I think I just suck at all pronounciation in general. My Welsh friend laughed like a drain whenever I tried to say Llanelli--which is where he is from. It apparently has a "th" sound in there somewhere but I'm damned if I can find it.
Mal: Then I call it a win. What's the problem? Inara: Should I start with the part where you're stranded in the middle of nowhere, or the part where you have no clothes?
'Trash'
Natter 39 and Holding
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cashmere - Sep 23, 2005 4:38:19 pm PDT #563 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
tommyrot - Sep 23, 2005 4:42:41 pm PDT #564 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Somewhere I heard an explanation on how to pronounce several different languages by varying the amount of phlegm in the back of one's throat....
sarameg - Sep 23, 2005 4:43:46 pm PDT #565 of 10002
Some intonations/accents I can do. Heck, I fooled a german 3 years after I last was fluent (got outed when I started using czech and then swearing in english.) I'm told my spanish and french accents were passable when I spoke them regularly around native speakers.
Of course, I can also sound whatever variety of southern or midwestern if I'm around those speakers long enough. Less talent, more impressionable.
amych - Sep 23, 2005 5:20:00 pm PDT #566 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
My AC just died. I resent that it should even matter at this time of the year.
Lee - Sep 23, 2005 5:32:48 pm PDT #567 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Bon Bon, that sounds great.
Plei, something got here, but the post office wouldn't leave it, so I have to go get it tomorrow morning.
That sucks, amych.
Kristen, did you get your shirt?
§ ita § - Sep 23, 2005 5:34:45 pm PDT #568 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Stopped by krav, realised I was having difficulty keeping my eyes open, picked up some paperwork, came home.
The Post Office isn't really delivering my mail. I had it put on hold from the 9th to the 17th, and I've gotten mail only one day this week. Which means a visit to their lovely offices tomorrow.
Kristen - Sep 23, 2005 5:48:03 pm PDT #569 of 10002
Sadly, no, Perkins. They were going to get it, in between the movie and the party, but then we all got herded and there was no chance. They said they would mail it to me today on their way out of town so I'll probably get it tomorrow.
Strega - Sep 23, 2005 5:50:04 pm PDT #570 of 10002
My Welsh friend laughed like a drain whenever I tried to say Llanelli--which is where he is from. It apparently has a "th" sound in there somewhere but I'm damned if I can find it.
I think that with Welsh, you make the double-L sound by sort of putting the tip of your tongue against the roof of your mouth and blowing as you make the L sound. Which would sound kind of like a "th".
But this is a dim memory from The Dark is Rising, and my memory sometimes lies to me.
Lee - Sep 23, 2005 5:50:41 pm PDT #571 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Oh well. I'm sure you will have it soon.
Kristen - Sep 23, 2005 5:54:40 pm PDT #572 of 10002
It was probably all for the best. Trying to keep track of my drink, my smoke and my food all at once was bad enough. I think had I added a prezzie into the mix, something would have been lost. Or possibly set on fire.
And I completely forgot to set my DVR last night. I need to hunt down season premieres now.