Something I've always wanted to do, but never have had the nerve to ask someone to...

[xfer]

...is, you know how when we talk in English and imitate a language we don't know, like French, and put on this French accent and babble nonsense that sounds like French to the non-French-speaker...well, I want a non-English-speaker to babble in American English so I can see what it sounds like to everyone else.

 

[deadair]

that would be interesting...

i'm all for this...

 

[FuSoYa]

actually my friend Peter studied German in Austria for a semester, and when he came back, this very subject came up. He showed me what they do in Austria to imitate English if they don;t know it.. and it's all like rroo eerrooo rreerroo

because English's most unique sound is it's letter r, and that's what most non english speakers notice.

 

[FalseTodd]

Tara says that the Japanese English Imitation sounds like "perda perda perda perda perda".

 

[xfer]

Fascinating. If you hear any more of the subject or (somehow) find an mp3 of someone imitating English, top this thread .

 

[FuSoYa]

is it's letter r

I can't believe i made this typo

 

[xfer]

misplaced apostrophes are my biggest grammar pet peeve

 

[deadair]

Originally posted by FuSoYa
I can't believe i made this typo

toby... if that ever happens again... i'll kill you.

 

[VangelicSurgeon]

he will too, don't let the baby fool ya. he's all business.

 

[chupe666]

Originally posted by xfer
misplaced apostrophes are my biggest grammar pet peeve

Mine too, but don't tell my band. They hate when I bring that up.

 

[deadair]

it's true... the baby is just a front


we had her as a prop.

 

[chupe666]

She's the cutest front I've ever seen.

Did you rent her, or lease?

 

[chupe666]

She's the cutest little front I've ever seen.

Did you rent her, or lease?

 

[deadair]

lease... it's two years 22,000 miles.

 

[chupe666]

Pete & Repete walk into a bar...

2 yrs, not bad. So when you trade her in, can you use her as a downpayment toward a 450-lb Sumo Wrestler who likes to sing Guns N Roses tunes a la Karaoke?

 

[deadair]

that or a 35 year old polish nanny... but, i'm trying to think what i would do with a nanny after i trade in the baby.