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I'm now involved in a conspiracy/spam/conspamracy + BONUS POLL: Do I sound South African or English? (pg. 3)
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| fbgdavidson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Acton
It sounds like you've signed up to the Above & Beyond newsletter!
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Nah, he didn't say it arrived by hot air balloon.
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
Do all Brazilians learn to speak English with a British accent? |
Quite remarkable, as a Brit myself!:D |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moongoose
If you dont want the book send it my way, ill be glad to take it off your hands :D |
Do you want it? It's yours if you want :)
| quote: | Originally posted by Konijn
publishers get your name off university course rosters and send you books in the hopes that you'll assign the book in your classes. end-of-the-semester [apr/may and nov/dec] is when the mailbox gets packed w books. |
This is the odd bit: my contract expired in September, and it was dispatched a couple of weeks ago. Moreover, they sent it to a place that has no connection whatsoever to the university :conf:
| quote: | Originally posted by gmilf
Sounds like they are recruiting you to become a ninja. It's not like you can just apply for that job, they find you. The ninja test is likely to follow. I failed the test at the last stage and I'd let you know what to expect except I'm sure they change it for each person. My only bit of advice I can give is "be water my friend, be water." |
Blimey... does that mean I'll have forfeited my chance to be a ninja if I mail it to Moongoose? More importantly, is there some sort of national quota? I don't want to put him in a difficult situation and make him the "extra" ninja in Slovakia that will have to be annihilated!
| quote: | Originally posted by Moongoose
Such fearfull assasin team those two will be when she finaly finishes ninja scool and returns to him. With his pen mightier than a sword, and special linguist powers Marcus will wear down their poor mark, while his fiance swoops fron the shadow to deliver a lethal blow. |
All right, I'm going to become a ninja first and then I'll mail you the book :D
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
That's what you get for threatening to shout "Hadouken", maybe? :nervous: |
Just read Chavez is not coming any more :(
| quote: | Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights
Their site doesn't seem to load for me :conf:
Do you speak French? If they sent you a book in 3 languages, all of which you are competent in, then it seems like they know a bit about you :p
I think you should join. Just run with it and see where it takes you. Maybe you'll find yourself involved in some sort of surreal Murakamian conspiracy. |
OMG, they're spying on me! As for your question, I can pretend to speak French (worked last time I made a connection in Paris and had to blag my way out to Starbucks), but I really wouldn't say I'm competent :D
| quote: | Originally posted by Miss Pie
Well, obviously, the only way to find out is to read that book. Then report back here. |
I just read the first page and it's too boring :(
| quote: | Originally posted by [N]ûk|êû[Z]
also.. you sound more english than me, i had no idea what your voice would sound like but i wholeheartedly thought there would be some seriously thick spanish vibes going on there |
Haha, thanks, but I can't sound more English than you :D
I mean, I know I sound like a foreigner who perhaps has lived in England for a few years and learnt the mannerism - but I definitely must sound like a foreigner :p
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
Do all Brazilians learn to speak English with a British accent? |
No, most Brazilians learn to speak General American. Though I did study for six months in a school funded by the British Council (where, oddly enough, most students still sound American), that's not how I got my accent.
Here's what happened:
I grew up watching British series (some of them were good, such as "Men Behaving Badly" and some were really awful, such as "As If" from which I got my first user name) and, when I first opened a phonology book in my late teens, I realised my teachers had taught me a very "Brasilianised" English (/bed/ and /bad/ sounded the same, and so did /few/ and /feel/). So I decided to re-learn the pronunciation and pay more attention to the stuff I already used to watch.
The truth is, I'm still not satisfied with my current pronunciation and even feel embarrassed to speak English in public (unless there's a humorous purpose, reason why I posted this video and the other one when I was drunk). But, thanks to comments like the ones in this thread, I'm becoming more confident about my Mockney* :p
*Lews says it sounds South African rather than English, so I still don't know what exactly my accent is supposed to be from, heh.
| quote: | Originally posted by fbgdavidson
Nah, he didn't say it arrived by hot air balloon. |
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| quote: | Originally posted by fbgdavidson
Quite remarkable, as a Brit myself!:D |
Thanks :)
| quote: | Originally posted by VDub
Lira is a dude?!?! |
I know my philosophising can be a bit feminine, and most linguists are women anyway, but my several posts about big titty bitches never made you think otherwise!? :p |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by [N]ûk|êû[Z]
this!
also.. you sound more english than me, i had no idea what your voice would sound like but i wholeheartedly thought there would be some seriously thick spanish vibes going on there |
Portuguese. They speak Portuguese in Brazil; Lira was just too polite to correct you.
Lira, I think the obvious answer to all this is that you've somehow fallen into a Murakami story. You're only stuck in the first chapter now. Hold on, 'cus 's about to get bizarre. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| He doesn't sound English, he sounds Afrikaaner. |
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| Lira |
That's why I mentioned Lews - I remember you guys had come to the conclusion that I sound South African :p
I edited the title so we can settle this once and for all :D
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
Portuguese. They speak Portuguese in Brazil; Lira was just too polite to correct you. |
Actually, I imagine both languages sound very similar to people who don't speak them (though I believe Portuguese sounds more like Russian than like any other Romance language :p), so I kind of knew what he meant :)
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
Lira, I think the obvious answer to all this is that you've somehow fallen into a Murakami story. You're only stuck in the first chapter now. Hold on, 'cus 's about to get bizarre. |
Jesus Christ, what happens now!? |
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| Meat187 |
Looks a bit like the trailer to Cloverfield 2. :o
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| quote: | | they used my full name, which is kind of a secret |
| quote: | | Hi, my name is Marcus Lira... |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187
Looks a bit like the trailer to Cloverfield 2. :o
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My full name is not Marcus Lira :p
I've got two surnames (as usual in Brazil) and two forenames. |
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| Meat187 |
Yeah, I figured something like that.
Should I ever manage to obtain it you'll also get unwanted mail from the German society of beard shaving and getting a haircut. :p |
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| Lira |
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| gmilf |
| You've got the international American accent, or at least that's what it made me think of when I heard your voice. It's the accent people get when they learn to speak the American dialect and then they travel a ton, where they never actually communicate with other Americans. When you take away the A's its the typical mid-west "non-dialect" speech style. I say this because my English friends have analyzed my speech and how it quickly changes once I get out of America for more than a couple weeks, and if I get drunk with them it totally reverts back to how I talked the majority of my life which is very similar to that. I'm a little harsher on the r's and t's though but that's just the fighter within. ;) |
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| Kaidreas |
| maybe you're being followed!:nervous: or your house 'buged' :D check your phone and look out the window if you see a cableguy-van or something suspicious! |
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