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| solidsnake Diglot Senior Member China Joined 7044 days ago 469 posts - 488 votes  Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 57 of 69 07 April 2007 at 1:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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Also if a non-acquitance passes you by (walking on the street) and says "What's up?" (or "wad up" or "waz up" depending on the neighborhood) you would just simply answer back "What's up?" Theyre gonna think youre wierd if you actually give them any kind of a real answer other then mirroring them back.
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| justinwilliams Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6692 days ago 321 posts - 327 votes 3 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Italian | Message 58 of 69 12 April 2007 at 10:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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What about: How is SHE doing? meaning the day I guess...or things but certainly not a girl... Edited by justinwilliams on 12 April 2007 at 10:59pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| agimcomas Pentaglot Groupie Canada Joined 6462 days ago 69 posts - 77 votes Speaks: Spanish*, French, English, Portuguese, German Studies: Mandarin, Korean | Message 59 of 69 04 July 2007 at 10:10am | IP Logged | ||
I haven't noticed that about french-speakers, but I certainly do this mistake when speaking my native Spanish. If I pronounce the x in the proper way, it sounds somewhat stupid, funny or pretentious, depending on the situation. In my Rioplatense-accent, "exclusivo" sounds something like "e'hclusivo". 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| johntothea Senior Member United States Joined 6631 days ago 193 posts - 192 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Russian, Norwegian, Polish, French | Message 60 of 69 05 July 2007 at 1:03pm | IP Logged | ||
That's starting to happen in english too. Even my english teacher, of all people, does that. It's kind of annoying. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| justinwilliams Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6692 days ago 321 posts - 327 votes 3 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Italian | Message 61 of 69 10 July 2007 at 11:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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Just like Kanye West! ''That's e-s-actly what I would.
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| SamD Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6662 days ago 823 posts - 987 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Norwegian | Message 62 of 69 11 July 2007 at 2:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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At the same time, there are people who speak English who use the word "axe" instead of "ask." It's still rather alarming when someone stops me on the street and says he wants to "axe" me something.
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| johntothea Senior Member United States Joined 6631 days ago 193 posts - 192 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Russian, Norwegian, Polish, French | Message 63 of 69 11 July 2007 at 7:17pm | IP Logged | ||
I actually had a conversation about that with one of my friends recently. It's really funny when you analyze things like that. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6600 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 64 of 69 24 July 2007 at 1:42am | IP Logged | ||
also "Как твое ничего" which is something like "how is your so-so?" 1 person has voted this message useful |
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