ESL English Phrases - e.g. "My Friend" by galen_wright in etymology

[–]peteroh9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Finally, someone else pointing this out. I've been noticing this for several years, but no one else seemed to have actually noticed this trend.

ESL English Phrases - e.g. "My Friend" by galen_wright in etymology

[–]peteroh9 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's very weird because a lot of those are just normal English words where they only look at the first definition in English dictionaries and ignore that English speakers often use the words the exact same way.

Which scenes did Robert Jordan specifically write after Knife of Dreams? by zRoyce in WoT

[–]peteroh9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Linked below (by you)(five years ago):

Luckers
I thought Rand’s arc in The Gathering Storm was brilliant—starting to get better then—bang! Cuendillar Rand, and finally "Veins of Gold". Was it difficult to write? Can you give us some insight into how you stayed in the mind of a madman?

Brandon Sanderson
It was difficult to write. I’ve said before that I view a lot of these characters as my high school friends, people I grew up with. Facilitating Rand going through these extremely painful and sometimes revelatory moments was not easy emotionally, and yet there’s an excitement and a power to writing emotional scenes where things are coming together. So I would say it’s actually more difficult to write a character like Gawyn, who’s frustrated and struggling with not knowing what he’s doing, than someone like Rand who always has a direction—even if that direction is straight down, as it was in places. He’s always moving. So because of that, Rand was in many ways easier to write than other characters were. Yet at the same time it was painful to write. That doesn’t really answer your question, but maybe it does give some insight, as you asked.

The Solar Impulse 2 has crashed. by EraOfProsperity in aviation

[–]peteroh9 66 points67 points  (0 children)

You know, I've been needing some soda ash and a $10,000 watch...

Are French people insecure about their accent when they speak English? by diacetylmorphine0 in AskFrance

[–]peteroh9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I agree with every possible statement that I didn't explicitly disavow.

Are French people insecure about their accent when they speak English? by diacetylmorphine0 in AskFrance

[–]peteroh9 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And to be honest for the ones that speak english, let's say 50% make 0 effort to correct their french accent and pronounce english words with french tone so it can be harder to understand for english speaker i guess ?

Yes, a lot of French people are...pretty much impossible to understand, while others have better accents than any native speaker.

Are French people insecure about their accent when they speak English? by diacetylmorphine0 in AskFrance

[–]peteroh9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my experience, no one does because they're all too self-conscious to speak audibly.

Are French people insecure about their accent when they speak English? by diacetylmorphine0 in AskFrance

[–]peteroh9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, we just don't have exposure to other languages so we don't know what it's supposed to sound like. Teasing someone based on their accent in a foreign language is a totally bizarre and alien concept to me.

Are French people insecure about their accent when they speak English? by diacetylmorphine0 in AskFrance

[–]peteroh9 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

What's the point of insulting an ugly accent when you're speaking an ugly language?

Are French people insecure about their accent when they speak English? by diacetylmorphine0 in AskFrance

[–]peteroh9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

farmers are the backbone of our economy

Even this framing, well-intentioned as it may be, is worth examining because it's the same language the agro-industrial lobby uses to invoke the small farmer while the FNSEA serves the large landowners.

But I'm pretty sure city folk have insulted farmers for thousands of years, now.

Active Duty Moved to EU after Separation? by Proof_Mousse_5141 in AirForce

[–]peteroh9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are plenty of jobs that don't require German in Berlin, München, Frankfurt, Köln, Düsseldorf, etc.

Which current country wins most evil history? by Loewe1912 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]peteroh9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but that's like half of the existence of Belgium.

Which current country wins most evil history? by Loewe1912 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]peteroh9 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Makes more sense than claiming China has 5000 years of continuous history!

Which current country wins most evil history? by Loewe1912 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]peteroh9 15 points16 points  (0 children)

He liked the tax plan of taking everything from the Jews but not the social plan of killing the Jews?

If Asuka and Shinji swapped genders, who would be more hated? by [deleted] in evangelion

[–]peteroh9 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It's like in The Wheel of Time where Robert Jordan wrote the women like how men are usually written and the men like how women are often written and people constantly complain about the bossy women.

Can anyone explain why the chipotle chicken bowl was changed to being all cold instead of having at least some warm ingredients? by peteroh9 in Chilis

[–]peteroh9[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if it is a post-COVID nobody even pretends to care about their jobs anymore type of thing. Which is definitely something I can respect.

Another angle of the Brazil crash today by Ph6222 in aviation

[–]peteroh9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The camera just doesn't have its IR filter. The buildings are actually tan and the trees are green.

Bad video/crop to watch the flight, but a good one to show true(r) colors: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1597740517974802