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Temat: English is becoming the lingua franca

Marcin B.:
ers ;)

Heh, yeah, but before you do that you ought to dumb down your
English. Besides, it doesn't even sound nice so why bother? ;)


Right. Duh.
I poked you for that!
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Michal B.

Michal B. stud.

Temat: English is becoming the lingua franca

Ola Willers:
I guess because the language over here cannot be heard ;)

Ola, I'm afraid you are wrong. Anything we write has a sound. We do read with our ears as well as our eyes.Have you ever seen an unpractised reader? He would voice the words to himself as he reads. Most of us leave this stage behind at some point :) but we never stop to be aware of the sound of the words we read. Some written sentences offend our ears while others flow cleanly. Nearly all writing has some kind of pattern that we call rhythm. (Think of great poets and writers who knew how to use rhythm)
Every word has a sound and rhythm. We read a sentence and our ears tell us whether it sounds good or bad (unintentional rhymes/ jingles).
Listen to these sentences:
"I am tempted to attempt."
"If you see Jill, tell her I'm ill"
"I live practically exclusively on milk."
:)
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Rafał Wołk

Rafał Wołk I'm not arrogant,
you're just offended
by my confidence.

Temat: English is becoming the lingua franca

Michal B.:

Great point Michal, also, one of the main things I always tell my students is to try and think in English as often as they possibly can. When you think in a language, you don't think with an accent.
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Temat: English is becoming the lingua franca

Agreed, Michal. I would just like to point out that there was a ;) at the end of my comment.
Michal B.:
Ola Willers:
I guess because the language over here cannot be heard ;)

Ola, I'm afraid you are wrong. Anything we write has a sound. We do read with our ears as well as our eyes.Have you ever seen an unpractised reader? He would voice the words to himself as he reads. Most of us leave this stage behind at some point :) but we never stop to be aware of the sound of the words we read. Some written sentences offend our ears while others flow cleanly. Nearly all writing has some kind of pattern that we call rhythm. (Think of great poets and writers who knew how to use rhythm)
Every word has a sound and rhythm. We read a sentence and our ears tell us whether it sounds good or bad (unintentional rhymes/ jingles).
Listen to these sentences:
"I am tempted to attempt."
"If you see Jill, tell her I'm ill"
"I live practically exclusively on milk."
:)
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Michal B.

Michal B. stud.

Temat: English is becoming the lingua franca

Ola Willers:
Agreed, Michal. I would just like to point out that there was a ;) at the end of my comment.

Ola, mine was a friendly comment too. You just made me think about 'the sound' of written things. :)
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Good. You have just made me think how 'the sound' can be perceived by its audience :)
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