Separated by a Common Language? - Page 5

monster · 04-13-2010, 08:54 PM

No Shit? :trolleyes:

...the was supposed to be

but I think the typo was Freudian so I'm leaving it.

DanaC · 04-13-2010, 08:57 PM

lol

So basically, the Separated by a Common Language blogger says the same thing I said :P

toranokaze · 04-13-2010, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Out of curiosity, is English your first language, TK? If so, which type?

American English is my first, and only, fluent language. I would like to think I have a regionally ambiguous dialect, although informally I do use some Texas colloquialism, slang, Spanish, and Japaneses peppered into my speech.

monster · 04-13-2010, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by toranokaze

American English is my first, and only, fluent language. I would like to think I have a regionally ambiguous dialect, although informally I do use some Texas colloquialism, slang, Spanish, and Japaneses peppered into my speech.

I think i see the Japanese sometimes, although i'm no expert. Sometimes your structures remind me of my friend's husband -who is Ameican-born Japanese. But then sometimes they remind me of my own drunk typing.... so i could just be full of the usual bull. Your vocab is great though -often makes me smile (in a good way). Vernacular was the word that made me ask here.

monster · 04-13-2010, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

lol

So basically, the Separated by a Common Language blogger says the same thing I said :P

yebbut common language blogger is merkin so it miraculously makes sense when s/he says it....

Cloud · 04-13-2010, 09:33 PM

sorry for posting this in the wrong thread. I didn't collect at first that it was a geographical difference, y'see.

toranokaze · 04-13-2010, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

I think i see the Japanese sometimes, although i'm no expert. Sometimes your structures remind me of my friend's husband -who is Ameican-born Japanese. But then sometimes they remind me of my own drunk typing.... so i could just be full of the usual bull.

I am sure I'm filled to the brim with the usual bull. Much of my sentence structures , expeshaly the less than common ones, comes from literal Spanish translations, British literature( The tragedy of Dr. Faust, John Milton, ect) , and American blank verse poetry.

But I am most influenced by the speech of those around me and the media I consume. For instances if I read a lot of poetry I will speak in verse; After I watched the movie Brick I picked up their speech patterns for about six hours.

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Originally Posted by monster

Your vocab is great though -often makes me smile (in a good way).

I am glad for that.

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Originally Posted by monster

Vernacular was the word that made me ask here.

I am curious here. Is vernacular a British idiom or an Americanism?

I blame this post one Monster

monster · 04-13-2010, 10:38 PM

neither, it's just a damn good word

monster · 04-13-2010, 10:38 PM

...but only tends to be used by language-lovers.

toranokaze · 04-13-2010, 10:54 PM

I must confess to being a linguaphile.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-14-2010, 01:31 AM

Have you tried talcum powder for that?

TheMercenary · 04-14-2010, 07:55 AM

Sounds like a painful rash.

squirell nutkin · 04-14-2010, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by toranokaze

I must confess to being a linguaphile.

I prefer fettucine, but I'll take linguaphile w/o clam sauce.

Shawnee123 · 04-14-2010, 08:12 AM

Do you have to let it lingua, do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it lingua?

TheMercenary · 04-14-2010, 08:52 AM

My wife is reading a book called Birdman by Mo Hayder, I had to send her to this:

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/

04-13-2010, 08:54 PM	#61
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04-13-2010, 09:33 PM	#66
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	sorry for posting this in the wrong thread. I didn't collect at first that it was a geographical difference, y'see. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-13-2010, 10:38 PM	#68
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	neither, it's just a damn good word __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-13-2010, 10:38 PM	#69
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	...but only tends to be used by language-lovers. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	I must confess to being a linguaphile. __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

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TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Sounds like a painful rash.

04-14-2010, 08:12 AM	#74
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Do you have to let it lingua, do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it lingua? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-14-2010, 08:52 AM	#75
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	My wife is reading a book called Birdman by Mo Hayder, I had to send her to this: http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/

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