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Brynne:
Quote from: Liss on 2005 August 16, 21:00:06
But when I'm typing on the net I do have a tendency to not use capital letters. LOL
Did you intentionally capitalize LOL? :D
ZephyrZodiac:
I think the German that is spoken in the North near the border with Holland is very similar in sound to Dutch, it's the spelling which differs and makes the two languages appear more different than they actually are. The majority of words are the same, it's just the slight differences in vowel sounds make them seem different. Since I would have said that German vowel sounds have greater similarity with English ones than do Dutch vowels, I find it hard to understand the logic of the idea that Dutch is a "stepping-stone" to English.
Danni:
Quote from: ZephyrZodiac on 2005 August 16, 23:23:47
On the other hand, I have great difficulty understanding Geordies (from the Newcastle-on-Tyne area of England)! I think sometimes it's easier to make allowances for vowel-shifts in a foreign language than it is in your own - it's the consonants you are listening for!
I completely understand you there! I'm a Scouser (from Liverpool, England), and moved up near Newcastle-upon-Tyne just under three years ago. I'm better at understanding Geordies now, but when I first moved up I had to ask my boyfriend to translate! I don't have much of an accent, something that I used to get bullied for in school.
Kochanski:
Quote from: Danni on 2005 August 17, 09:41:33
Quote from: ZephyrZodiac on 2005 August 16, 23:23:47
On the other hand, I have great difficulty understanding Geordies (from the Newcastle-on-Tyne area of England)! I think sometimes it's easier to make allowances for vowel-shifts in a foreign language than it is in your own - it's the consonants you are listening for!
I completely understand you there! I'm a Scouser (from Liverpool, England), and moved up near Newcastle-upon-Tyne just under three years ago. I'm better at understanding Geordies now, but when I first moved up I had to ask my boyfriend to translate! I don't have much of an accent, something that I used to get bullied for in school.
I don't have too much trouble with Geordie any more (I'm a southerner who moved to the North East 15 years ago). I find the Scots accent the hardest to understand especially when they talk fast.
ZephyrZodiac:
After 15 years, I'm not surprised you no longer have problems with Geordie! It's probably more familiar to you now than broad cockney! But I'll bet you this, local people immediately recognise you for a southerner, but whn you visit friends or family down south, they laugh at your Geordie accent!
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