Also what is with that talking slowly and loudly thing. And repeatedly.
Like, does it not occur to people that making every word sound equal in intensity doesn't actually aid in connecting to any culturally common body language, symbols or even let someone figure out what the important parts of the sentences are?
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Also what is with that talking slowly and loudly thing. And repeatedly.
Like, does it not occur to people that making every word sound equal in intensity doesn't actually aid in connecting to any culturally common body language, symbols or even let someone figure out what the important parts of the sentences are?
ELM, this is going to come as a shocker, so I want you to sit down:
People are retarded.
Especially Americans.
God, if I were French, I would just do the same thing back to them. "JEEEEE... NE... PAAAARRRRRLLLLLE... PAAAAAAAS... L'ANGLAAAAAIIIIIS!"
Things which freak me out: that the world may run out of Helium by 2030.
We were talking about this in the pub on Saturday and if I remember correctly we made a pact to start a moon helium harvesting business. We did acknowledge the many technical limitations, but drunken confidence is what it is
i appreciate when people who don't speak the language speak slowly, clearly, and enunciate
it helps me pick out words i know that would otherwise be lost
so i guess uh whatever to you guys
It's not the practise itself, it's the mindset behind it, the assumption that you don't have to even pick up a couple of phrases, that Loud 'n' Slow™ is all you need.
Also what is with that talking slowly and loudly thing. And repeatedly.
Like, does it not occur to people that making every word sound equal in intensity doesn't actually aid in connecting to any culturally common body language, symbols or even let someone figure out what the important parts of the sentences are?
That's actually pretty helpful if you do speak the language to a degree.
Also what is with that talking slowly and loudly thing. And repeatedly.
Like, does it not occur to people that making every word sound equal in intensity doesn't actually aid in connecting to any culturally common body language, symbols or even let someone figure out what the important parts of the sentences are?
That's actually pretty helpful if you do speak the language to a degree.
Yes, but when someone says that they don't speak the language at all, it's kind of narcissistic, ethnocentric practice to just assume that of course everyone speaks English, which is how it should be, so all you have to do is talk to them like they're retarded.
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i appreciate when people who don't speak the language speak slowly, clearly, and enunciate
it helps me pick out words i know that would otherwise be lost
so i guess uh whatever to you guys
When I'm trying to understand French, it does help if they go more slowly, but there's a limit. If you start speaking like a five year old reading a book. With. Every. Word. As. Its. Own. Sentence. Then it comes impossibly to understand, as there's no flow or stress. And quite often, I'm just grabbing a handful of words so I know the topic and then from how they're speaking I gather the rest.
French Girl's mum can be the worst offender for this sometimes, she just oscillates between super fast mishmash language and proclaiming single words while looking a bit confused.
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"I'm sorry you keep going out with jerks, instead of the nice, nerdy guy who is always there as your shoulder to cry on, and totally wants to bone you."
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My spanish teacher had to resort to the aul Loud and Slow during an oral exam when I couldn't understand a word the invigilator was saying :?
i appreciate when people who don't speak the language speak slowly, clearly, and enunciate
it helps me pick out words i know that would otherwise be lost
so i guess uh whatever to you guys
When I'm trying to understand French, it does help if they go more slowly, but there's a limit. If you start speaking like a five year old reading a book. With. Every. Word. As. Its. Own. Sentence. Then it comes impossibly to understand, as there's no flow or stress. And quite often, I'm just grabbing a handful of words so I know the topic and then from how they're speaking I gather the rest.
French Girl's mum can be the worst offender for this sometimes, she just oscillates between super fast mishmash language and proclaiming single words while looking a bit confused.
Try speaking to the Quebecois. They don't even speak actual French; they speak half-French. It's like French, but you skip half of the words.
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"I'm sorry you keep going out with jerks, instead of the nice, nerdy guy who is always there as your shoulder to cry on, and totally wants to bone you."
"I'm sorry you keep going out with jerks, instead of the nice, nerdy guy who is always there as your shoulder to cry on, and totally wants to bone you."
