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 Keith Diglot Moderator JapanRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6779 days ago 526 posts - 536 votes  1 sounds Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 9 of 19 07 December 2009 at 9:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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It does not sound like "pedophile" at all to my ears. It sounds like a chipmunk singing Jingle Bells.
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| Yukamina Senior Member Canada Joined 6266 days ago 281 posts - 332 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean, French | Message 10 of 19 07 December 2009 at 10:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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You've got to be pretty paranoid to hear "pedophile" in that little song. Even when I was listening for it, it didn't sound like "pedophile". Just goes to show what these people have on their minds...
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| global_gizzy Senior Member United States maxcollege.blogspot. Joined 5705 days ago 275 posts - 310 votes Studies: Spanish | Message 11 of 19 08 December 2009 at 4:56am | IP Logged | ||
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To me, I could'nt hear peadophile or jingle bells....
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| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5569 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 12 of 19 08 December 2009 at 5:20am | IP Logged | ||
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I could hear the "pedophile", but only because I was given the word beforehand. Had I heard it all on its own, without that context, I surely would not have interpreted it that way. I can also hear "jingle bells" if I try. For those of you who say you can't hear it, remember that this story is coming out of Britain, where "pedophile" is pronounced "PEE-duh-file", not "PED-uh-file"...and spelled with an A for some silly reason. ;)
Given that it was sung in an accent, then distorted, and then played in low quality audio, it does not surprise me that someone heard something totally different. Being unrecognizable as "jingle bells", our brains try to search for another interpretation of the sounds, and this is what one person came up with. It's exactly the same phenomenon as when people hear words that aren't there in music played backwards or music in a foreign language. There are even some people who fool themselves into thinking they can hear the voices of ghosts in white noise. Edited by Levi on 08 December 2009 at 5:37am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6896 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 13 of 19 08 December 2009 at 12:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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It was the same for me as with Levi. I was able to hear it as pedophile when I tried, but there's no way I'd have heard it if it hadn't been suggested to me beforehand. I can also hear it as jingle bells when I try.
Given the bad sound quality and all those chipmunk distortions, if you tried hard enough it might well have been possible to hear it as pedophile even if the original was sung by a native speaker. If someone spontaneously and unprompted hears that as "pedophile" I think it must be because it's the main thing they have on their mind all day long :o). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6770 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek | Message 14 of 19 08 December 2009 at 1:05pm | IP Logged | ||
Well, I guess if the recording sounds awful and you want your money back, the shop might not give a refund for a toy that says "Jeegah Beers", but they'll definitely give a refund for a toy that says "pedophile", so that's the complaint to make. Edited by Captain Haddock on 08 December 2009 at 1:05pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Rameau Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6109 days ago 149 posts - 258 votes 4 sounds Speaks: English*, GermanC1, Danish Studies: Swedish, French, Icelandic | Message 15 of 19 08 December 2009 at 1:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ah, well that's just lovely. Now not only is that kitschy song stuck in head, it's stuck there accompanied by the lyrics "Ped-o-phile, ped-o-phile, pedo alltheway..." repeating over again in and endless, maddening loop. Let's just hope I don't start mumbling them half-aloud to myself while anyone's listening...
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| SamD Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6661 days ago 823 posts - 987 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Norwegian | Message 16 of 19 08 December 2009 at 5:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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It's sort of like telling people not to think of a blue pony. Do that, and that's all anyone can think of.
This is truly dreadful pronunciation. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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