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| zzgoodie | May 17 2009, 09:14 AM Post #1 |
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Is it any coincidence that Asian and equation rhyme? |
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| zzBugs | May 17 2009, 09:19 AM Post #2 |
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asian persuasian=Japan or China...or maybe Russia |
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| Schwerpunkt | May 17 2009, 09:23 AM Post #3 |
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Is it a coincidence that 'Wales' and 'Whales' are homonyms? I think not. |
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| zzskylar | May 17 2009, 09:43 AM Post #4 |
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Best. Topic. Ever. |
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| Royis | May 17 2009, 09:44 AM Post #5 |
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A lady who was hit by a car while sitting with her children on a curb in my area had a last name of Kerbs |
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| zzskylar | May 17 2009, 10:21 AM Post #6 |
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| aramil | May 17 2009, 11:41 AM Post #7 |
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Has anyone else seen the video where Steve jobs introduces the iRack and the iRan? |
![]() President: Hu Jintao Premier: Wen Jiabao Population: 1.35 billion (as of 2009; 0.7% growth; 1st) GDP: $8 trillion (as of 2009; 9% growth; 2nd) Organizations: UN, APEC, ASEAN+3, SCO, BRIC Allies: TBD Conflicts: that wayward island Strained Relations: TBD | |
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| Russia (X) | May 17 2009, 11:55 AM Post #8 |
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Microsoft iRiver - Bill Gates personally backed names more along the lines of "iCheater" and "iStealer" |
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| Dax | May 17 2009, 05:06 PM Post #9 |
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It's the post amazing thing I've ever seen. |
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[align=center]"The only problem is, we don’t often actually care about people’s quality of life in 21c." -- JCU We are all citizens of the planet Il Duce, starring as . . . ![]() 21C Best Foreign Affairs RPer 2009, 2011, 2012 Best Overall 2009, 2012 Administrator to end all administrators.[/align] | |
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| Max | May 17 2009, 05:12 PM Post #10 |
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It's the most amazing thing I've ever seen. |
[align=center] [/align]I watched them strap him into the seat and shut the door. He might of looked a bit nervous about it but that was about all. I really believe that he knew he was going to be in hell in fifteen minutes. I believe that. And I've thought about that a lot. He was not hard to talk to. Called me Sheriff. But I didn't know what to say to him. What do you say to a man that by his own admission he has no soul? Why would you say anything? I've thought about it a good deal. Cormac McCarthy | |
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| Dax | May 17 2009, 05:52 PM Post #11 |
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That, too. |
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| zzLyly | May 17 2009, 06:39 PM Post #12 |
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Speaking of Asians, why is it that they can only pronounce R's as L's, and vice versa? |
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| zzBugs | May 17 2009, 06:43 PM Post #13 |
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Huh? I know an asian, from Taiwan, that has troubles saying "Math" and it instead comes out as "maf" |
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| zzLyly | May 17 2009, 06:45 PM Post #14 |
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I have Koreans. "I love salt" is always "I ruv sart" and "Rocky Road" is always "Locky Load". |
[align=center]![]() South Korea - the original 51st state! News | Factbook | Foreign Relations[/align] | |
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| Max | May 17 2009, 06:50 PM Post #15 |
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I like the direction this thread is going. |
[align=center] [/align]I watched them strap him into the seat and shut the door. He might of looked a bit nervous about it but that was about all. I really believe that he knew he was going to be in hell in fifteen minutes. I believe that. And I've thought about that a lot. He was not hard to talk to. Called me Sheriff. But I didn't know what to say to him. What do you say to a man that by his own admission he has no soul? Why would you say anything? I've thought about it a good deal. Cormac McCarthy | |
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| zzgoodie | May 17 2009, 07:15 PM Post #16 |
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A lot of Asian letters sound differently in their native language than they do in English. For example, 'Xia' comes out as more of a 'hsia' sound. |
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| Stoklomolvi | May 17 2009, 07:42 PM Post #17 |
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I'm Chinese and I can speak English perfectly well. Better than some native speakers, actually. Or maybe it's the grammar. I'm not sure. There is no sound in some Asiatic languages that state "Love" or "Lard" or what have you, so it's confused between the L and the R. Chinese sometimes does not have that problem. Xia is like "hsia" but "hsia" is strictly Wade-Giles and outdated completely. |
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| zzLyly | May 17 2009, 08:17 PM Post #18 |
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I understand that roman letters do not properly represent their respective Asiatic sounds, but that's not my point. What I don't understand is how they can sound an R and L perfectly, but never as the proper letter. Rs are always perfectly sounded Ls, and Ls are always perfectly sounded Rs. Maybe it's just Koreans. |
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| Schwerpunkt | May 17 2009, 08:27 PM Post #19 |
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Maybe they're fucking with us? |
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| zz(Dwight) | May 17 2009, 08:41 PM Post #20 |
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Filipinos are good speakers in English, not only because we have become an American colony from 1898 to 1946, but also it's part of our language itself. English is considered one of our official languages in our country, after Tagalog. Also, Filipino schools even have rules to use English language in talking to your classmates and teachers (except for our Filipino subject). Technically, the problems that some Filipinos encounter is 1) Grammar construction, sort of the entire words have been misplaced like: What happening? - 2) Is the crossing of letters like i to e and e to i (eg. Fish becomes sometimes Fesh when some Filipinos speak) or f to p and p to f (eg. Pie becomes Fie). |
[align=center]![]() Factbook || Foreign Affairs || National Defense || Manila Times[/align] Allies/Partners: United States, Australia, East Timor, Japan, Thailand, South Korea Strained Relations: China, Malaysia | |
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| zzrollo | May 17 2009, 09:40 PM Post #21 |
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They aren't always perfect. To me it sounds like a 'rlrlrl' sound, as though it's just a weird think for them to say, which I guess it is. |
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| zznewbrittonia | May 17 2009, 09:48 PM Post #22 |
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There was this lady who made an "rlrlrl" sound. Then she died. |
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| Zactarn Prime | May 17 2009, 10:24 PM Post #23 |
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| Royis | May 18 2009, 08:08 AM Post #24 |
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![]() ![]() Which one is Wallander and Which is Jack Baur? |
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| zzalexi | May 18 2009, 08:16 AM Post #25 |
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We have that problem in America too
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| zz(Nelly) | May 18 2009, 08:42 AM Post #26 |
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In Indonesia, people don't have any problems with that, although the accent just sounds funny to Americans for some reason. It might be because we almost always pronounce the 'c' as a 'ch' sound. My uncle once said "pass the Che-heese" Also, for some reason the wrong words are emphasised. for example, con-STRUC-tion becomes CON-struc-tion. Indoensians also tend to make regular sentences sound like questions. It's sorta wierd. The p to f thing and the e to i thing also happens in Indonesia, but 'i' is 'a' instead. |
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