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WCDT Strips 3766 - 3770 (18th-22nd June 2018)
SmilingCat:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 20 Jun 2018, 08:49 ---What you get in HS classes is often more than a little removed from how the language is actually spoken "in the wild." Even more so if the country has distinct regions and mass communications are a relatively new thing. There's nothing like taking classes in the local language from an instructor who teaches a very refined, formal version, then going out and speaking to locals who crack up at how archaic you sound.
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According to my teacher, during his first trip to Japan a few of the locals he spoke to assumed he was gay. His very formal school-taught way of speaking sounded "feminine" to them.
keithcurtis:
--- Quote from: SmilingCat on 20 Jun 2018, 15:52 ---
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 20 Jun 2018, 08:49 ---What you get in HS classes is often more than a little removed from how the language is actually spoken "in the wild." Even more so if the country has distinct regions and mass communications are a relatively new thing. There's nothing like taking classes in the local language from an instructor who teaches a very refined, formal version, then going out and speaking to locals who crack up at how archaic you sound.
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According to my teacher, during his first trip to Japan a few of the locals he spoke to assumed he was gay. His very formal school-taught way of speaking sounded "feminine" to them.
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My friend who emigrated to Iceland said he had the same experience. Of course, while he was there, he did discover that he was gay...
fayelovesbubbles:
Icelandic guys ARE pretty hot.
Undrneath:
But the bird is not my son.
SpanielBear:
Of this shit, May has had sufficient.
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