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English thread

Let's chat in English, dear anonymous! You can write about everything here, regardless of your level.

Your English level is…

1. A1(голосов 7 [3.55%])

   3.55%

2. A2(голосов 11 [5.58%])

   5.58%

3. B1(голосов 26 [13.2%])

   13.2%

4. B2(голосов 56 [28.43%])

   28.43%

5. C1(голосов 67 [34.01%])

   34.01%

6. C2(голосов 30 [15.23%])

   15.23%

Всего голосов: 197

Гости не могут голосовать

Анон

Re: English thread

you need Brits

No we don't.

Is this your side account, Ireland? 

Анон

Re: English thread

▼Tit, birb and chest

Here, have some wet bushtit

▼Скрытый текст⬍

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtlw0qi5yIo

But I always read bushtit as bullshit.

Анон

Re: English thread

Why so many C1? Feel like dum-dum with my pitiful weak B2

I've voted B2, although I feel myself at C1, bc my reading and writing skills are disproportionally better than the oral speaking. And I have not a single chance to fix it. It's literally killing me, I feel so fcking dumb.

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Re: English thread

Wait, is it? I thought fanny was just another word for 'ass' (as in, butt', as in 'bottom, as in 'tushy', God almighty why does English have so many words for it?)

Yep, British slang word for pussy. And its meaning ass sounds a little old-fashioned to my ears

Анон

Re: English thread

Fanny pack meanwhile gets new meaning

Анон

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And its meaning ass sounds a little old-fashioned to my ears

Dictionary says butt!fanny is American, and pussy!fanny is British.
Make of it what you will.

Анон

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Oh English.

Анон

Re: English thread

Dictionary says butt!fanny is American, and pussy!fanny is British.
Make of it what you will.

Cambridge Dictionary has US old-fashioned informal for "a person's bottom" defenition 

Анон

Re: English thread

Well, Oxford Dictionary says: BACKSIDE (orig. and chiefly US)

Анон

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I'm a really good speller but to this day I still screw up the word 'necessary'.

You reminded me. I always need to pause and remember how to pronounce that word properly. Fucking 'nececessary' all I get at first try.

Do y'all get fannish for Russian-language media too, or is it mostly imported stuff like Harry Potter or anime?

Imported stuff for me, thank you very much.

Анон

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Actually how the fuck you can differentiate brits from americans? Native english speakers can do that, I can't.

Анон

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I talk in english on tumblr and discord, often feel like I either skip a, an, the or add them unnecessarily. Meh, no one seemed to care.

Анон

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Actually how the fuck you can differentiate brits from americans? Native english speakers can do that, I can't.

Difference in spelling? Idk. Same thing for me for spoken english. I can never guess if it's an american or a british accent, how the hell do you tell them apart.

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Actually how the fuck you can differentiate brits from americans? Native english speakers can do that, I can't.

By whether or not they pronounce their Rs?
I also tell Americans by t-flapping (butter sounds like budder), jod-dropping (news sounds more like nooz). There's more, of course, vowels too.
Oh, and vocabulary. Movie theater or cinema, you know
It gets a bit more interesting when it comes to telling American accents appart    

Or did you mean in written text? Then vocablary, ou or o, z or s.

Отредактировано (2021-12-27 13:52:23)

Анон

Re: English thread

I can never guess if it's an american or a british accent, how the hell do you tell them apart.

Nah, I'm talking about words they use, not accent. Like, flat and apartment. I remember only this one example, not even who supposed to use which. Anons above also mentioned different way british swear.

Отредактировано (2021-12-27 13:53:24)

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Re: English thread

Nah, I'm talking about words they use, not accent. Like, flat and apartment. I remember only this one example, not even who supposed to use which. Anons above also mentioned different way british swear.

I believe vocabulary differences are excluded from the term accent altough I may be wrong.
But yes, swearing, truck and lorry, faucet and tap, you name it. Apartment is American, by the way

Отредактировано (2021-12-27 13:57:39)

Анон

Re: English thread

I talk in english on tumblr and discord, often feel like I either skip a, an, the or add them unnecessarily. Meh, no one seemed to care.

They do care, they're just too polite to call you an ESL directly to your face

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ESL

what the fuck it supposed to mean?

Анон

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I talk in english on tumblr and discord, often feel like I either skip a, an, the or add them unnecessarily. Meh, no one seemed to care.

They do care, they're just too polite to call you an ESL directly to your face

Or they aren't natives themselves, that happens all the time

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Re: English thread

ESL

what the fuck it supposed to mean?

English as a second language, it's a common abbreviation in language teaching/learning field.

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ESL

what the fuck it supposed to mean?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.urband … L&amp=true

Анон

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I either skip a, an, the or add them unnecessarily

Same.
Also gerunds and infinitives. I'll never figure them out.((

Анон

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Also gerunds and infinitives. I'll never figure them out.((

Honestly, it's not about figuring out, it's about rote learning. Just hammer it in your brain and at some point incorrect variants will start sounding off to you.

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Re: English thread

They do care, they're just too polite to call you an ESL directly to your face

Look, we have a Vanga here. 

Анон

Re: English thread

At the end, you can see our algorithm's best guess as to which English you speak as well as whether your first (native) language is English or something else.

http://archive.gameswithwords.org/WhichEnglish/