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 #32 (permalink) Wed Mar 18, 2009 13:23 pm Could you understand every word in this video? |
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LOL.
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| #33 (permalink) Wed Mar 18, 2009 13:36 pm Could you understand every word in this video? |
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| English With David wrote: |
In informal speech, yes, "get" is used more often, but I still do hear "understand" at all levels. (Jamie (K)'s post about jokes is a great example.) "Copy" and "10-4" are typically used in very specialized cases, such as in private radio networks, e.g., emergency responders, transportation workers, etc.
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Thank you, David. 
Here's another news regarding financial issue on BBC: US to force AIG to repay bonuses http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7949729.stm
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| #34 (permalink) Wed Mar 18, 2009 13:49 pm open_dictionary_or_come_by_and_vizit_my_city_Starkville_MS_US |
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| English With David wrote: |
| (Remember, all of these people were millionaires until recently, or at least that's what they had thought.) That's why I was initially surprised, but I later figured that it was the level of stress that caused the (slight) lapses. |
David, you should read the book "The Millionaire Next Door". After reading that, I wouldn't be surprised at the way ANY millionaire talks. The book is written by two demographers who were commissioned by a trust company to study the lifestyles and consumption habits of typical American millionaires. The company wanted to know their customers better.
The results of the data they collected and the interviews they conducted showed that the typical American millionaire is a regular guy from a regular family. He wears ordinary clothes and an ordinary watch, drives an ordinary car and lives in an ordinary house. His average grades in school were generally mediocre, and he got so rich by working very hard at a business that he started and owns, and by being very frugal.
The typical American millionaire did not come from a wealthy family (in fact, kids from wealthy families quite often end up squandering the family fortune), but he made all the money himself. He doesn't always have the most elite education, and in fact usually doesn't. |
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| #35 (permalink) Wed Mar 18, 2009 14:15 pm open_dictionary_or_come_by_and_vizit_my_city_Starkville_MS_US |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| English With David wrote: |
| (Remember, all of these people were millionaires until recently, or at least that's what they had thought.) That's why I was initially surprised, but I later figured that it was the level of stress that caused the (slight) lapses. |
David, you should read the book "The Millionaire Next Door". After reading that, I wouldn't be surprised at the way ANY millionaire talks. |
Oh, I understand, and even agree. I was mostly responding to your own statement regarding, "that social class".
In a former life, I actually socialized with quite a number of millionaires, (though I wasn't one myself), and two fractional-billionaires, (i.e., nine-figure net worth), and yes, almost all of them are "normal people", and are generally far more gracious and caring and charitable than one might initially suspect.
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| #36 (permalink) Wed Mar 18, 2009 16:18 pm Could you understand every word in this video? |
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| The funny thing is the way casinos are depicted in the movies. They always show very rich people gambling, but in fact it's the poorest people who gamble the most. |
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