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 Jul 30 2008, 11:15 AM
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I sometimes hesitate to go out with non-Americans because I'm not so great at deciphering foreign accents.
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Jul 30 2008, 11:16 AM
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 Now A Genome Sequencer Group: Members Posts: 13,052 Joined: 23-May 05 From: Tipah Sirucha Member No.: 1,516 |
QUOTE (Goldfish @ Jul 30 2008, 12:15 PM)  I am sometimes hesitate to go out with non-Americans because I'm not so great at deciphering foreign accents. Whats the worst that can happen? You think your date says a different word than the word s/he intended? So? 9 -------------------- "Eat. Spit. Be Happy." -Davids
"Who is wise? he who can learn from every man. can be applied here, getting 'inspiration' from a one eyed whacko." - soapmaker " He who stands on toilet is high on pot" -Confucius " When life gives you lemons make lemonade..... but if life gives you a handful of cr@p, dont try making anything out of it, trust me on that one. -Dahlai Lama " I love Jews." -Somebody must have said it, somewhere "A good friend will come and bail you out of jail................. but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying "d@mn that was fun". Make aliyah, or aliyah will make you. OFF SAVING THE WORLD |
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Jul 30 2008, 11:18 AM
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QUOTE (doodlehead @ Jul 30 2008, 12:16 PM) Whats the worst that can happen? You think your date says a different word than the word s/he intended? So? Once I went out with a foreign guy and at one point I literally spent five minutes trying to figure out what he was saying. It was like a game of Password or something. At other points in the date I found myself just nodding and agreeing even though I didn't have a clue as to what he was saying and it was just too much effort to keep asking him to repeat himself. |
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Jul 30 2008, 11:22 AM
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Now A Genome Sequencer Group: Members Posts: 13,052 Joined: 23-May 05 From: Tipah Sirucha Member No.: 1,516 |
QUOTE (Goldfish @ Jul 30 2008, 12:18 PM) Once I went out with a foreign guy and at one point I literally spent five minutes trying to figure out what he was saying. It was like a game of Password or something. At other points in the date I found myself just nodding and agreeing even though I didn't have a clue as to what he was saying and it was just too much effort to keep asking him to repeat himself. Sounds pretty rough.  9 -------------------- "Eat. Spit. Be Happy." -Davids
"Who is wise? he who can learn from every man. can be applied here, getting 'inspiration' from a one eyed whacko." - soapmaker " He who stands on toilet is high on pot" -Confucius " When life gives you lemons make lemonade..... but if life gives you a handful of cr@p, dont try making anything out of it, trust me on that one. -Dahlai Lama " I love Jews." -Somebody must have said it, somewhere "A good friend will come and bail you out of jail................. but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying "d@mn that was fun". Make aliyah, or aliyah will make you. OFF SAVING THE WORLD |
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Jul 30 2008, 11:24 AM
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QUOTE (Goldfish @ Jul 30 2008, 12:18 PM) Once I went out with a foreign guy and at one point I literally spent five minutes trying to figure out what he was saying. It was like a game of password or something.  That reminds me of a woman I once worked with who wasn't even foreign but was from Detroit and I guess had a particularly strong accent. Every now and then she'd say a word that would leave me completely stumped and exactly like you said, it was like playing a game of password. The funny thing is, I've met lots of other people from Detroit and never had a hard time understanding them.As for dating and foreign accents, depending on the accent they can be pretty sexy. I love Aussie and Kiwi accents. 
