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Does pronounciation really matter?

 
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idonojacs



Joined: 07 Jun 2007

PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:37 pm    Post subject: Does pronounciation really matter? Reply with quote

So I was talking to a co-teacher and he happened to use the word "unique" in a sentence.

Only he totally mangled the pronounciation, something that will happen if your only encounter with a word is through the printed page.

He pronounced it with the accent on the first syllable, like "eunuch."

This led to some complications in the explanation of the correct pronounciation. But at least I saved him from potential embarrassment later.

Anyone else encounter some interesting mispronunciations?
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Atavistic



Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

At my first hogwon the teacher kept saying "wh0re *beep*."

I couldn't figure out what she was saying and neither could the other NT.

"What?'

"Wh0re *beep*! Give me wh0re *beep*!"

Turns out she meant "whole sheet."

The same woman told us we were going to a cotton museum. We brainstormed a wh0re list of project ideas. She said nothing about our ideas.

We went to a cartoon museum.

This woman had her own hogwon at one point (she was a coteacher at this other hogwon) and had by far some of the worst English I've ever heard.


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Corky



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You have to do your duty on erection day.
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wo buxihuan hanguoren



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does spelling really matter? Pronunciation, not pronounciation. ^^
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Alyallen



Joined: 29 Mar 2004
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

wo buxihuan hanguoren wrote:
Does spelling really matter? Pronunciation, not pronounciation. ^^


I catch myself spelling it pronounciation sometimes..... It's maddening how that happens...
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normalcyispasse



Joined: 27 Oct 2006
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Atavistic wrote:

The same woman told us we were going to a cotton museum. We brainstormed a wh0re list of project ideas. She said nothing about our ideas.

We went to a cartoon museum.


This made me do a LOL.
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kimchi_pizza



Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Location: "Get back on the bus! Here it comes!"

PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Alyallen wrote:
wo buxihuan hanguoren wrote:
Does spelling really matter? Pronunciation, not pronounciation. ^^


I catch myself spelling it pronounciation sometimes..... It's maddening how that happens...


*laughing* Yea, me too but not anymore! Personally, I think it's ok spelled/spelt either way. That's the way of languages and how they develope. It's inevitable that even English will go the way of Latin. But by that time will be communicating through ESP or something'n...

....Huh?! Alyallen in my head?...You, you...wanna do WHAT?! TO ME?!?...you naughty, naughty lady. You even made me blush!

btw, ask a Korean to say, "Beethoven"....hilarious. For the longest time I couldn't make out what being said.
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idonojacs



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oops.

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Ryst Helmut



Joined: 26 Apr 2003
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeppers, it doth matter my good lad...

Upon visiting her son in Korea my mother sat in on a class of mine where students had a Q&A with her. One petite little freshman asked my mum if I had taken her to the fu<l>k village. Never had I seen my mother's skin so pale and eyes so big....

Me?

Pissing myself in the corner..what else?


!shoosh,

Ryst
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Alyallen



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

kimchi_pizza wrote:
Alyallen wrote:
wo buxihuan hanguoren wrote:
Does spelling really matter? Pronunciation, not pronounciation. ^^


I catch myself spelling it pronounciation sometimes..... It's maddening how that happens...


*laughing* Yea, me too but not anymore! Personally, I think it's ok spelled/spelt either way. That's the way of languages and how they develope. It's inevitable that even English will go the way of Latin. But by that time will be communicating through ESP or something'n...

....Huh?! Alyallen in my head?...You, you...wanna do WHAT?! TO ME?!?...you naughty, naughty lady. You even made me blush!

btw, ask a Korean to say, "Beethoven"....hilarious. For the longest time I couldn't make out what being said.


Damn it...you read my mind about me you and the donkey? DAMN IT! Crying or Very sad Embarassed
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ajuma



Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!

PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ice-land or Iz-land for island!

Student: "I went to Iceland for my vaction."

Me: "Wow!! How exciting! What was it like?"

Student: "Jeju-do is so beautiful!!" Rolling Eyes

When my students laugh at my pronunciation of their names, I write "Gwyneth Paltrow" on the board.... Cool
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Alyallen



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ajuma wrote:
When my students laugh at my pronunciation, I write "Gwyneth Paltrow" on the board.... Cool


Now THAT is the sign of a wise teacher Laughing
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littlelisa



Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not from Korea (I'll be heading over soon!), but from Quebec:

"She needs to fuk us". The word was "focus".
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xtchr



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Atavistic wrote:
At my first hogwon the teacher kept saying "wh0re *beep*."



Heheh, at my first hogwon the teacher (ME) kept saying 'horsesh1t'.
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