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| stifa Triglot Senior Member Norway lang-8.com/448715 Joined 4669 days ago 629 posts - 813 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 25 of 27 24 May 2014 at 11:51pm | IP Logged |
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In my dialect, they're actually pronounced differently, namely the latter is pronounced
with a "thick l" (retroflex flap). 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| PenguinJimmy Newbie United States Joined 3782 days ago 6 posts - 8 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 26 of 27 25 May 2014 at 10:45am | IP Logged |
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Well, I guess you could say I slipped when I was in kindergarten. One of my friends
was speaking to his sister in Spanish and I kept hearing him use English words here and there. I laughed hysterically because I thought it was funny. I think we were much too young for him to be offended in any way though. At a young age, I became accustomed to others speaking English words in their language, as I was surrounded by several of them (Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish). I still slip and giggle when I hear it on TV, or during language learning. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| g-bod Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5778 days ago 1485 posts - 2002 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, German | Message 27 of 27 25 May 2014 at 11:59am | IP Logged |
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There was one time I saw a man walking down the street having a loud conversation on his
mobile phone, mainly in what I think was Arabic, but punctuated by loud and clear English swear words. I was more amused than offended. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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