Beware, more musings on Canada and America most likely
4 classes. Today. FOUR. All of us we're tired.
Do you know when my head teacher left school last night?
1 AM.
When did he come to school?
7 AM.
8;D
He's like I WANT SLEEP. SLEEEEEEEEEP.
He works his ass off, he really does. I hope one day it pays off for him but he's a pretty good English teacher, a nice guy, and he does all that is asked of him and more. He never gets to spend time with his wife or three children (his son was born not even 2 months ago). Which, by the way, his wife likes the baby clothes and they fit so I am really glad about that. I would have bought more but 2 pieces seemed like enough to be you know a gift and not a hey I am your friend/family member, let me shower you with things for the baby.
I recorded the speech for Sakata after the last few changes. It's about 4 minutes long when I read it so I hope the boy who will read it can make it last a little longer as the max is 5 minutes - 4:30 would be the best time.
WE HAD KARAAGE AT LUNCH. I WAS STUFFED FULL OF KARAAGE BECAUSE THEY HAD SO MANY EXTRAS. I am going to eat less starting Monday because seriously, too much damn food for lunch! X__x
Matsui continues to be all "Oh Jess, thank you, so sorry about all the work!" At least she is showing appreciation - be it fake or not - for my hard efforts to correct spelling mistakes.
Most commonly misspelled words so far:
BRIDGE
HAMBURGERS
BRAILLE
AMERICA
CANADA
JAPANESE
CHINESE
FRENCHMAN
INTERESTING
STRONGER/STRONGEST
GODZILLA
POPULAR
PEOPLE
THIRTIETH
FORTY
"Hamburgers" has always been tricking for them. I never knew you could spell Canada as "CAND." In most cases, letters are out of order, or r has been replaced with l, d with b, etc.
Cat has been sending me hilarious Hetalia drabbles when I am at work. I am sure it must seem crazy when I am looking at my phone and going "AHAHAHAH! XD" By the way, "Invisible" by Clay Aiken might work well as a Canada song, so you know! (You being Cat.)
So I remembered this conversation I had with Megan:
Meg: *recounting some shitty stuff* SO I AM READY TO KICK SOME ASS AS YOU AMERICANS WOULD SAY.
Jess: YEAH! LET'S KICK SOME ASS!
And I thought you know that really says something about our countries huh? Most Canadians I know are very laid back, and prone to contemplation. If you take that and think of how Canada became it's own nation - by asking politely as some say - then it kind of paints this image of:
Canada: patient country who simply asks for what it wants and gets it with time
America: IMPATIENT, GUNS-A-BLAZING, INDEPENDENCE NOW K THANKS. FUCK YOU AND YOUR TEA!
And when you think back to Meg and I's conversation, it seems it takes a lot more to rile her up than me - I will easily go I'M GONNA KILL THAT SON OF A BITCH while she's more likely to mrrrr well I'll see how it goes...
I'm just thinking on this.
Which then you know leads to thoughts on Hetalia. I wonder if there is an official photo anywhere of America and Canada standing together. Because Canada is technically the bigger country - so his character should be a bit taller, maybe have broader shoulders or a broader chest. If he doesn't, then why? I know his character in the comics is a bit meek, except for when he's telling America how much he SUCKS (for 3 hours at a time), and people don't "notice" him and often mistake him for America-
WHICH IS SO TRUE IN JAPAN THAT IT IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH TEXT BOOKS OKAY. IT IS THE FIRST UNIT. THEY LEARN RIGHT AWAY THAT NO, YOUR ALT IS NOT FROM AMERICA, BUT CANADA, AND THUS ARE GREATLY CONFUSED WHEN THEY ASK YOU, THE REAL ALT, IF YOU ARE FROM AMERICA AND YOU SAY YES. However, I have also seen Japanese people ask Australians if they're from America. I think one told me once she was going to kill someone if she was ever asked that again. I wonder how the ACCENTS go unnoticed, except for when an asshole teacher will tell the English ALT they're saying "water" wrong because it's not "American" English. (It seems we have created a monopoly on Japan. >_> Sorry about that!)
