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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-02-24 03:21 pm

[ SECRET POST #2245


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Re: Random Linguistic Question

[personal profile] lynx 2013-02-24 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Coo-pon". It's like our "cupón", but accented on the "u".

I'm ESL, from Chile, and my English is a weird mix of accents due to different teachers and self-education >>;;

Re: Random Linguistic Question

(Anonymous) 2013-02-24 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
same here, but Mexico instead of Chile

honestly, I'm still trying to get the hang of the bazillion vowels found in English @_@
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Re: Random Linguistic Question

[personal profile] lynx 2013-02-24 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
*hi5 for Latinamerican ESLs.* Maaaan, the vowels. How come they sound so completely different depending on the word, in Spanish they always (can't remember exceptions) are the same sound for the same letter /)_-

Re: Random Linguistic Question

(Anonymous) 2013-02-25 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
*high fives*

I can't remember any exceptions either, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are any

the worst part is that, in English as second language school lessons, unless the teacher actually speaks English fluently you will never be taught about the changes in vowels (this might be different in actual dedicated language schools, though)

the textbooks we used sometimes mentioned them, but didn't went into much detail and focused more on grammar and orthography than in pronunciation, even the ones with the CDs and stuff

it took me years of watching TV shows and videos and so on to start actually hearing the variations