I think what many situations like this show, is not how the speaker mispronouncing the words is unable to speak properly in the target language, but rather how the listener is unable to understand and thus shows their lack of international exposure.
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For all my British friends…
I am discovering that I am in love with Buzzfeed, seriously! Take this post for example: “21 Brilliant British People Problems“… if you yourself know a Brit, I surmise you understand! Click here to see the list of awesome British-ness. Update: I missed this list of clips the first time around: “10 Reason’s British ComedyContinue reading “For all my British friends…”
The bottle episode
Spoilers ahead…just in case you haven’t seen all of season 4 of Doctor Who!!!
Creating and Sustaining Family…
American Culture Shock
What is it really like returning to our familiar America after living and experiencing life, and needing to find our own familiarity within a different ‘exotic’ place?
88 books that helped shape America…
The Library of Congress has created a list of 88 books that they feel has shaped America.
New Map…
So, I have come across yet another map dividing the world by country and…wait for it….
If Portland were a person…
If you were to chart Portland, Oregon’s history, as if it were a person would it look something like this?
I am in love with this, just a little bit.
The people over at The Frisky, know what’s up, at least as far as my cultish hometown is concerned.
