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ChinaMovieMagic
Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: YangShuo
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 Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 8:15 am Post subject: AmbiguousPairs:"aNewDisplay" "aNudistPlay... |
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SUGGESTION
(1)Check out the article on Listening Comprehension...
(consider the free subscription)
at http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/pron/con_speech.shtml
(2)Then...Discuss here
My favorite example is from the real-time TV transcription sub-titling of a Press Conference by Ronald Reagan...
The phrase-as-transcribed by the TV network specialist typing closed caption-for-the-deaf...was..."...socialish shoes..."
AND...the real words really said by US President Reagan...were: ? |
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lajzar
Joined: 09 Feb 2003
Posts: 647
Location: Saitama-ken, Japan
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| My favourite one is often talked about in finance programmes. Quite what the Lundham Bomb Market has to do with finance I don't know. |
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IanN
Joined: 31 Jul 2004
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Location: Valencia
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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There was a good on on the BBC last year just reporting on Yasser Arafat's death.
The live subtitling announced that the UN had held 'a minute's violence' to commemorate his passing.
Made me laugh. |
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ChinaMovieMagic
Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: YangShuo
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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Reaganism mal-transcribed:
"socialish shoes"
From:
"social issues" |
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shmooj
Joined: 11 Sep 2003
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Location: Seoul, ROK
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www.kissthisguy.com
for all the examples you need of this phenomenon...
...surely you can get a lesson or two out of this! Homework perhaps... |
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leeroy
Joined: 30 Jan 2003
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Location: London UK
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vre
Joined: 17 Mar 2004
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Ask an Irish person to say DURABLE and GERBIL
I love the Irish accent! |
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