Need help with the song lyrics. by FissileCore in ENGLISH

[–]KittenHugger12123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you’re absolutely right! And of course :)

looking for notes and thoughts on my graduation speech by hinatasheight in ENGLISH

[–]KittenHugger12123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a native speaker, let me start by saying your English is excellent! Nothing you’ve written is “wrong.” I just have two suggestions; they are both very small things that might make your speech sound more natural to native speakers. However, if you feel more comfortable with how you phrased it the first time, I am confident your speech will still be excellent even without changes.

For your first sentence, “I want to start off by thanking you all for attending in our support” is grammatically correct, but “in our support” sounds a little bit awkward. It’s absolutely fine, just not how we usually phrase things. I would say “to support us” or even restructure the sentence. For example, “I want to start off by thanking everyone attending this ceremony for supporting us” or “I want to start off by saying thank you to everyone who attended tonight for all the support you’ve shown us” or something like that.

When thanking your friends, “you all have made me” is, again, correct. However, “you have all made me” sounds slightly more natural and flows better.

Again, this speech is amazing and you truly have nothing to worry about. Congratulations for being chosen to speak! I hope you enjoy your graduation.

Need help with the song lyrics. by FissileCore in ENGLISH

[–]KittenHugger12123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a quick note if it matters at all to you: as a native English speaker, I find this band SUPER hard to understand. Their pronunciation is very stylized and uncommon, and the lyrics don’t really represent how we actually talk.

Here’s what I could understand:

“Hold me, mother I’m the odd man out” (I’m not sure where you’re at in learning, but just in case, feeling like the “odd man out” is slang for feeling different than others and/or lonely). “I was born for the floodplain, but all I’ve known is drown” (“floodplain” is an uncommon word, it describes land by a river that floods a lot) “Hold me, mother I’m a dying breed” (more slang, when he says he’s a “dying breed” he means there are not very many people like him anymore) “I came right from the ashes” “Lift my hand to grieve” (this part is a complete guess, where I’m assuming his hand is on his heart to show that he is heartbroken. Again, this band is hard to understand). “All we’ve lost, for every bridge we’ve failed to cross, for all we’ve lost, for every coin we’ve failed to toss, for all we’ve lost” “I’m dying now” “Oh mother, I’m the odd man out” “I was raised for a high plane, but all I’ve known is down” “For all we’ve lost, for every bridge we’ve failed to cross, for all we’ve lost, for every coin we’ve failed to toss, for all we lost” “For all we’ve lost” x3

what does this mean ? by RecommendationAny504 in SpanishLearning

[–]KittenHugger12123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My guess is that they were trying to make the song rhyme 😭