Anyway back to my point - so! Does he like...slouch and hunch over in order to make his brother feel bigger? Because sometimes even I think America is bigger than Canada until I see a map and go "oh yeah hahahaaaaaaaaaa." And you know that America, in Hetalia at least, thinks he's the SHIT, the SNIZZLE FOSCHIZZLE, and TOTALLY AWESOME. So would Canada try to make himself less noticeable for the sake of his brother or so people don't think he's his brother?
Going back to real life, I can't really name differences between Canadian and American pronunciation. Asides from the "aboot" and "eh" thing which is not as wide spread (I think Meg was going to punch me when I said those to her) as people think it is, are there any differences? I'm just curious. We might say "nuclear" differently... I am pretty sure I have gone "Oh! You're from Canada?!" because I totally thought they're from the US. We also all kind of look the same too so it's not like I can look at a Canadian and go "OH YEAH TOTALLY FROM TORONTO MMHMMM" as opposed to say my friend Sietske who looks European. Now I can't tell you what country necessarily, and I certainly can't do that with people from Asia. I rely on the language they speak and their accents to tell where they come from.
I still think polar bears with laser guns would be cool. >___>
I also think Russian accented English is really damn awesome. I need to go watch all of "The Company" because that book was good.
AND I STILL WANT TO BE A DALEK FOR HALLOWEEN. 8[ I AM SURE IT WOULD SCARE SOME OF THE TEACHERS, IF I CAME IN AND WENT "EXTERMINATE, EXTERMINATE! INFERIOR ENGLISH WILL NOT BE TOLERATTEEEDDDDD!" AND THEN WHEN I SEE THE DOCTOR SENSEIS GO "THE DOCTOOORRRRR?! TIME LORDS!!!! KILL THEMMMMM!" The kids probably would be like "wtf is our ALT doing? D= she's in a trash can holding a plunger..."
Um...so yeah. That's all I got to say. XD;
Do you know when my head teacher left school last night?
1 AM.
When did he come to school?
7 AM.
8;D
He's like I WANT SLEEP. SLEEEEEEEEEP.
He works his ass off, he really does. I hope one day it pays off for him but he's a pretty good English teacher, a nice guy, and he does all that is asked of him and more. He never gets to spend time with his wife or three children (his son was born not even 2 months ago). Which, by the way, his wife likes the baby clothes and they fit so I am really glad about that. I would have bought more but 2 pieces seemed like enough to be you know a gift and not a hey I am your friend/family member, let me shower you with things for the baby.
I recorded the speech for Sakata after the last few changes. It's about 4 minutes long when I read it so I hope the boy who will read it can make it last a little longer as the max is 5 minutes - 4:30 would be the best time.
WE HAD KARAAGE AT LUNCH. I WAS STUFFED FULL OF KARAAGE BECAUSE THEY HAD SO MANY EXTRAS. I am going to eat less starting Monday because seriously, too much damn food for lunch! X__x
Matsui continues to be all "Oh Jess, thank you, so sorry about all the work!" At least she is showing appreciation - be it fake or not - for my hard efforts to correct spelling mistakes.
Most commonly misspelled words so far:
BRIDGE
HAMBURGERS
BRAILLE
AMERICA
CANADA
JAPANESE
CHINESE
FRENCHMAN
INTERESTING
STRONGER/STRONGEST
GODZILLA
POPULAR
PEOPLE
THIRTIETH
FORTY
"Hamburgers" has always been tricking for them. I never knew you could spell Canada as "CAND." In most cases, letters are out of order, or r has been replaced with l, d with b, etc.
Cat has been sending me hilarious Hetalia drabbles when I am at work. I am sure it must seem crazy when I am looking at my phone and going "AHAHAHAH! XD" By the way, "Invisible" by Clay Aiken might work well as a Canada song, so you know! (You being Cat.)
