OT: Language etc. Was: British GP

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Sujet : OT: Language etc. Was: British GP
De : shaun.at.pukekohe (at) *nospam* gmail.com (~misfit~)
Groupes : rec.autos.sport.f1
Date : 11. Jul 2024, 04:51:01
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On 11/07/2024 1:19 am, Yazoo wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:03:23 -0000 (UTC), Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
[ Well off-topic... ]
>
As someone who has spent some years studying Spanish (with some
reasonable French from my schooldays) I'll offer a /small/ crumb of
comfort in defence of English...
As a member of the last UK generation to have gone to a Grammar School (11+ anyone?) I'm trying to be more Zen about American 'English' but it's a struggle. Especially as a huge number of non-English speakers are learning 'English' from American media content.
I get that France was instrumental in them winning their war of independence (and giving them a bloody great big statue to remind them of the fact) so I understand why they pronounce 'filet' as they do. But then they end 'tourniquet' with a hard T? Seriously. And don't get me started on 'solder'! It's not like they can't pronounce 'colder' of 'folder'...

Off-topic or not, your post was very interesting read.
 I don't want to brag, but learning Croatian (my native) as second
language is very hard for foreign adults. So many word changes,
prefixes, sufixes, variations, rules, exception of rules... you name
it :)
 I'm not linguist, but English is quite simple compared to Slavic
languages.
Speaking of Slavic languages - but especially cadence - I watch a youtube channel 'Diode Gone Wild' <https://www.youtube.com/@DiodeGoneWild>. He's from Czechia (according to him) and the way he speaks is really interesting. It took me a video or two to be able to put it in the backgroud and just listen to what he's saying. He gets a lot of hate from some (mainly American) English speakers, some of whom accuse him of playing it up or putting it on. He may be, I wouldn't know.
International pronunciation is very interesting. I've been watching the Moto GP and hear some English people struggle with 'Jorge'. They mostly /try/ to get it right though - unlike the Italians I've heard say the name. They don't even try and just say 'Yorg'.
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7 Jul 24 * British GP46pP85PrR
7 Jul 24 +* Re: British GP8Alan
7 Jul 24 i+* Re: British GP4Geoff
8 Jul 24 ii`* Re: British GP3Alan
8 Jul 24 ii `* Re: British GP2Geoff
8 Jul 24 ii  `- Re: British GP1Alan
10 Jul 24 i`* Re: British GP3Geoff
10 Jul 24 i `* Re: British GP2Alan
10 Jul 24 i  `- Re: British GP1Geoff
8 Jul 24 `* Re: British GP37Mark
8 Jul 24  `* Re: British GP36pP85PrR
8 Jul 24   `* Re: British GP35Mark
9 Jul 24    `* Re: British GP34Yazoo
9 Jul 24     +* Re: British GP32Mark
9 Jul 24     i+- Re: British GP1News
10 Jul 24     i`* Re: British GP30Yazoo
10 Jul 24     i `* Re: British GP29Geoff
10 Jul 24     i  `* Re: British GP28Mark
10 Jul 24     i   +* Re: British GP25Yazoo
11 Jul 24     i   i`* OT: Language etc. Was: British GP24~misfit~
11 Jul 24     i   i +* Re: OT: Language etc. Was: British GP13Geoff
10 Jul 24     i   i i+* Re: OT: Language etc. Was11Dumas Walker
12 Jul 24     i   i ii`* Re: OT: Language etc. Was10~misfit~
13 Jul 24     i   i ii +* Re: OT: Language etc. Was2Phil Carmody
14 Jul 24     i   i ii i`- Re: OT: Language etc. Was1~misfit~
13 Jul 24     i   i ii `* Re: OT: Language etc. Was7Bob Latham
14 Jul 24     i   i ii  +* Re: OT: Language etc. Was5petrolcan
14 Jul 24     i   i ii  i+* Re: OT: Language etc. Was2Geoff
14 Jul 24     i   i ii  ii`- Re: OT: Language etc. Was1Bob Latham
15 Jul 24     i   i ii  i`* Re: OT: Language etc. Was2~misfit~
15 Jul 24     i   i ii  i `- OT: Language etc. Was1Bob Latham
13 Jul 24     i   i ii  `- Re: OT: Language etc. Was1Dumas Walker
12 Jul 24     i   i i`- Re: OT: Language etc. Was: British GP1~misfit~
11 Jul 24     i   i +- Re: OT: Language etc. Was: British GP1Yazoo
17 Jul 24     i   i `* Re: OT: Language etc. Was: British GP9Dave Garrett
19 Jul 24     i   i  `* Re: OT: Language etc. Was: British GP8Yazoo
19 Jul 24     i   i   `* Re: OT: Language etc. Was: British GP7Mark
19 Jul 24     i   i    `* Re: OT: Language etc. Was: British GP6Yazoo
19 Jul 24     i   i     +* Re: OT: Language etc. Was: British GP2Yazoo
20 Jul 24     i   i     i`- Re: OT: Language etc. Was: British GP1~misfit~
19 Jul 24     i   i     +- Re: OT: Language etc. Was: British GP1Mark
23 Jul 24     i   i     `* Re: OT: Language etc. Was: British GP2Phil Carmody
24 Jul 24     i   i      `- Re: OT: Language etc. Was: British GP1Yazoo
13 Jul 24     i   `* Re: British GP2Phil Carmody
14 Jul 24     i    `- Re: British GP1Mark
9 Jul 24     `- Re: British GP1Mark Jackson

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