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| prezbucky wrote: |
| yah (standard Wisconsinese form of "yes" -- the German "jah") |
They mainly say "yah" in Minnesoooota and the Dakotas, don' cha knoow. |
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| #18 (permalink) Sat Nov 10, 2007 16:42 pm Your accent |
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| What's a surfer accent? Is it an accent where people say 'Dude' all the time? I think it's adorable. I can never say 'dude' without sounding weird. |
Watch the Disney cartoon Mulan, and listen to the prince that Mulan falls in love with. The actor has a really heavy California beach boy accent. Imagine how startling it is for the rest of us Americans to see a dignified prince of ancient China open his mouth and talk like a surfer dude! It wasn't meant to be funny, either, so it's a classic case of bad casting. |
I have watched this like oh so many times,with my little sisters of course. We can even finish the dialogues. Mushu's especially (the funny looking dragon). He is sooo adorable, did I mention how funny he was?
Anyway, I think Shang was a warrior, was he a prince? Anyway, thanks for the example, now I think I know what a surfer's accent is.
Dude, I even remember what Shang's voice was like. (Sorry, had to try the 'dude' stuffs :wink: ) |
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| #19 (permalink) Sat Nov 10, 2007 17:06 pm Your accent |
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I can understand that, I'm in Japan too and I'll call up someone for business or something and on the phone they'll think I'm japanese then I tell them my name and they suddenly get quiet or the worst they start to speak half japanese and half english thinking it helps.
Yeah, well a surfer accent , we do say dude a lot and stretch out our vowels and there's a lot of surfer slang that other don't use or understand, it doesn't come out so much now unless I get drunk but if your not from the states it can be hard for someone to understand |
Yes, I wonder why they do that.
Anyway, does your nick have anything to do with the Japanese word 'bo-ke'?It reminds me of my best friend, she calls me that because I once forgot my resume while having a job interview. How 'boke' was that? |
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| #20 (permalink) Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:23 am Your accent |
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Yeah that's the "boke" , but to be honest I'm more of a "Tsukomi"
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| #21 (permalink) Mon Nov 12, 2007 16:16 pm Your accent |
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| Yeah that's the "boke" , but to be honest I'm more of a "Tsukomi" |
You mean "tsukkomi", Boke? (Tsukkomareta ne, heh...kidding! I made that up)
To be honest, you sound like both. Kidding again!
Reading your posts, I believe you. |
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| #23 (permalink) Tue Nov 13, 2007 15:56 pm Your accent |
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| I suppose all engineers are :wink: |
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| #24 (permalink) Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:41 am Your accent |
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engineer huh? So whats your story? Another thread you said you were Malaysian?Muslim? Do you have a Japanese parent? Where did you learn english? How about japanese, 1kyuu?
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| #25 (permalink) Sun Nov 18, 2007 15:04 pm Your accent |
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| engineer huh? So whats your story? Another thread you said you were Malaysian?Muslim? Do you have a Japanese parent? Where did you learn english? How about japanese, 1kyuu? |
Wow, for someone who lives in Japan, you sure ask a lot of personal questions :wink: (Am I sounding like a Japanese here? I hope not)
Anyway, I am just a Malaysian working in Japan. Nothing out of the ordinary, no Japanese mother or father.
And I went to a National university, 1級 is a must.
And what's your name Boke?Come on, don't be shy :P |
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| #26 (permalink) Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:31 am Your accent |
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| engineer huh? So whats your story? Another thread you said you were Malaysian?Muslim? Do you have a Japanese parent? Where did you learn english? How about japanese, 1kyuu? |
Wow, for someone who lives in Japan, you sure ask a lot of personal questions :wink: (Am I sounding like a Japanese here? I hope not)
Anyway, I am just a Malaysian working in Japan. Nothing out of the ordinary, no Japanese mother or father.
And I went to a National university, 1級 is a must.
And what's your name Boke?Come on, don't be shy :P |
My name? Tyler Durden
I sell soap
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| #27 (permalink) Mon Nov 19, 2007 13:23 pm Your accent |
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My name? Tyler Durden
I sell soap |
Yeah...and I'm Lara Croft :roll: |
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| #28 (permalink) Wed Nov 21, 2007 20:00 pm Your accent |
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hehe
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Say "yah" to da UP, eh!
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| #30 (permalink) Sun Nov 25, 2007 18:28 pm But 'alors' your are French?! |
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Hi Conchita,
I know that you speak French, German and English in a highly sophisticated way. So I was wondering whether you have an accent in your own language, Spanish. Could your average hometown butcher tell you're from the area?
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