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Offline ironypills

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Re: English for non-English-speaking folks
« Reply #15 on: July 16, 2007, 12:05:30 am »
Oh my!

It's amazing how words I can't understand or begin to pronounce affect me.
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Re: English for non-English-speaking folks
« Reply #16 on: July 16, 2007, 08:31:25 am »
Quote from: galantee on July 15, 2007, 11:37:53 am
Ha merci, 'k hoor da wel meer, dus, misschien as 'k een poging tot gestandaardiseerd Vlaams doe (aloewel da nie bestaat), da ge mij dan gelooft? :P

Translation: "Oh thanks, I hear that (= "galantee, I don't believe you. English is so your mothertongue.") a lot, so, maybe if I make an attempt at standardized Flemish (although that doesn't exist), that you then believe me?"

English and Dutch/Flemish are actually remarkably alike, come to think of it.
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Re: English for non-English-speaking folks
« Reply #17 on: July 16, 2007, 10:25:39 pm »
He's lying!

It's highly offensive!

THIS THREAD IS FULL OF LIES.
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Re: English for non-English-speaking folks
« Reply #18 on: July 16, 2007, 11:23:29 pm »
Quote from: galantee on July 16, 2007, 08:31:25 am
Quote from: galantee on July 15, 2007, 11:37:53 am
Ha merci, 'k hoor da wel meer, dus, misschien as 'k een poging tot gestandaardiseerd Vlaams doe (aloewel da nie bestaat), da ge mij dan gelooft? :P

Translation: "Oh thanks, I hear that (= "galantee, I don't believe you. English is so your mothertongue.") a lot, so, maybe if I make an attempt at standardized Flemish (although that doesn't exist), that you then believe me?"

English and Dutch/Flemish are actually remarkably alike, come to think of it.

I'll believe you if you write it out phonetically!
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Re: English for non-English-speaking folks
« Reply #19 on: July 17, 2007, 08:34:58 am »
Zucht.
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“Club? What club is that?”
“The International Brotherhood of Lost Dogs. What else? We're letting you in as a certified, card-carrying member. Serial number zero zero zero zero.”
“I thought that was your number.”
“It is. But it's your number too. That's one of the beauties of the Brotherhood. Everyone who joins gets the same number.”

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Re: English for non-English-speaking folks
« Reply #20 on: July 17, 2007, 01:45:07 pm »
hmph.
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Re: English for non-English-speaking folks
« Reply #21 on: July 20, 2007, 01:45:56 am »
I speak Spanish.


Seriously.


No, seriously.
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Re: English for non-English-speaking folks
« Reply #22 on: August 04, 2007, 06:35:27 pm »
I speak leet.

I'm so cool.
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Re: English for non-English-speaking folks
« Reply #23 on: August 10, 2007, 10:28:25 pm »
You do not.
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Re: English for non-English-speaking folks
« Reply #24 on: August 25, 2007, 01:13:57 pm »
0h d0n'7 1?
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Re: English for non-English-speaking folks
« Reply #25 on: August 25, 2007, 07:51:28 pm »
hah. i take latin. which only like a dozen people in the world speak. huzzah, huzzah.
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Re: English for non-English-speaking folks
« Reply #26 on: March 25, 2009, 04:38:38 pm »
My issue with being French is that I am overly formal with my English. So, when I write, I actually write everything formally, then determine where each speaker is from and alter the language from that point on. It sounds backwards, but that is seriously the only way I can work.

I also enlist people to ensure that everything I write makes sense. I once used Barbu in a sentence that made no sense in english at all. Haha.

Also, necro-thread. BAM
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