Random Thought Thread

In my area of of Southern California, not a single human being pronounces it with a "t"

The sound is much too soft

I don't think it's a "d" really but that is far closer to the sound my regional American-English dialect (or whatever) makes.

It's like how I tell people to try pronouncing arigato as adigato—it's not right, but it's closer to the sound which is really making an "r" sound while flicking your tongue up to touch the part of the roof of your mouth to form Ls & Ds

And it's a thousand times better than hearing that grating "arrrr-ee-got-toe" English speakers tend to say, at any rate

But I am not a linguistics major, so someone more knowledgeable can correct me if they like



Also, I don't actually expect to meet anyone on the sites—although I've had some interesting conversations with some strangers

Mostly I just have new horror stories to tell my friends, which is it's own sort of entertainment

 

It's called a tapped R. Not a rolled R, and defo not the rhotic R of English. And I pronounce subtle the same way you do. Making it a clear T sound would sound effete 'round these parts.

 

I'm working, man. Just checking in every once in a while. Long text message translation project that has to be rendered, visually, just like in the original. Thank goodness for those online fake text-message generators.

 

Oh my, and I am just trying not to say "worsh" anymore.

Almost 40 years into the marriage game, and yes to the same guy. Thank God I am not in the dating world anymore. I do not think I could navigate it effectively.

 

This is the sort of linguistic support I need in my life

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Now I will have this stuck in your head the rest of the day...You're Welcome.

 

I'm cold. I want to take a hot shower, bundle up and read classics.

 

And I have to teach my students to,say, or at least recognise, "carry okee" as the English word for that amateur singing thing they like to do.

 

re: subtle

Yeah, we say 'sutTle' not 'sudel' although it has a different meaning 'cross the pond, I believe [snort, joke for one, sir] something, horses, something..

 

Actually, I have trouble with saying it

I always wanna say カラオケ and not "carry-o-key" EDIT: unless I'm using it as a verb—then all of a sudden it's all American

Thankfully I had a lot of Korean friends (even went to Korean school during high school) so the karaoke joints are all Korean that I know

So I just go around saying "noraebang" instead, and I don't have to choose between my white instincts & my Japanese instincts

"Hey, do you wanna go to noraebang for a few hours? We can go to Plush Lounge if you feel like splurging for the soundproof walls & plush sofas. Or if you're tight on cash, we can hit up the dingy Ding Dong Dang during happy hour—save enough money for retirement."

The great thing about Korean karaoke joints (besides being the only ones an hour radius from my home) is they've got songs in Korean, Japanese, English (mostly American) and if you're lucky Mandarin

I like having a fine array of choices for what song I want to butcher in which language

 

Dating is great when you have no expectations.

I generally find people interesting so it is hard to go wrong, unless the person turns out to be reptilian in behaviour due to some lack of interest in their latest layers of grey matter, then they are just predictable and dull. And if by chance the whole gig happens to get down to being horizontal together 'cause you get along, well the added bonus is that it is also just good exercise.

 

There are other positions that offer even more of a workout, but, like most exercises, should only be attempted by couples who fall within certain fitness boundaries.

ETA:

Yeah, just because she swallowed a rat whole at dinner without chewing doesn't mean it's a good thing. They never tell you about how much help they get from those tiny, hooklike teeth....

 

So hanging off a chandelier in your mid fifties is not a recomendable practice ?

Damn, I got to stop thinking that I am 27.

Rather walk before they make me run I guess. All good.

 

As long as it's over 18 (or your relevant jurisdictional equivalent), age is just a number. Relative mass, on the other hand, is not.

 

Ok, I think I understand now. Must pay heed to what weighs in as natural fact if you don't become a vegan in the later phases of life. No more tarzan like behaviour without specific calculations in order to dull out the occasion somewhat.

 

My dad is like 64-65 and still built like a tank.
Though he always says: "Never get old."

 

Random thought.

There is nothing good about getting old, no matter what the Reader's Digest says about wisdom being a sort of compensation. You really only have about 30 years before becoming redundant and becoming use to living. That is natural fact as well, no matter what we would like to believe. Yet some say that belief is all there is.

Good night Nellie.

 

Why exactly, is a woman with a gun so sexy?

Bonus if she knows how to handle it, clean it, and knows proper gun etiquette. Just- damn.

 

Bet she does.

 

I don't know, there's just something irresistible about them, isn't it?

But I'd say it needs the qualifier of a woman who knows how to hold her gun

Like my mom could hand me our handgun or shotgun or rifle, and I'd look pretty dang stupid with it 'cause I don't really know how to properly handle any of 'em. Same with my best friend, who already is an absolute heartthrob. As gorgeous as she is, give her a real gun & she'd be at a loss at where to point it. The charm doesn't apply

But you can just see when someone knows and it's just in her casual yet precise grip, the angle in which she holds her weapon when not aiming, her body posture, her ridiculously sensuous aura of power

That woman is damn sexy

. . . I admit to this all as a heterosexual woman (＞人＜)

 

I like scrubs and the like more than guns. I know I am an oddball.