I guess this is a question mostly for the non native speakers in here but everyone is welcome to join in of course. Basically, I learnt all my English starting about 15 years ago by watching TV and reading fanfictions in original language. In Germany everything on TV is dubbed so there isn't that much exposure to the language like in other ( Read more... )

Americans! Do people in your country generally pronounce "pundits" as "pundents"? I ask, because I heard it not once but twice in this video. First at 0.57, the female Trump supporter says it. I dismissed that, because of course anyone can stumble over their words, especially in moments of high excitement (and she seems as if much of her life is ( Read more... )

I recently came across a mention of "kong pao chicken" in something I'm editing, and I can't figure out if it's a typo/misspelling or just another way to transliterate "kung pao chicken." The author is in Australia but I'm supposed to be using British English overall, so I'd appreciate input from Australian and British English speakers. Thanks!

If any of you read Little Details, this is the same story as this postThe character I'm asking about is a recent immigrant from either the UK, Australia, or New Zealand (to be decided later, possibly dependent on casting ( Read more... )

If so, I'd be supremely in your debt if you could give the following passage a run through with a red pen. A bit of background that may help: this takes place in 1889 in the fictional county of Barsetshire. To simplify things, I've decided to represent the rural dialect of said county with that of 19th century Wiltshire ( Read more... )

Hi everyone! So this might be a bit of a fun one. There's also a bit of storytelling so I've put everything under a cut. It's basically about my experience trying to pick up and internalise a new accent.

( Here's the story, and some questions. )

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What's the point in palatalizing velars in terminal position? Did they do that in Gaelic?

So, my friend just linked me to this article, and I'm wondering if I'm the only one who finds this utterly infuriating:

( Americanisms: 50 of your most noted examples )

Oh hey y'all.

I found this interesting article in Scientific American (link!) and had to share. :D It's only three paragraphs long, so I won't bother to copypasta or summarize here.

My thoughts (put under spoiler-tag for incoherent rambling):

[Spoiler (click to open)]* Ofc Spanish is spoken faster than English. Or at least, my dialect is compared to the English spoken ( Read more... )

How do you explain reappropriation of offensive terms within a certain country to non-native speakers?

I have a Scandinavian friend with a strong interest in American hip hop culture and especially music. Some time ago, I realized that she was using and misspelling a reappropriation of the N word in informal contexts. While our conversations are ( Read more... )