The Daily Chit-Chat, Chat-Chit, Chit-Chit, Chot-Chut Choot Shoot Chute Thread

[Exploding Bunny]

I'm fluent in the language with the most contradictions. Guess which one it is. (HINT: I Speak 1 language.)
I also know a bit of Japanese(Spoken) and one written word.

 

[Taemin]

Aside from English, the only language I know much of is Japanese.

Someone at work tried to quiz in me French yesterday, and I failed pretty hard.. > >;

I fail at Spanish too, despite having it taught off and on my whole life.

 

[Misheard Whisper]

I'm in my fourth year of Spanish and my first of German, so obv at different stages. I started German really late (ie this year, my second-last year of high school), but I really wanted to do another language. Why not Japanese? To this day, I don't know. I always did get on well with the German teacher, though.

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

I was good at Spanish when I took it in school.

But it's been nine years since I last took it and to say I'm a bit rusty would be an understatement :P

 

[Maraala]

Even when I did take Spanish in school, I failed miserably at it.

I can't roll the "r's' or whatever it is.

 

[Misheard Whisper]

Rolling r's! Yes, it's kinda helpful for many languages, but . . . heck, even my German teacher admits she can't do it.

I can roll 'em like a boss.

 

[Maraala]

The only roll I can do it is Rick Roll xD

 

[donavannj]

The only roll I can do it is Rick Roll xD

This and a barrel roll for me. XP

 

[Maraala]

This and a barrel roll for me. XP

I forgot about barrel rolling! I can do that too. And also face rolling. :P

I'm taking Spanish again next year. Hopefully I won't fail at it again

 

[Netto Azure]

I can only fluently speak English and Filipino.

I took Spanish in HS but I failed miserably in College Spanish 2 LOL. xP

I would like to learn Japanese tho. :3

 

[donavannj]

I hope to self-teach myself Spanish over the next few years with help from my cousin.

 

[mondays suck]

Trouble with rolling Rs? You people sure are weird, at least for me it's an easy thing to do. What I have some serious trouble pronouncing is 'cr' as in 'screw'. Either it ends up sounding overly aggressive or the 'r' becomes a 'l'. Rather frustrating, no matter how much I try I just cannot pronounce it correctly.

 

[donavannj]

Trouble with rolling Rs? You people sure are weird, at least for me it's an easy thing to do. What I have some serious trouble pronouncing is 'cr' as in 'screw'. Either it ends up sounding overly aggressive or the 'r' becomes a 'l'. Rather frustrating, no matter how much I try I just cannot pronounce it correctly.

Say it like "kuh-roo". That may help a lot.

 

[Livewire]

I can only fluently speak English and Filipino.

I took Spanish in HS but I failed miserably in College Spanish 2 LOL. xP

I would like to learn Japanese tho. :3

I know French and English fluently, and bits and pieces of the other romance languages. Japanese would be pretty cool to know, though. :D

 

[mondays suck]

Took me about a minute to figure out how to pronounce 'kuh' in English because for me, it means 'cow' is pronounced 'coo', but eventually I succeeded, and wow, that actually works. Thanks!
I would never have thought talking about pronunciation issues on a forum might actually be of help.

 

[Margot]

Took me about a minute to figure out how to pronounce 'kuh' in English because for me, it means 'cow' is pronounced 'coo', but eventually I succeeded, and wow, that actually works. Thanks!
I would never have thought talking about pronunciation issues on a forum might actually be of help.

My friends and I noticed that on skype since we're all from different areas. For example, I pronounce words differently from my friend in Texas or in Canada which can be pretty funny :P

Also, I'll use some of my friends from other countries with help on my foreign languages, so it can be helpful haha.

I know english (obviously) and then some french and arabic :)

 

[donavannj]

Took me about a minute to figure out how to pronounce 'kuh' in English because for me, it means 'cow' is pronounced 'coo', but eventually I succeeded, and wow, that actually works. Thanks!
I would never have thought talking about pronunciation issues on a forum might actually be of help.

For that letter pairing, pronouncing the "kuh" sound and then the vowel sound for the vowel that follows the "r" is usually the way to go. A "c" followed by a consonant is usually a hard "c" (meaning it sounds like a "k").

You'd be surprised what you can learn about a language on a forum.

 

[mondays suck]

I am not going to deny forums are actually my main source of learning English, probably exceeding what school taught me about the language, my earlier posts on PC consisted of only some really basic vocabulary and by now, while I am still far, far away from perfection and have to look up words in dictionaries once in a while and might get into trouble with less common idioms or use some plain old weird grammar, I think I can hold my own in a written conversation.
Just the pronunciation thing is astonishing me.

 

[donavannj]

Well, considering an English language forum is filled with native-speakers, there's bound to be someone who knows how to say it right.

 

[WriteThemWrong]

The rules of English keeps changing thanks to people on the interwebz and texterz. One day communication will boil down emoticons and abbreviations. Books will be less than 140 characters. And the exclamation point will be required at the end of every sentence.