Do you duo? LINGO that is.

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GregP Apr 2018 7:42am, 8 Apr 2018 101,546 posts	GregP [so is the new Duolingo ‘better’? Is now the time to ditch Babbel and go premium?]
McGoohan Apr 2018 8:22am, 8 Apr 2018 33,642 posts	McGoohan [What do you get with Premium? Isn't it just mostly switching off those annoying adverts?]
GregP Apr 2018 8:49am, 8 Apr 2018 101,547 posts	GregP [Assume so yes - and since I posted that I've done a Babbel module about smalltalk at work. No, smartypants, not the programming language. Duolingo gave me "The coats are not yellow". Babbel gave me "I can't complain - i can work extra hours if I want, although I won't get paid for them"].
GlennR Apr 2018 11:50am, 8 Apr 2018 34,838 posts	GlennR [I’m premium. You lose the ads and you can download the lessons. I like it. The new version has added in whole new layers of lessons.]
GlennR Apr 2018 11:52am, 8 Apr 2018 34,839 posts	GlennR [fwiw I don’t think it’s possible to learn small talk from a computerised learning package of any type]
GregP Apr 2018 12:08pm, 8 Apr 2018 101,548 posts	GregP [ARE YOU BABBEL AS WELL OR JUST DUOLINGO? And why was my caps lock key on?]
GlennR Apr 2018 12:12pm, 8 Apr 2018 34,841 posts	GlennR [Because you've been shouting at someone? I don't do Babbel, but I'm on the final module with the OU. Duolingo is much more useful.]
GregP Apr 2018 6:19am, 9 Apr 2018 101,551 posts	GregP [can you expand on ‘whole new layers of lessons’?] No, it is not a tomato.
GlennR Apr 2018 7:33am, 9 Apr 2018 34,849 posts	GlennR [From the blurb it seems there are now five times as many exercises as before. How many levels you have got through for each lesson is indicated by the number of crowns.]
GlennR Apr 2018 7:53am, 9 Apr 2018 34,850 posts	GlennR Do you think about your soul?