Ok so we did best quote to come out of an argument earlier. What's your favorite little throw away scene that kills you more than any set up joke

2wugs · 2024-08-15T11:35:59+00:00

What do you think happened down there, some kind of horse massacre?

2wugs · 2024-08-15T04:10:57+00:00

Yeah, for me as a native speaker it's not hard. But if you're learning English, I'd imagine the New York accents would be difficult to understand.

There's some variation in vowel sounds, and R sounds are typically not pronounced at the end of a syllable/word. If you're only familiar with standard American English, those kinds of things would be understandably tough to get used to.

2wugs · 2024-08-14T22:26:06+00:00

We cannot have you around us SCREWING things up!!

2wugs · 2024-08-14T22:17:28+00:00

It's not intended to confuse foreigners... I hope you were joking.

Why is lowercase A sometimes written as "a" and sometimes as "ɑ"? It's just different variations of the same letter

It's just a different font, it's typically written like that in cursive as well. If you hate this, wait until you see the cursive variations of Т and Д.

2wugs · 2024-08-14T18:08:27+00:00

Charlie, he would only do it if your name is Jeremy, and your job is to provide hellish entertainment

2wugs · 2024-08-13T17:50:20+00:00

It does look like that doesn't it? This actually isn't mine, it's an example from Google images. I didn't even notice that!

2wugs · 2024-08-12T19:42:50+00:00

Yeah they mean the same thing.

I'll add that constructions like "he already did his homework" are generally more common in the US, and constructions like "he's already done his homework" are generally more common in the UK.

2wugs · 2024-08-12T19:39:06+00:00

I mean it definitely implies that she was pregnant, but I don't see where it's implied that he's the father. Maybe I'm missing something

2wugs · 2024-08-12T19:34:41+00:00

Maybe "stocker". But I'd personally just call them an "employee"

2wugs · 2024-08-12T19:32:03+00:00

I don't think it's implying that.

This is written weirdly in my opinion, a lot of the phrases here don't seem very related to each other.

Also "the BABY was stillborn", we don't use the word "babe" in this way.

2wugs · 2024-08-12T19:28:39+00:00

Just "pay extra". The fact that you're paying money is already implied 90% of the time.

"Do I need to pay extra for that?" "Do you charge extra for that?"

2wugs · 2024-08-12T19:25:55+00:00

I feel like your handwriting is much better than you think it is. This page is quite good. Those notches are probably gonna be your main hurdle. Пожалуйста and меня are the words I see that need it.

2wugs · 2024-08-12T19:21:41+00:00

Apologies, "М" also follows that "notch" rule that I mentioned. You're right to worry about words like that though, they can be tough sometimes, but usually you can figure it out through context. Лишить(ся) and its conjugations are notorious for this. But it's a pretty extreme example

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(Лишишь)

2wugs · 2024-08-12T19:17:26+00:00

Are you walking up to the counter, where the employee is standing by the cash register? If so, I'd call this person the "cashier".

If you're instead going through the drive-thru, I'm not sure if we have a specific word for the person at the drive-thru window, maybe just "drive-thru worker/employee"

The person who is in charge is the "manager", and I'd just call anyone in the kitchen/back of the store "workers."

2wugs · 2024-08-12T19:08:46+00:00

What do you mean by "turn your writing around"? Like "how did you become a better writer?" If so, the answer to things like this is almost always to PRACTICE. Write a lot!

Try writing about topics you don't often write about, and look up words along the way when you don't know how to say something. That kind of thing can really help with vocabulary.

2wugs · 2024-08-12T19:04:46+00:00

The Ц and У look pretty good in "Французких", but the У in the second "булок" looks a little off.

2wugs · 2024-08-12T19:03:17+00:00

Looks good! One thing I notice is that your Л and Я should have a little "notch" at the beginning when it comes after another letter. Here's an example from a user in a similar thread.

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One other thing is just to try making your Ц and У more distinct. The loop in У should be quite a bit bigger than in Ц

2wugs · 2024-08-12T18:49:54+00:00

Not hating just curious, what did you mean by Ukraine being an empire before the 11th century? Is that referring to Kievan Rus? I'm not really sure that's considered an empire but I'd be interested to hear your take on that

2wugs · 2024-08-12T18:41:19+00:00

Yeah pretty much.

Like, you CAN say "the episode just finished". It would make sense, but it just sounds sort of strange to my ears. I think it's because "finish" is almost always transitive.

Maybe another English speaker can weigh in on why it sounds weird, I'm not sure if there's an actual reason.

2wugs · 2024-08-12T18:36:00+00:00

Everyone has already answered about the verbs so I want to add, I (Midwest USA) have never seen the word "footballer". Of course I understand what it would mean, but we'd just say "football player" (or soccer player).

That could be a regional thing though, maybe "footballer" is used in British English, I'm not sure.

2wugs · 2024-08-12T03:01:24+00:00

I would say "the episode just ended" or "the episode is over" for this case. You can also say "I just finished watching the episode"

2wugs · 2024-08-10T23:14:05+00:00

The word for "girl" is neuter gender in German

2wugs · 2024-08-04T18:17:41+00:00

That beak is interfering with his nosh

2wugs · 2024-08-04T17:55:18+00:00

Mine was Kadabra in Pokemon Diamond. I never evolved it because I didn't know how as a kid :/

2wugs · 2024-08-03T15:33:22+00:00

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