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Nobody is getting into these shorts
azukipie says...I find this incredibly offensive and scary. I don't know if I was more angry when I thought it was a parody gone too far or when I realized it was real.
ChaosEngine
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azukipie says...Good points all around. I agree it's simplified but as a professional who deals with languages all day long it is interesting to see what languages/cultures excel at learning English and others don't. I linked the Wall Street Journal article and they go more in depth into some of these ideas unrelated to money that you might find interesting. I don't put all my stock into this idea but I truly do feel that your language can shape your perception and understanding of the world.
And yet NZ speaks predominantly english and was the first to give women the vote. Granted, the personal pronoun in Te Reo (the Maori language) is gender neutral, but I don't think Maori language or culture was given much respect in 1893.
It's an interesting idea, but I'm skeptical.
My main issue is that the results will be skewed by english. English is a "futured" language and is the main language spoken in the US, UK, Australia, Canada and NZ (among others). All these countries have a common cultural root and tend to save less.
I would like to have seen more analysis broken down by culture and language. Ok, english speakers save less. got that. What about Germans or French (both "futured" languages)?
Two brothers make awesome best man video
azukipie says...Upon viewing this I had to immediately write my brother and apologize for my EPIC failure at his wedding in comparison. AMAZING!
Tears in Space
azukipie says...Gives whole new meaning to the phrase, "bawling." (Come on SOMEONE had to do it!)
Native American Confronts Protesters on Illegal Immigration
azukipie says...I love the silence at the end. There is NOTHING you can say after confronted with that sort of reality.
Neil Tyson on What NASA Means to America's Future
azukipie says...I just found this today! LOVE IT. Thanks for posting it here.
Siri vs Japanese English (or why pronunciation is important)
azukipie says...>> ^garmachi:
Hopefully there's someone of Japanese/Chinese/some other Asian descent who can answer this for me.
Why is it that I can pronounce "walk", "wok" AND "werrrrrrk", yet this guy can't? I also hope no one thinks I'm racist, I'm just ignorant.
I posted this because I am an ESL teacher, and speak Japanese and I run across this everyday! So I think your comment IS justified. To give you some perspective, in Japanese they only have 5 vowel sounds. In American English is have 15 and that is NOT including all the diphthongs (double vowel) sounds. We use more of our mouth speaking English than almost ANY other language and therefore Japanese just DON'T have the muscles to create a difference between walk, wok and work without YEARS of practice. Japanese also don't have any /r/ sound that isn't followed by a vowel so saying an /r/ between /wa/ and /ku/ is totally foreign for them. Hope that helps!
What you ought to know about oxymorons
azukipie says...This is awesome indeed. But don't bad mouth puns my man!
Ha ha ha ha
azukipie says...That made my day! Ha ha ha.
St John's, Newfoundland, in tilt-shift timelapse
azukipie says...I love how artificial this all looks. Beautiful!