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Masha Æèòåëü ôîðóìà
: 18.01.2004 : 464 : Izhevsk, Russia
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: , 23, 2004 10:35am : |
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I didn't understand. Are we discussing here anything except mistakes?
Let's talk about something more interesting. Maybe about some embarassing cases? |
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White Owl Øòàòíûé çàíóäà
: 10.03.2003 : 2452 : USA, New York City
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: , 23, 2004 1:17pm : |
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Masha (): |
I didn't understand. Are we discussing here anything except mistakes?
Let's talk about something more interesting. Maybe about some embarassing cases? |
like what? |
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Masha Æèòåëü ôîðóìà
: 18.01.2004 : 464 : Izhevsk, Russia
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: , 23, 2004 4:00pm : |
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Ok, I'll try to start.. Once I said "fuck" when we had English classes with Canadian. I am used to say this word when I communicate with my Russian friends and I didn't want to give any offences to that Canadian teacher
Some weeks later when we had classes with American professor we discussed problems with alcohol drinking, smoking and drugs I started to tell about drug dealers at my faculty. My Russian teacher of English was ready to kill me, because I shocked that professor |
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White Owl Øòàòíûé çàíóäà
: 10.03.2003 : 2452 : USA, New York City
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: , 23, 2004 4:24pm : |
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Well, the only "embarassing case" I can remember is:
Once upon a time... in my English class here, we talk about "can not" or "can't". There were students from Russia and Romania in the class and we found that most of students pronounce "can't" as [êàíò]. And teacher was blushing constantly So we make here a promise: 'Always pronounce "can not"
BTW, In Kill Bill 2 that dirty word is pronounced very clearly |
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Guessst red attention
: 08.03.2003 : 220 : USA
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: , 24, 2004 4:56am : |
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I did not quite get it, what's wrong with "can't"?
I once spelled Mao Zedong's name as Mao Tse Dung. My prof. had a good laugh but never told me to correct the spelling. I realized what "dung" ment when I saw a picture in SF Art Museum with the title of "Elephant's Dung." |
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Guessst red attention
: 08.03.2003 : 220 : USA
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: , 24, 2004 5:08am : |
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Oh, I've got another one. When I happen to talk fast my pronunciation suffers significantly and typically sounds like [o] tend to be more like [a]. Once I was talking to a group of people here in the U.S. about how we should focus on something.... But in stead of saying "focus" [ôîóêýñ] I said fucus [ôàêàñ]. I believe I do not have to name the analogy and everyone is familiar with this notorious four-letter word. Since then some of the people who happened to hear this slip of the tongue laugh at me: "Name, go and fucus yourself" or "you should really fucus on the assignment."
I think that's it so far. |
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Andrew Ãëàâíûé òðåïà÷
: 01.03.2003 : 10421 : Èðêóòñê, RU -> Los Angeles, US
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: , 24, 2004 6:53am : |
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Guys, say “Both of them” fast I always say “Both oth them” or “Both of vem”
I hope you understand what I mean _________________ Àíäðåé Ãåðàñèìîâ |
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Darien Fawkes Íîâè÷îê
: 18.04.2004 : 12
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: , 24, 2004 10:52am : |
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Andrew (): |
Guys, say “Both of them” fast I always say “Both oth them” or “Both of vem”
I hope you understand what I mean |
'Course, just cut out first letter of the word, for example, "Get him" -> "Get 'im" and you will pronounce this phrase more quickly. _________________ You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime. Yo! |
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Andrew Ãëàâíûé òðåïà÷
: 01.03.2003 : 10421 : Èðêóòñê, RU -> Los Angeles, US
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: , 24, 2004 2:31pm : |
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Darien Fawkes (): |
'Course, just cut out first letter of the word, for example, "Get him" -> "Get 'im" and you will pronounce this phrase more quickly. |
You’re right! _________________ Àíäðåé Ãåðàñèìîâ |
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Masha Æèòåëü ôîðóìà
: 18.01.2004 : 464 : Izhevsk, Russia
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: , 24, 2004 5:47pm : |
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And I always muddle upwords "advertisment" and "entertainment". I guess, people think thet I'm crazy when I say: "I love advertisment" |
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White Owl Øòàòíûé çàíóäà
: 10.03.2003 : 2452 : USA, New York City
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: , 25, 2004 10:54pm : |
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Guessst (): |
I did not quite get it, what's wrong with "can't"?
