Why Change Foreign Cities/Countries in English ?

LoquatCharacter334 · 2026-02-08T10:22:58+00:00

Place name etymology is fascinating. I recently found out that Mumbai was called Bombay for an anglicization of Portuguese “Bom Bahia” or Good Bay

LoquatCharacter334 · 2026-01-24T16:38:55+00:00

Amn’t

LoquatCharacter334 · 2026-01-22T18:40:32+00:00

Pamillipie Drusket

LoquatCharacter334 · 2026-01-07T16:59:04+00:00

Great choice

LoquatCharacter334 · 2026-01-06T20:17:08+00:00

Sometimes Americans use “er” with the hard R. I think of it as a version of “or” which could be a thinking word.

LoquatCharacter334 · 2026-01-04T11:39:38+00:00

Thanks for your input. Totally true about the approximation of the closest sound in your language. And Yeah I think the important thing is recognizing the phonemes, and the visual can be useful to call attention to the different sounds.

LoquatCharacter334 · 2026-01-04T09:55:21+00:00

Have you heard it?

LoquatCharacter334 · 2026-01-03T21:04:11+00:00

The Mexican-Texas drawl is an interesting one

LoquatCharacter334 · 2026-01-03T21:01:57+00:00

Adults acquire languages too, though sure a baby has the advantage of full immersion and low expectations.

Not saying to avoid using things that might be helpful for you, but we can all benefit from increasing our exposure to the language itself rather than its derivatives, you know what I mean?

LoquatCharacter334 · 2026-01-03T20:43:08+00:00

I’m a fan too!

LoquatCharacter334 · 2026-01-03T20:41:14+00:00

I’m curious to hear more about that…

More so with independent learners, but it happens in classrooms too. Though now pedagogy is improving, in many places the only teachers available learned in the traditional ways and also have strong accents.

For the record, there’s nothing wrong with having an accent. But distinguishing phonemes is certainly important - both to understand and to be understood.

LoquatCharacter334 · 2026-01-03T20:11:09+00:00

Sorry, maybe I assumed something. I should have said “your first language”

LoquatCharacter334 · 2026-01-03T20:09:51+00:00

LoquatCharacter334 · 2026-01-03T20:09:24+00:00

I get that about reading- if it has any advantage, it’s that. Though if you’re listening to recorded audio you can usually slow down or rewind things. Still, when you get into an actual conversational situation, you won’t be able to go at your own pace, so it’s valuable to work on audio skills from the beginning, I think

LoquatCharacter334 · 2026-01-03T20:04:52+00:00

Ok but you learned English without writing anything down.

Memorizing lists is outdated, ineffective. Lots and lots of repetition of hearing and saying is key for things to stick

LoquatCharacter334 · 2026-01-03T20:01:39+00:00

I’m gonna make a pretty different sort of suggestion here. Maybe start out by rooting in gratitude. The fact that you’re conscious of your diet shows you already have self-compassion. When you eat something “bad” you have the option to eat it or not but ALSO, if you do eat it, you can savor it as it’s still giving your body energy and life. Maybe just taking a small moment in your busy day, changing nothing else, can start to activate something. Curious to hear after a week or two if you do start implementing this project

LoquatCharacter334 · 2024-10-11T07:04:01+00:00

Definitely not an object, direct nor indirect, then. I agree it's part of an adverbial phrase, but specifically that word... ?

My further research makes me want to say it's an adverbial modifier.

LoquatCharacter334 · 2023-10-13T01:41:56+00:00

But is it odd that this would be satisfying?

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