Damm phone. It seems to have done some sort of partial reset to the HTC starting animation without being a full restart. This has happened twice in the last 5 minutes
"I'm sorry you keep going out with jerks, instead of the nice, nerdy guy who is always there as your shoulder to cry on, and totally wants to bone you."
"I'm sorry I live in a city pretty much solely for its large population of Randall Munroe fans"
"I'm sorry you keep going out with jerks, instead of the nice, nerdy guy who is always there as your shoulder to cry on, and totally wants to bone you."
Winner.
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"I'm sorry you keep going out with jerks, instead of the nice, nerdy guy who is always there as your shoulder to cry on, and totally wants to bone you."
Winner.
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what is this, 2009
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"I'm sorry I ran over your cat."
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My spanish teacher had to resort to the aul Loud and Slow during an oral exam when I couldn't understand a word the invigilator was saying :?
The fuck is an "invigolator?"
Whatever it is, it sounds like something you wouldn't be allowed to do in an American school to a student; then again, we're not Catholic, so...
It's the person/people who supervise official exams. For secondary school exams, they were generally teachers from other schools. In college, it's pretty much exclusively post-grads looking for a bit of cash on the side.
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I think the Americans have overtaken the British in this. :P
Like, does it not occur to people that making every word sound equal in intensity doesn't actually aid in connecting to any culturally common body language, symbols or even let someone figure out what the important parts of the sentences are?
No more balloons!
People are retarded.
Especially Americans.
God, if I were French, I would just do the same thing back to them. "JEEEEE... NE... PAAAARRRRRLLLLLE... PAAAAAAAS... L'ANGLAAAAAIIIIIS!"
We were talking about this in the pub on Saturday and if I remember correctly we made a pact to start a moon helium harvesting business. We did acknowledge the many technical limitations, but drunken confidence is what it is
it helps me pick out words i know that would otherwise be lost
so i guess uh whatever to you guys
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"I'm sorry I've been molesting our daughter for the past ten years?"
"I'm sorry that I've been having sex with interns in the Republican Congressional cloakroom?" (That one is probably a best-seller).
"I'm sorry you found me in bed with the midget"? :P
It's not the practise itself, it's the mindset behind it, the assumption that you don't have to even pick up a couple of phrases, that Loud 'n' Slow™ is all you need.
That's actually pretty helpful if you do speak the language to a degree.
"I'm sorry I can't be the man you want me to be (the kind of man that leave you alone in the bathroom)"
"I'm sorry for apologizing too much"
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When I'm trying to understand French, it does help if they go more slowly, but there's a limit. If you start speaking like a five year old reading a book. With. Every. Word. As. Its. Own. Sentence. Then it comes impossibly to understand, as there's no flow or stress. And quite often, I'm just grabbing a handful of words so I know the topic and then from how they're speaking I gather the rest.
French Girl's mum can be the worst offender for this sometimes, she just oscillates between super fast mishmash language and proclaiming single words while looking a bit confused.
hahahahaha
oh my god
I laughed then I cried
"I'm sorry I said you're turning into your mom."
Whatever it is, it sounds like something you wouldn't be allowed to do in an American school to a student; then again, we're not Catholic, so...
You can't just say this without giving us some examples.
GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES!!!
"I'm sorry I live in a city pretty much solely for its large population of Randall Munroe fans"
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Winner.
There was a guy from Quebec at uni. I didn't realise this despite having heard him speak "French" on several occasions until somebody told me.
[I'd rather be "real" with you than "fair-tale" with someone else]
Person who observes a few exams to make sure that nobody is cheating. I'm not sure why Tav's was speaking.
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what is this, 2009
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It's the person/people who supervise official exams. For secondary school exams, they were generally teachers from other schools. In college, it's pretty much exclusively post-grads looking for a bit of cash on the side.
In forn language class there's an oral part, where you have to attempt to maintain a brief conversation with someone about one of several topics.
Yeah, but I spoke to my teacher, the invigilator just read a paper in the corner.