Strange Language, English!
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Chris P Bacon
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English has lots of peculiarities. Why isn't phonetically spelled the way it sounds? Maybe it shoulder been spelled differently?
Lewkat
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Mizmo
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old medic
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Mizmo
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Then, the language become even more interesting with all the many dialects and accents, y'noaworrameen?
RFW
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I studied Thai for ten years and it made me appreciate English and its "simplicity" compared to other languages even more.
JaniceM
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No surprise these guys came up with a definition: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=plussed
Alligatorob
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Ghoti
gh, pronounced as in enough
o, pronounced as in how some dialects say women "wɪmɪn"
ti, pronounced as in nation or motion
Same as fish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti
gh, pronounced as in enough
o, pronounced as in how some dialects say women "wɪmɪn"
ti, pronounced as in nation or motion
Same as fish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti
JaniceM
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The folks at Urban Dictionary do tend to come up with their own words, and their own definitions.
RadishRose
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He was funny!
"drive on the parkway/ park on the driveway"
"goes by truck=shipment/ goes by ship=cargo"
Nathan
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You know what's really wild...Mandarin Chinese! I am having a "learning curve" challenge....
My o/h, who is Scottish-Canadian, is learning Mandarin. It's funny to hear him at the end of his Zoom classes (he's an ESL instructor) as he reciprocates their Mandarin goodbye's.
Nathan
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I wish that I had a "live" person to talk to, in Chinese. Seeing how a person's face and lips interplay with pronunciation is a valuable part of learning a language, at least for me. I used to attend Qigong and Kungfu classes at the Shaolin Temple Kungfu Center, there were plenty of people there I could interact with that spoke Chinese. But, I no longer attend, the 80 mile round trip just got to be too much.
JaniceM
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I wish someone could translate localisms into normal English.. or the other way around.
I have more of a language barrier here than I ever had with non-English speakers.
As one nutty example: recently, a grocery store manager could not understand what I meant when I said I was looking for roast beef at his store.
Is there some other word for it?!?
I have more of a language barrier here than I ever had with non-English speakers.
As one nutty example: recently, a grocery store manager could not understand what I meant when I said I was looking for roast beef at his store.
Is there some other word for it?!?That is a long way to drive - it must have been enjoyable and interesting. You may be able to find basic Mandarin classes on YouTube.I wish that I had a "live" person to talk to, in Chinese. Seeing how a person's face and lips interplay with pronunciation is a valuable part of learning a language, at least for me. I used to attend Qigong and Kungfu classes at the Shaolin Temple Kungfu Center, there were plenty of people there I could interact with that spoke Chinese. But, I no longer attend, the 80 mile round trip just got to be too much.
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You need to look at Spanish verbs, they are different for each person
or groups of people, depending on if they are family or strangers, I
have a book of 501 Spanish verbs and each one is broken down, lots
of people just learn the main name of one and use it for all, variations!
Mike.
or groups of people, depending on if they are family or strangers, I
have a book of 501 Spanish verbs and each one is broken down, lots
of people just learn the main name of one and use it for all, variations!
Mike.
Cantonese or Mandarin or ??