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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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 Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject: "I don't wanna miss a think" |
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B-HAHAHAHA 
think!
Thet really messed up the title of the Aerosmith song on t.v. (right now)
How does someone know English well enough to get the "wanna" part of the title right but put "think" instead of "thing"? It is obviously grammatically wrong and makes no sense in the song. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:28 pm Post subject: Re: "I don't wanna miss a think" |
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Yeah thet is just unpardonable. Idiots.
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| Thet really messed up the title of the Aerosmith song on t.v. (right now) |
QFT. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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I'm just constantly surprised at the sort of mistakes that are made.
it struck my funny bone when I saw the big bold title of the song on Korean t.v. when it seemed so obviously wrong (to my students, they can hear the difference between g/k, after much practice) yet with "wanna" the person who made the mistake must have been a mid-level to high level esl speaker
any other doosies struck you? |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Nothing wrong with it at all. In cockney English that is perfectly acceptable. Don't be such snobs!!! |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Big_Bird wrote: |
| In cockney English that is perfectly acceptable. |
 Huh |
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Big_Bird
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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Actually, you're right. It should be:
"I don(t) wanna miss a fink." |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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| a difference in pronunciation and slang usage among users of english is a different thing entirely |
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Big_Bird
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| a difference in pronunciation and slang usage among users of english is a different thing entirely |
Well, that depends on where she's been or who she's been hanging out with, dunnit? Or wot telly she's been watching, innit. Wo(t) if she's been watching The Bill? |
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Big_Bird
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| a difference in pronunciation and slang usage among users of english is a different thing entirely |
Well, that depends on where she's been or who she's been hanging out with, dunnit? Or wot telly she's been watching, innit. Wo(t) if she's been watching The Bill? That would teach 'er to talk pwoper cockney like, wunnit?
I had the interesting opportunity to teach a cheeky little 9 year old lass who'd learnt her English watching hundreds of reruns of Harry Potter. She'd practised speaking like Hermione so will, she actually had a PERFECT British accent. Though fortunately, not a cockney one... |
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