So I remembered this conversation I had with Megan:
Meg: *recounting some shitty stuff* SO I AM READY TO KICK SOME ASS AS YOU AMERICANS WOULD SAY.
Jess: YEAH! LET'S KICK SOME ASS!
And I thought you know that really says something about our countries huh? Most Canadians I know are very laid back, and prone to contemplation. If you take that and think of how Canada became it's own nation - by asking politely as some say - then it kind of paints this image of:
Canada: patient country who simply asks for what it wants and gets it with time
America: IMPATIENT, GUNS-A-BLAZING, INDEPENDENCE NOW K THANKS. FUCK YOU AND YOUR TEA!
And when you think back to Meg and I's conversation, it seems it takes a lot more to rile her up than me - I will easily go I'M GONNA KILL THAT SON OF A BITCH while she's more likely to mrrrr well I'll see how it goes...
I'm just thinking on this.
Which then you know leads to thoughts on Hetalia. I wonder if there is an official photo anywhere of America and Canada standing together. Because Canada is technically the bigger country - so his character should be a bit taller, maybe have broader shoulders or a broader chest. If he doesn't, then why? I know his character in the comics is a bit meek, except for when he's telling America how much he SUCKS (for 3 hours at a time), and people don't "notice" him and often mistake him for America-
WHICH IS SO TRUE IN JAPAN THAT IT IS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH TEXT BOOKS OKAY. IT IS THE FIRST UNIT. THEY LEARN RIGHT AWAY THAT NO, YOUR ALT IS NOT FROM AMERICA, BUT CANADA, AND THUS ARE GREATLY CONFUSED WHEN THEY ASK YOU, THE REAL ALT, IF YOU ARE FROM AMERICA AND YOU SAY YES. However, I have also seen Japanese people ask Australians if they're from America. I think one told me once she was going to kill someone if she was ever asked that again. I wonder how the ACCENTS go unnoticed, except for when an asshole teacher will tell the English ALT they're saying "water" wrong because it's not "American" English. (It seems we have created a monopoly on Japan. >_> Sorry about that!)
Anyway back to my point - so! Does he like...slouch and hunch over in order to make his brother feel bigger? Because sometimes even I think America is bigger than Canada until I see a map and go "oh yeah hahahaaaaaaaaaa." And you know that America, in Hetalia at least, thinks he's the SHIT, the SNIZZLE FOSCHIZZLE, and TOTALLY AWESOME. So would Canada try to make himself less noticeable for the sake of his brother or so people don't think he's his brother?
Going back to real life, I can't really name differences between Canadian and American pronunciation. Asides from the "aboot" and "eh" thing which is not as wide spread (I think Meg was going to punch me when I said those to her) as people think it is, are there any differences? I'm just curious. We might say "nuclear" differently... I am pretty sure I have gone "Oh! You're from Canada?!" because I totally thought they're from the US. We also all kind of look the same too so it's not like I can look at a Canadian and go "OH YEAH TOTALLY FROM TORONTO MMHMMM" as opposed to say my friend Sietske who looks European. Now I can't tell you what country necessarily, and I certainly can't do that with people from Asia. I rely on the language they speak and their accents to tell where they come from.
I still think polar bears with laser guns would be cool. >___>
I also think Russian accented English is really damn awesome. I need to go watch all of "The Company" because that book was good.
AND I STILL WANT TO BE A DALEK FOR HALLOWEEN. 8[ I AM SURE IT WOULD SCARE SOME OF THE TEACHERS, IF I CAME IN AND WENT "EXTERMINATE, EXTERMINATE! INFERIOR ENGLISH WILL NOT BE TOLERATTEEEDDDDD!" AND THEN WHEN I SEE THE DOCTOR SENSEIS GO "THE DOCTOOORRRRR?! TIME LORDS!!!! KILL THEMMMMM!" The kids probably would be like "wtf is our ALT doing? D= she's in a trash can holding a plunger..."
Um...so yeah. That's all I got to say. XD;