I once spelled Mao Zedong's name as Mao Tse Dung. My prof. had a good laugh but never told me to correct the spelling. I realized what "dung" ment when I saw a picture in SF Art Museum with the title of "Elephant's Dung." |
hmmm.... Ok.... "cunt" is very dirty word, meaning - vagina. And what is the dung? I didn't find it in any vocabulary... |
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Guessst red attention
: 08.03.2003 : 220 : USA
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: , 26, 2004 7:21am : |
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Dung - crap, manure, sh*t. |
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L-vira Ãðàæäàíî÷êà ìèðà
: 05.09.2003 : 909 : Kazan, Ru
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: , 4, 2004 2:58pm : |
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Once I asked my teacher to give me Sh*ts of paper instead of sheets
And then I was in a second form, I created a poem about a squirrel :
I'm very quick and very gay,
I don't like night and like a day
She didn't explain the meaning of the word gay to me, but the new poem soundod like this:
I'm very quick and very light,
I like a day and don't like night _________________ Happiness is a state of mind! |
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Andrew Ãëàâíûé òðåïà÷
: 01.03.2003 : 10421 : Èðêóòñê, RU -> Los Angeles, US
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: , 4, 2004 3:19pm : |
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L-vira (): |
Once I asked my teacher to give me Sh*ts of paper instead of sheets |
_________________ Àíäðåé Ãåðàñèìîâ |
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Olga Ýêñïåðò
: 05.03.2003 : 97 : Ðèãà - Ìîñêâà
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: , 7, 2004 12:22pm : |
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Once a friend of mine was talking to his boss - in Russian.
both are very good in English and use it quite often.
They were discussing some issues and when the boss suggested a new way of doing some things and asked my friend what he thought about it, he (the latter, i.e. my friend) answered: " à who åãî knows".
The boss was dumb for a few minutes... |
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Andrew Ãëàâíûé òðåïà÷
: 01.03.2003 : 10421 : Èðêóòñê, RU -> Los Angeles, US
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: , 13, 2004 7:28am : |
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_________________ Àíäðåé Ãåðàñèìîâ |
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L-vira Ãðàæäàíî÷êà ìèðà
: 05.09.2003 : 909 : Kazan, Ru
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: , 13, 2004 8:55pm : |
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Now new people would think, that most part of Andrews posts contains just smiles (smiliks ) _________________ Happiness is a state of mind! |
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Andrew Ãëàâíûé òðåïà÷
: 01.03.2003 : 10421 : Èðêóòñê, RU -> Los Angeles, US
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: , 14, 2004 4:06am : |
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L-vira (): |
Now new people would think, that most part of Andrews posts contains just smiles (smiliks ) |
Just I’m often having these emotions _________________ Àíäðåé Ãåðàñèìîâ |
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White Owl Øòàòíûé çàíóäà
: 10.03.2003 : 2452 : USA, New York City
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: , 14, 2004 2:02pm : |
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Andrew (): |
L-vira (): |
Now new people would think, that most part of Andrews posts contains just smiles (smiliks ) |
Just I’m often having these emotions |
You should never begin sentence with 'just'. Put it at the end of sentence or preceede with something. For example 'It just ....'
Second mistake: wrong tense The word 'often' should be used with simple tense only and should be placed at end of sentence. So, your sentence should be like this:
It just, I have these emotions often |
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Andrew Ãëàâíûé òðåïà÷
: 01.03.2003 : 10421 : Èðêóòñê, RU -> Los Angeles, US
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: , 14, 2004 3:30pm : |
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White Owl (): |
You should never begin sentence with 'just'. Put it at the end of sentence or preceede with something. For example 'It just ....' |
Thanks. It just, I heard from Americans than they said "Just" as a first word in sentence. I'm sure.
White Owl (): |
Second mistake: wrong tense The word 'often' should be used with simple tense only and should be placed at end of sentence. So, your sentence should be like this:
It just, I have these emotions often |
What about "Always"? _________________ Àíäðåé Ãåðàñèìîâ |
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