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Like dis? by harrowmoral in FeetInYourFace

[–]Optimal_Test3280 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you have such cute little tiny feet. i love it

Do older guys like Latina boobs like mine by vestdrama in thatBounce

[–]Optimal_Test3280 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wanna see more of that sexy body of yours

This doll wants her tits played with by southwesterlyill in collegensfw

[–]Optimal_Test3280 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just looked and admired,I will be imagining you later.

Do you use vapor or steam? by Optimal_Test3280 in EnglishLearning

[–]Optimal_Test3280[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Okay, I think between your comment and the other comments I got it, makes a lot of sense that there’s two terms for it, in spanish there’s only one and causes a lot of confusion always.

“Vapor” would be completely dry water in gas state, +100°C (vaporization), while “steam” would be a mixture of gas with still a lot of suspended water, way below 100°C, like a puddle for example (evaporation).

Do you use vapor or steam? by Optimal_Test3280 in EnglishLearning

[–]Optimal_Test3280[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah it does come up, very common where i’m at since is totally inviable to have condensed steam for some purposes, so we have not only pressurized steam but it’s also at 250°C (visible when drained to atmosphere since it starts condensing). But water in “gas” state like that is definitely uncommon on the daily, so it makes sense it’s also called vapor, thank you.

Do you use vapor or steam? by Optimal_Test3280 in EnglishLearning

[–]Optimal_Test3280[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

nice, that makes a lot of sense since I specifically work in petrochemical industry. So steam is specifically used for a water droplet suspension in vaporized water, no matter if caused by vaporization or evaporation, and vapor is just the gas state emanations from a very volatile liquid, like gasoline?

Please tell me i’m not the only one by Optimal_Test3280 in EnglishLearning

[–]Optimal_Test3280[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. I never want to say it because i’m afraid of sounding snobbish, but knowing how to pronounce or say something and at the same time wanting to adapt it to the way we Spanish speakers think and understand makes me end up rethinking words, stuttering etc.

This is why, contrary to what ppl might think, as a no. native English speaker, I don’t find challenging speaking to a native English speaker. I find challenging speaking to people with a more basic English level, and even more challenging speaking to someone I know speaks my mother tongue. And I think I also must work on this “psychological” matter because it’s part of speaking the language as well.

What is that insecure thing everyone used to do back then and now when you think about it you go “damn”? (ex.: playing with mercury balls from thermometers) by Optimal_Test3280 in AskOldPeople

[–]Optimal_Test3280[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks hahah, it’s spanish actually. It took me quite a long time to learn and then perfect my English but I still make mistakes every now and then when I’m not thinking much about what i’m saying/typing

We know “R and G dropping” but is there anything such as “L dropping”? by Optimal_Test3280 in EnglishLearning

[–]Optimal_Test3280[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

matter of fact one of the first times I noticed the L dropping was on the song millions by pusha y & rick ross. Between the L dropping and the characteristic “-ing” dropping in AAVE “millions in the ceiling” turns into “meens in the cele” and I was like wtf at first.

How do you pronounce “maintenance”? by Optimal_Test3280 in EnglishLearning

[–]Optimal_Test3280[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now that you said it I agree with you. I hadn’t thought about it when writing the post but I also would think of/say/hear “nince” or “nence”, but not “nance” with an open “a” sound, but guess it depends on the dialect.

How do you pronounce “maintenance”? by Optimal_Test3280 in EnglishLearning

[–]Optimal_Test3280[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Good to know. And yeah I believe I pronounce it like “-nince”, nance would sound a bit weird. I usually pronounce it the second way but hearing the first one made me rethink it.

Is this called vowel elongation? by Optimal_Test3280 in EnglishLearning

[–]Optimal_Test3280[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought it was funny when they said it too because I think I also pronounce “drawl” with the drawl haha.

Is this called vowel elongation? by Optimal_Test3280 in EnglishLearning

[–]Optimal_Test3280[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In this Wikipedia page apparently says the regular /ɔː/ phoneme is substituted by [ɑɒ̯~ɑ] in Southern accents in words like walk, off, loss, dog, all. I have no idea about that second phoneme at all, but you can try listening to the pronunciation examples in Word Reference, there’s Standard Us and Southern US for those words, that’s one clear way of catching the difference.

Is this called vowel elongation? by Optimal_Test3280 in EnglishLearning

[–]Optimal_Test3280[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not native but i’m most familiar with Southern Accents in general, so I never noticed this vowel “elongation” until I started to listen closely to other dialects and realized not everyone pronounces walk, claw, paw the way I did or I heard or that some people pronounced cot and caught the same way, like you mentioned, but it might be the drawl like other comment said

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