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Jul 30 2008, 11:24 AM
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QUOTE (doodlehead @ Jul 30 2008, 12:22 PM) Sounds pretty rough. Oh, sure. This should be my worst problem. |
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Jul 30 2008, 11:25 AM
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Now A Genome Sequencer Group: Members Posts: 13,052 Joined: 23-May 05 From: Tipah Sirucha Member No.: 1,516 |
-------------------- "Eat. Spit. Be Happy." -Davids
"Who is wise? he who can learn from every man. can be applied here, getting 'inspiration' from a one eyed whacko." - soapmaker " He who stands on toilet is high on pot" -Confucius " When life gives you lemons make lemonade..... but if life gives you a handful of cr@p, dont try making anything out of it, trust me on that one. -Dahlai Lama " I love Jews." -Somebody must have said it, somewhere "A good friend will come and bail you out of jail................. but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying "d@mn that was fun". Make aliyah, or aliyah will make you. OFF SAVING THE WORLD |
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Jul 30 2008, 11:27 AM
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QUOTE (Rachel @ Jul 30 2008, 12:24 PM) That reminds me of a woman I once worked with who wasn't even foreign but was from Detroit and I guess had a particularly strong accent. Every now and then she'd say a word that would leave me completely stumped and exactly like you said, it was like playing a game of password. The funny thing is, I've met lots of other people from Detroit and never had a hard time understanding them.By foreign, don't I really mean "anyone not from Brooklyn"?  QUOTE As for dating and foreign accents, depending on the accent they can be pretty sexy. I love Aussie and Kiwi accents. Me too. |
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Jul 30 2008, 11:34 AM
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QUOTE (Goldfish @ Jul 30 2008, 12:27 PM) By foreign, don't I really mean "anyone not from Brooklyn"? Yeah, silly me, I should have realized that! 
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Jul 30 2008, 11:42 AM
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French.
 most accents lend an air of romance, mystery and intrigue if not so thick as to not understand. that would be a headache, indeed. unless, you just smiled a lot. -------------------- |
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Jul 30 2008, 11:46 AM
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QUOTE (Rachel @ Jul 30 2008, 12:34 PM) Yeah, silly me, I should have realized that! Maybe not, because you know Canadians talk just like Americans, except for "aboot."  QUOTE (Ahavati @ Jul 30 2008, 12:42 PM) most accents lend an air of romance, mystery and intrigue if not so thick as to not understand. that would be a headache, indeed. unless, you just smiled a lot. Right. If it were casual dating it really wouldn't matter if I didn't always understand the guy. |
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Jul 30 2008, 11:48 AM
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QUOTE (Goldfish @ Jul 30 2008, 12:15 PM) I sometimes hesitate to go out with non-Americans because I'm not so great at deciphering foreign accents. DiscussTM Someone recently told me I have a real New York accent. Problem is, I can't hear it. I sound normal, everyone else has an accent. (and it's aggravated by my inability to place the correct stress in the word "accent") -------------------- "If they would allow one dead soul to visit an assembly of philosophers, that would be the end of all their teachings."
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Jul 30 2008, 11:51 AM
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QUOTE (Goldfish @ Jul 30 2008, 04:15 AM) I sometimes hesitate to go out with non-Americans because I'm not so great at deciphering foreign accents. DiscussTM Worse yet, they might return home. -------------------- "Shake off all the fears and servile prejudices under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear." --Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr, 1787
http://www.youtube.com/user/patcondell?ob=1 Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.---Norman Mailer |
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Jul 30 2008, 11:52 AM
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QUOTE (Goldfish @ Jul 30 2008, 12:46 PM) Maybe not, because you know Canadians talk just like Americans, except for "aboot." We may sound like some Americans, but I can assure you that we don't sound like we're from Brooklyn. And FTR, I don't say "aboot"! :
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Jul 30 2008, 11:52 AM
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QUOTE (RebPropagandist @ Jul 30 2008, 12:51 PM) Worse yet, they might return home. Ha, right. Once I actually asked if he was legally in this country. |
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Jul 30 2008, 11:53 AM
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QUOTE (Rachel @ Jul 30 2008, 04:52 AM) We may sound like some Americans, but I can assure you that we don't sound like we're from Brooklyn. And FTR, I don't say "aboot"! :Most Americans don't sound like they're from Brooklyn. QUOTE (Goldfish @ Jul 30 2008, 04:52 AM) Ha, right. Once I actually asked if he was legally in this country. Did he say, not yet? 
-------------------- "Shake off all the fears and servile prejudices under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear." --Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr, 1787
http://www.youtube.com/user/patcondell?ob=1 Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.---Norman Mailer |