ConfusedPossum
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- Comment on It's amazing so many people are able to use English as a second language. 5 months ago:
Lovely. I used to have a Ukrainian coworker and she overhead me use the word 'zoeken' (search) and she thought I was swearing as I didn't pronounce the 'n' strongly
- Comment on It's amazing so many people are able to use English as a second language. 5 months ago:
It's probably because you had a lot of exposure but insufficient engagement. I should probably have mentioned this in my original comment. You kind of developed a one way mastery of the language. Exposure will get you there after you get to a certain level but to get there you need lots of practice
- Comment on It's amazing so many people are able to use English as a second language. 5 months ago:
Actually no, but I'll try as soon as I have the opportunity. Thanks for the advice!
- Comment on It's amazing so many people are able to use English as a second language. 5 months ago:
It's completely unwatchable with voice dubs isn't it? I don't get how anyone puts up with it
I've had family tell me The Emperor's New Groove is actually great with Dutch dubs but the title in Dutch just translates to "Emperor Cuzco". No one is gonna convince me most jokes don't get lost in translation when the first time it happens is in the title!
- Comment on It's amazing so many people are able to use English as a second language. 5 months ago:
The Slavic languages are interesting but I don't know a lot about them. It must be amusing to be aware of the various levels of mutual intelligibility. Do you know any jokes Eastern Europeans make about this among themselves?
- Comment on It's amazing so many people are able to use English as a second language. 5 months ago:
No amount of exceptions and quirks will prevent you from learning any language as long as you have lots and lots of exposure. After your reach a certain base level you just keep improving as you use the language, and even the exceptions start to feel natural.
English is the only language other than my mother tongue I have achieved this level with. I'd like to think at least in writing it's indistinguishable from a native speaker. Theoretically tho German should be easier for me as I'm Dutch. But my German never reached the same level because of the difference in exposure
- Comment on Which one? 5 months ago:
Skip it across a lake
- Comment on Stuck 6 months ago:
Use a fork
- Comment on Anon learns about cars 6 months ago:
Tbh the exhaust pipes on a Spitfire are angled backwards because it actually makes a difference
- Comment on Are you as smart as Ben? 6 months ago:
It seems one needs to raise twins with a healthy dose of individuality or risk them becoming emotionally stunted in their development and being overly dependent on one another. Weirdly, this is the second time I've seen a video of Australian twins who are way too in to it
- Comment on Anon plays GTA V 10 months ago:
Honestly it's not even true. Plenty of missions in GTA V don't require you to shoot anyone or at least it's only part of the mission