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Nauczyciel
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 Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 8:36 am Post subject: Willy Valley fighting Chinese |
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Do you think this one is any good trying to get Chinese students to learn how to pronounce "v" as opposed to "w"?
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| �Very well!� bellowed Willy Valley with vexation wielding shivered vase. Willy Valley�s wife�s voice vibrated with worry. �But Willy, the vase wasn�t very valuable!� Willy Valley whispered venomously: �However worthless it was, it was vastly versatile!� |
And does it make any sense?? Even more importantly - is it correct??? |
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ChinaMovieMagic
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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A: "9! V!"
Q: And...do you pronounce your name with a "W," Mr. Wagner?" |
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ChinaMovieMagic
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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As an image-sort-of-guy, I'd put it:
Wielding THE shivered vase, Willy VONNEGUT bellowed with vexation---"Very well!� .
shivered??? (shattered???but...no "v/w") How about ...?
Web definitions for shiver
tremble: reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn - Definition in context
shiver: Definition, Synonyms and Much More From Answers.com
shiv�er ( shĭv ' ər ) v. , -ered , -er�ing , -ers . v.intr. To shake with or as
if with cold; tremble.www.answers.com/topic/shiver |
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Nauczyciel
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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SHIVERED - BROKEN:
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shiver2 noun (usu. shivers) each of the small fragments into which something such as glass is shattered when broken; a splinter.
verb [no obj.] rare break into such splinters or fragments: the world seemed to shiver into a million splinters of prismatic colour.
broken
adjective
1 a broken bottle
smashed, shattered, burst, fragmented, splintered, shivered, crushed, [etc.] |
Courtesy of Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus
However I can't deny that it might sound awkward to a native English speaker's ear. Thanks for Vonnegut! |
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