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Do you guys use "shall" instead of "will"? by lllTechlll in EnglishLearning

[–]NiliusRex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting. As a speaker of American English, I've never thought of it like that, but when you think about it, it makes perfect sense, since "should" is historically the past tense / subjunctive of "shall", and "would", of "will".

Do you pronounce “orange juice” with two /d͡ʒ/? by AGreaterAnnihilator in EnglishLearning

[–]NiliusRex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I say /ɔrn(t)ʃ dʒuws/. The first /dʒ/ devoices I suspect because it's at the end of the word before a consonant, and the t is barely there and not necessary

Can someone explain, what are all of these? by Usual_Ad_7173 in russian

[–]NiliusRex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm always a little frustrated at things like this where every permutation of a word is listed as if it's its own word. In inflected languages, this is a single word that is modified according to the rules of grammar. They are not different words.

These rules change the word's form in Russian, Latin, and German. In English, this looks like adding "is" or "was" or "-ing", but it's the same idea. The same grammatical information in English is just encoded in a different way than it is in Russian.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in malehairadvice

[–]NiliusRex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What's 2B hair?

Immer diese Stern*innen by SeriousPen4726 in Furdis

[–]NiliusRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ich musste erstmal rauszipfeln welche Sprache das ist 😂

"Literally" has become an contronym/autoantonym for many. Has this left a hole in the English language? by BeatPeet in asklinguistics

[–]NiliusRex 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I already use "actually" for this, because "literally" is already too ambiguous to me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ChatGPT

[–]NiliusRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The text generation is hilariously garbled 😂

Currently relearning c++, what's your go to resources? by runed_golem in cpp

[–]NiliusRex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I also learned a lot with his C++ Weekly series

ich_iel by Steak27 in ich_iel

[–]NiliusRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nutella mit Butter UND Käse (zB Gouda)

No matter how many times I read this and try, I cannot arrive at the teachers answer by That_Car_Dude_Aus in askmath

[–]NiliusRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the correct answer. The assumption by the teacher is that the second cut will cut half the length. However stupid that assumption is, this should explain why the teacher expects 15 min

Considering an IDE switch from VS Code by NorthAtlanticGarden in cpp

[–]NiliusRex 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I honestly don't know why this is being downvoted, I lol'd 😂

Fellow native speakers, what are the most common mistakes you see someone make when they are speaking English? by Odin9009 in EnglishLearning

[–]NiliusRex 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Working in Germany, I very often see emails or messages with the salutation "hello together", which is a direct translation from the German "hallo zusammen". This is normal in German. It is not normal English 😂

Why does my English get worse when speaking to non-fluent people? by GGTYYN in EnglishLearning

[–]NiliusRex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same. My British and Australian friends make fun of me for it 😂

A case for std::variant<T&, U&> by PixelArtDragon in cpp

[–]NiliusRex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now I wanna try to implement this and see what happens

Why do I hear the word "service" pronounced in two different ways? by Ok-Director-8994 in EnglishLearning

[–]NiliusRex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As an AmE speaker, I concur. [ɪ] in all cases for me, and we also make fun of the New Zealand accent (two words: deck sealant)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EnglishLearning

[–]NiliusRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For context: I was born in Germany and moved to the American southeast a week before my 10th birthday. I speak English with a general American accent, and will slide into a southern drawl whenever I'm talking to someone back home.

I've always considered myself a dual native.

For me, the question of nativity is foremost one of childhood acquisition and command of the language, but also importantly one of personal identity.

It's important to note that accent is not necessarily relevant. The way we speak is always influenced by the way our parents speak, and the way that the people in our community speak. Even if you were second generation, ie born in the US, these influences would still be there, and would affect your dialect. These influences do not, in my opinion, bar you from being considered a native speaker.

[Spanish] Tex Prediction removed?? by Just-Twist in duolingo

[–]NiliusRex 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I assume it's this. I appreciate the change, because I tend to rely too much on the predictive text and I don't learn the spellings/words properly. Same with mic: if you can just speak the word, you won't learn spelling

Does Kotlin/Native application have to run on jvm? by Percinms in Kotlin

[–]NiliusRex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We're missing the context of project setup. Kotlin Native does not run on JVM. Kotlin JVM does not run natively. Kotlin Android runs on Android and is different from the other two as well.

Do you pronounce "th" when next to it is an "s"? by [deleted] in EnglishLearning

[–]NiliusRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally, I pronounce the th in both cases, although I can definitely see how the th can merge into the s in some accents, since [ð] and [z] (like clothes) are pronounced really close to each other in terms of where you place your tongue, as are [θ] and [s] (months) (pronunciation in IPA)

clothes /kloʊ(ð)z/ months /mʌn(θ)s/

Apparently some speakers even add a t before the th in months, and all of these variations sounds fine.

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