLoxley Posts: 27,040
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    I learned German for a year at school.

    Then in later life, I joined a Japanese company and went to Japan few times with a crammed beginners vocabulary.

    Now when I talk to Germans, I want to talk Japanese. My French is unaffected.
    It's very weird.

    Edit: btw I am not a linguist. I am schoolboy level in anything apart from English.
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    David (2)David (2) Posts: 20,632
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    The OP found a hole in the "matrix" lol
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