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- Sat Dec 10, 2005 10:10 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: How does a word become a word?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15817
- Fri Dec 09, 2005 7:03 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: How does a word become a word?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15817
How does a word become a word?
I had a Brazilian student with an amazing talent for learning English. I was constantly in stitches with this kid because he also had an amazing ability to make up words. I think my favorite was: impotential - having the potential to render someone impotent. "That girl is so ugly she has impote...
- Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:49 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: carrion
- Replies: 18
- Views: 30172
- Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:25 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: How does your brain learn languages?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 100670
I'm not, but thanks for asking :) . Apparently my problem is that I speak too HARD. If I pretend my tongue and lips are paralyzed I seem to do better. :lol: Of all the languages I've tried, Norwegian and Thai have got me beat, for sure. With Thai, I can't relax my mouth enough, and with Norwegian, g...
- Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:15 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: carrion
- Replies: 18
- Views: 30172
carrion
carrion - the carcass of a dead animal that becomes food for other scavenging animals.
A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons.
The stewardess looks at him and says, "I'm sorry, sir, only
one carrion allowed per passenger."
LQ
A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons.
The stewardess looks at him and says, "I'm sorry, sir, only
one carrion allowed per passenger."
LQ
- Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:10 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: How does your brain learn languages?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 100670
- Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:02 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: How does your brain learn languages?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 100670
Besides, where does that Spanish j come from? Brazilian dude I don't know about Spanish, but I had a theory about how some of the Brazilian Portuguese pronunciations developed....just don't shoot me. :? I've noticed how each different culture makes not only the same mistakes with pronunciation, but...
- Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:15 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: How does your brain learn languages?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 100670
I have a question...how are you doing with pronunciation in your Chinese class? I had a student that could hardly make herself clear when speaking English, but could write better than most Americans her age. And when she tried to teach me to speak a few phrases, she would laugh and laugh. I thought ...
- Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:04 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: How does your brain learn languages?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 100670
- Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:10 am
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: Misplaced relative
- Replies: 16
- Views: 35431
Okay, so I didn't see the movie. Was this an actual Portuguese line in the movie, or a translation of this particular line in English to Portuguese. I'm not sure I get it. :oops: I have a few Brazilian DVD's that I bought some time ago on my first trip to Brazil. I wanted to see if I could actually ...
- Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:53 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: Does learning another language help you with English?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 24775
- Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:38 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: How does your brain learn languages?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 100670
...they believe that reading comprehension, listening comprehension, writing and speaking skills all are acquired in parallell. I disagree. F'rinstance, I translate unhesitatingly just about any odd subject matter from French into Swedish, but ask any Francophone, and they'll say that I don't speak...
- Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:38 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: Does learning another language help you with English?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 24775
For me, I wouldn't say it helped with English as much as it helped with understanding LANGUAGE in general. The more languages you learn, (or try to :wink: ), the greater your understanding of how languages work becomes. In my case, I teach English to foreigners. If anything, I think my English just ...
- Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:21 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: How does your brain learn languages?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 100670
- Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:26 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: How does your brain learn languages?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 100670