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Re:Verbling: The instant way to practice and learn a language by barkingcat on Thursday August 25, 2011 @02:20PM (#2925883)
Chat roulette is not as successful as you think it is, and no - if you just say it to anyone on the streets, no one will understand what "chat roulette" is - it has a connotation of gambling or being very risky (ie the roulette thing billions of people understand conceptually, so your "analogy" will be hijacked)

Is it a platform for gambling in different languages? Is probably the response you'll get from "chat roulette for languages"

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Re:Verbling: The instant way to practice and learn a language by zerohp on Thursday August 25, 2011 @03:58PM (#2926187)
I'm going to disagree with you there. Occasionally I watch "old media" and for a while Chat Roulette dominated both traditional and comedy news shows as well as late night.

Many people on the street know exactly what it is: penises.

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Re:Verbling: The instant way to practice and learn a language by 5hoom on Thursday August 25, 2011 @11:13PM (#2927228)
I hate to be 'that guy with a youtube link', but I think Trey Parker & Matt Stone nailed what Chat Roulette means to most people:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gNyDZmQyeY

Probably best if Verbling doesn't associate themselves with that ;)

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