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Aug 17, 2016 09:09
@DEAD Yay, GTA :D
Aug 17, 2016 09:05
:(
Aug 17, 2016 09:05
I'm not clicking it @DEAD
Aug 17, 2016 08:30
:p
Aug 17, 2016 08:30
@DEAD I lol'd hard at "I'm younger than most people that read this nomination." tbh.
Aug 17, 2016 08:29
@DEAD Hehe
Aug 17, 2016 08:29
@DamkerngT. I see ^^
Aug 17, 2016 08:26
And @DamkerngT. Why won't you take part in the election, I was hoping that I could read your application because I think you'd fit the position well since you spend a lot of time helping/editing... on the site.
Aug 17, 2016 08:23
I just read some of the candidate's posts for the moderator positions. +1 for TIPS for being honest, I was expecting some trolling in your post to be quite honest ^^. Either way, I'd vote for you.
Aug 17, 2016 08:18
Good afternoon, everyone :)
Jul 20, 2016 14:20
^^
Jul 20, 2016 14:15
@Araucaria Noted! Thank you!
Jul 20, 2016 14:10
@Cardinal I'm sorry, it sounds rather low at the beginning, it should be: I'm having a hard time trying to pronounce words with the /r/ sound properly.
Jul 20, 2016 14:09
@Araucaria Unfortunately for me then, I'm following American English. You didn't the "r" sound at all?
Jul 20, 2016 14:06
Thank you guys, though they sound a bit off to me, I mean I feel that the way I pronounce those words: support, part is not really properly :/
Jul 20, 2016 14:04
Evening @DamkerngT. May I have your thoughts on this - me pronouncing the r sound: vocaroo.com/i/s0gUXAQVAJKa
Jul 20, 2016 14:03
@Araucaria Really? Does it mean it's bad or?
Jul 20, 2016 14:00
Is it that bad?
Jul 20, 2016 14:00
@Araucaria It's me :)
Jul 20, 2016 13:51
@Araucaria Can I have your thoughts on this: vocaroo.com/i/s0gUXAQVAJKa
Jul 20, 2016 13:46
Guys, please have a listen to this: vocaroo.com/i/s0gUXAQVAJKa
Jul 20, 2016 13:32
@Cardinal Vietnamese. Let me record myself pronouncing those words. 5 minutes!
Jul 20, 2016 13:30
Yeah, I also find it rather hard to pronounce words ending in "th" properly, and words with the r sound. Eg: Part, support...
Jul 20, 2016 13:27
@Araucaria Actually, when I've learned that it's pronounced like /ks/, it has no longer been a problem for me. Before that, Google Now always showed me the results of Foss or something like that :p
Jul 20, 2016 13:23
@Araucaria Actually I sorted the X sound out long ago, after someone in ESL chatroom told me it should be pronounced as the sounds /ks/ just like your answer above. I had always mistaken it with /s/ before.
Jul 20, 2016 13:16
@Araucaria May I ask why?
Jul 20, 2016 13:16
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Q: "I don't know if they escaped" / "If they escaped, they're long gone" - Conditional protases and interrogative clauses

AraucariaEnglish, conditional protases [ read "antecedents" ] bear a close resemblance to interrogative clauses. For example, they are often identical to subordinate closed interrogative clauses: If Bertha accepted that offer, she's crazy. I don't know if Bertha accepted that offer. They can be ident...

Jul 20, 2016 13:16
Yes, I am :p
Jul 20, 2016 13:15
@Araucaria Ah. You forgot me :(
Jul 20, 2016 13:15
Nice! Speaking of which, I once had a hard time trying to pronounce X at the end of a word, like Fox...
Jul 20, 2016 13:11
@Araucaria Thank you!
Jul 20, 2016 13:08
Here you go or Here you are?
Jul 20, 2016 13:08
By the way, @Araucaria which one do you use frequently when you hand something over to another person?
Jul 20, 2016 13:07
:/
Jul 20, 2016 13:07
I always thought that "here you are" only had the meaning as "you are here".
Jul 20, 2016 13:05
Silly me always correcting people when they said "Here you are" instead of "Here you go" when handing something over to another.
Jul 20, 2016 13:03
@Araucaria Got it! Thank you!
Jul 20, 2016 12:07
Today I learned something new. I always thought that "Here you are" had the same meaning as "You are here", and in the sense of "Here is your thing, take it" you should rather say "Here you go". Turns out I was wrong the whole time :/
Jul 20, 2016 12:02
Good evening guys.
Jul 19, 2016 17:27
Oh, nice! It's a beautiful name according to my ears :p
Jul 19, 2016 17:22
Yeah, Le, Pham are very popular too.
Jul 19, 2016 17:19
You might have noticed that "Nguyen" is rather popular as a last name in my country ^^
Jul 19, 2016 17:15
:)
Jul 19, 2016 17:15
Not Nhung obviously... So no, I don't think words ending with nh are very popular in Vietnam.
Jul 19, 2016 17:14
Hmm
Jul 19, 2016 17:14
Haha yeah right, actually I can't think of a name ends with nh off the top of my head.
Jul 19, 2016 17:11
May I ask where you're from?
Jul 19, 2016 17:10
Well, it basically means "Nice to meet you" :)
Jul 19, 2016 17:08
:)
Jul 19, 2016 17:08
You see, none of those ends with nh