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Post by Reba on Dec 2, 2016 13:02:14 GMT -5
A woman in my office today said erection instead of election, does that count? you ruined it.
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Post by Teleram on Dec 2, 2016 13:36:20 GMT -5
I recall a story my Japanese teacher told us once about the Japanese leaving a message for US Soldiers after World War II that meant to say 'Good Luck On Your Election' but since the Japanese don't distinguish the 'l' syllable from the 'r' syllable... I think you can guess what happened.
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Post by Reba on Dec 2, 2016 13:52:58 GMT -5
none of that story makes sense
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Post by Teleram on Dec 2, 2016 15:02:55 GMT -5
They wrote "good luck on your erection" instead of "good luck on your election". Which part of that do you not comprehend?
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Post by B. on Dec 2, 2016 15:22:58 GMT -5
This just proves Bear is and always has been nothing but a gag account
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Post by Reba on Dec 2, 2016 15:44:07 GMT -5
They wrote "good luck on your erection" instead of "good luck on your election". Which part of that do you not comprehend? the japanese have trouble making an L sound, they dont literally mix up the two letters when writing english. why would japanese people send a letter regarding the US election in 1948, and how would they even send it? american soldiers werent in a war at the time.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Dec 2, 2016 16:14:31 GMT -5
A woman in my office today said erection instead of election, does that count? you ruined it. lol I think almost 2 pages were more than enough.
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Post by soufflé on Dec 2, 2016 17:09:38 GMT -5
this honestly brightened my day
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Post by Teleram on Dec 2, 2016 17:09:47 GMT -5
I'll ask my teacher for a clarification, then, but I never said it was a letter and the 'distinguishing' thing was just a poor choice of words on my part.
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Post by Linda Rhaldeen on Dec 2, 2016 18:19:15 GMT -5
According to my dad (who lived in Japan for two years), they have trouble distinguishing the l sound as distinct from the r sound because there is no distinct l sound in Japanese. Kind of like how there are sounds in other languages that native English speakers have trouble pronouncing. He and my sister (who is self teaching herself Japanese by watching anime) had a discussion about it over Thanksgiving.
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Post by BSam on Dec 3, 2016 18:47:47 GMT -5
you say quality i say tism
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Post by A comet crashing into Earth on Dec 3, 2016 20:09:58 GMT -5
I feel like my experience of this thread is marked by my not actually saying 'bread'. Knowing that the 'you say' part is untrue, it makes it hard for me to suspend disbelief in the 'i say' part.
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Post by B. on Dec 4, 2016 7:08:55 GMT -5
You say defense against the dark arts I say defensive martial arts
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