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Re: General chat
By: OrangeP47 Date: October 16, 2013, 12:12 pm
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Heh, oh, I forgot the other category. "What accents I can do."
English tinted with Welsh, Swedish, or Italian, in addition to
accents for all those already listed. Accents are fun. I have
several within English as well too, heh. My default is rather
hodge podge of everything.
I also forgot to add Greek into the last category last time.
And I should also mention the person helping me learn Russian is
Serbian, so that probably has some influence too.
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Re: General chat
By: Shaman Tonberry Date: October 16, 2013, 12:24 pm
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Serbian? Say 'hi' to him/her;] I love Serbia;]
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Re: General chat
By: OrangeP47 Date: October 16, 2013, 12:27 pm
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I'll admit, the Serbian attitude is almost kind of refreshing,
even if she is far from typical of the rest of them. I actually
haven't talked to her in quite a while, as we both got rather
busy with college and don't have much time to just hang around
on the internet anymore.
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Re: General chat
By: Code Date: October 16, 2013, 4:05 pm
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You obsessors. My arsenal is limited to fluent English, Korean,
and French, some Japanese and limited Spanish on top.
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Re: General chat
By: Asmus Date: October 16, 2013, 4:08 pm
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I guess that makes me the lightweight.
I know Latvian, Russian and English. Only three languages, but I
also know how to write and read in those languages, not just
talk.
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Re: General chat
By: OrangeP47 Date: October 16, 2013, 4:12 pm
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Indeed. For most on my list I'd do far better reading than
anything else, maybe writing. My Russian is good enough to read
street signs and a little more, I know that for sure, but it
took me significantly longer to actually pronounce something as
simple as Стой, though. My
pronunciation really varies from day to day, but overall as I
have no one to work with typically there's no way for me to
practice.
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Re: General chat
By: Asmus Date: October 16, 2013, 4:16 pm
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Yeah, practice is a big factor. It doesn't matter how much you
study. If you don't have a good opportunity to apply your
language skills in real life, you will never "smooth it out".
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Re: General chat
By: OrangeP47 Date: October 16, 2013, 4:18 pm
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Ironically, the thing that actually corrected my pronunciation
was my near obsessive watching of car crash videos, of which
roughly 80% are Russian. It took me literally months of hearing
people say it before I realized a certain character wasn't
pronounced as I thought it would.
It has also resulted in about 50% of my spoken vocabulary being
profanity, but eh....
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Re: General chat
By: Code Date: October 16, 2013, 4:19 pm
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Yeah, it's similar on my front. I can't read or write Japanese,
and very, very little Spanish. I also don't have the French
accent down.
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Re: General chat
By: OrangeP47 Date: October 16, 2013, 4:20 pm
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French Accent: Stuff your mouth full of marshmellows and leave
off all the ending vowels, as well as any vowels you damn well
feel like. I swear that's how it works...
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