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ccunning

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  • Multiliguists of Lemmy - When speaking Language A and using a word from Language B how do you decide which pronunciation to use?

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  • That’s a great way to put it, though sometimes I run into situations where I know some of my audience will understand language A and not B and some will understand B but not A.

    I always end up just freezing; it’s like my brain is rebooting or something.

  • Multiliguists of Lemmy - When speaking Language A and using a word from Language B how do you decide which pronunciation to use?

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  • “Trainer” probably would work just fine in US English but I can see what it wouldn’t with British English. Of course that only makes things more complicated…

    “Handy” definitely does not work in U.S. English especially using it as a noun

  • Multiliguists of Lemmy - When speaking Language A and using a word from Language B how do you decide which pronunciation to use?

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  • I don’t even know how coupé is pronounced in French…

    I have a guess but those are usually way off when it comes to French pronunciations

  • Multiliguists of Lemmy - When speaking Language A and using a word from Language B how do you decide which pronunciation to use?

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  • If you ask a Japanese person if they own a "computer" they will not understand. You have to call it a "con-puuu-ta" or even "pa-so-con" which is personal computer.

    In Thai it’s just ‘com’.

    If you’re ready for the bill at a restaurant it’s ’check bin’ which for some reason is ‘check’ and ‘bill’ combined. When I first learned this people were confused why I didn’t already know it, “but it’s English?!”

  • Multiliguists of Lemmy - When speaking Language A and using a word from Language B how do you decide which pronunciation to use?

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  • Definitely serious. Loanwords fall all across the spectrum regarding how much they’re integrated from their source language into the “local” language and most folks don’t know or care about word etymologies enough to even consider it. If you’re not native there’s a good chance you’re mispronouncing loanwords even when you’re trying to use their native pronunciation.

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    Zackery?

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  • You don’t know. You weren’t there. There was probably a sign saying “First Class” with an arrow pointing up the ladder to the roof.

  • YouTube will start using AI to guess your age.

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  • Is this why Google sent me an email saying they changed my settings and I can scan in my ID if I want to change them back?

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  • The average person isn't allowed to leave the country.

    Allowed to or able to? That’s surprising to hear. I didn’t know that was a thing countries did to their citizens (except maybe North Korea?)

  • USUAL in your country but NOT anywhere else.

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  • Civilians openly carrying handguns

  • Brendan Carr Plans to Keep Going After the Media

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  • Driven by the belief that liberal tech and media companies have unfairly silenced viewpoints on the right, Mr. Carr is working to transform the F.C.C. from a once sleepy agency best known for licensing local TV stations and expanding 5G cellular networks into a protector of conservative speech.

    If he were protecting conservative speech as opposed to silencing liberal speech we’d be having a whole different discussion

  • Jimmy Kimmel's show is returning to ABC on Tuesday, but not all stations will air it

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  • Probably. I still don’t want to give their advertisers money.

  • Jimmy Kimmel's show is returning to ABC on Tuesday, but not all stations will air it

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  • Don’t worry - I’m not paying for it.

  • Jimmy Kimmel's show is returning to ABC on Tuesday, but not all stations will air it

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  • Sinclair runs our local ABC station

    Same - seriously considering buying an antenna this afternoon so I can see which advertisers I need to boycott and let know Sinclair is bad for business.

  • She tried to claw me for using my computer

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  • That’s what you get for putting a computer in her bed…

  • TIL that the Mar-a-Lago face is a thing

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  • “This is exactly what the fuck I wanted to see”

  • TIL that the Mar-a-Lago face is a thing

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  • That article needs more before-and-after photos

  • What is happening in the UK with respect to Palistine?

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  • That makes some sense. It kinda takes the bite out of that Banksy piece…

  • Can you please draw a bicycle from memory (no looking/cheating)?

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  • They didn’t ban me; I banned them…