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southsamurai, to memes in What about you?
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Swap that out for Spanish, and that’s me.

4 years of it in high school, and the best I can manage is sounding like a drunk 5 year old that curses with what I’m told is a Mexico City accent because the girl I dated from Mexico City taught me the fun words.

Like, I would have to have a dictionary in front of me to apologize for my bad spanish and be clearly understood. That’s how bad my Spanish is. But in my head? I’m all suave and shit. And in my dreams, I’m bloody fluent. Awake? Not even close

HerbalGamer, to memes in What about you?

People need to watch more english things in english. Synchronisation is bad.

PeWu,

I watch English movies with English subtitles, my grammar is non-existent, but at least I can try to convey meaning of a sentence to someone.

MonsiuerPatEBrown, (edited ) to memes in What about you?

I have found that reading challenging texts out loud has helped my writing, reading, listening, and speaking.

People mock me for it. But it develops an active vocabulary faster than anything that I have stumbled upon for myself.

goldgate,

Pls elaborate, what types of challenging texts, some examples pls.

illectrility,
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Try The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It’s pretty cool and has some very complex sentences

EisFrei,

For me it was Bad Religion lyrics. 13 year old me would sit down in front of the CD player, booklet in one hand, dictionary in the other. Greg Graffin uses an obscene amount of vocabulary that I haven’t encountered anywhere else.

One example:

The masses are obsequious, contented in their sleep. The vortex of their minds ensconced within the murky deep

connaisseur,

Yeah, insane. And he sings those lines so easily like it was just basic stuff.

Kecessa, (edited )

I bet you would like Aesop Rock

pudding.cool/projects/vocabulary/index.html

draughtcyclist,

I’m a native English speaker, and Greg Graffin did more for my vocabulary than public schools ever did.

SolarNialamide,

Lmfao I literally made this meme years ago. I can’t deny they’ve expanded my vocabulary greatly.

captainlezbian,

Garfunkel and Oates are great for it too

tdawg,

I’m a native speaker and even I learned words from reading that

datsritebussy,

“I have found that reading challenging texts aloud has helped me improve my writing, reading, listening, and speaking skills. Some people may mock me for it, but I’ve discovered that it enhances my active vocabulary more quickly than any other method I’ve tried on my own.”

I’ve made some revisions so that English speakers can better understand your text.

queezywheezy,

Totally unnecessary, and bizarrely patronising.

If anybody was struggling to understand that comment then they are not an English speaker…

He’s not looking to be published, he’s just trying to communicate, and doing so very effectively.

M137, to memes in What about you?

I’m a swede with fully swedish parents, and I have always lived here, but I’ve always sucked at Swedish, both spelling and vocabulary.

But I’m way better at English, I often use English words because I can’t remember or simply don’t know the Swedish equivalent, and sometimes I just give up and fully use English for whatever I’m trying to explain. I wouldn’t say I’m great at grammar overall, but I’m above average based on how bad most people are.

explodicle,

Old Swedish people must be terrified by you!

rotopenguin, to memes in Please...
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The secret to finding love is to just be yourself. A hotter, richer, younger version of yourself.

Alby003,
@Alby003@lemmings.world avatar

Richer ? 🙄 is it essential?

DaBabyAteMaDingo,

It’s the most important part! Remember, when you’re filling out your dating profile, keep the salary figure within reason or they’ll know you’re being yourself a little too hard.

I always find that “a little over six figures” is just vague enough to get you out of a jamb should they find out about your disgusting financial situation! Almost like saying you’re six feet tall: who’s gonna prove you’re really 5’-9" unless they measure you!

IWantToFuckSpez, to memes in They're Rising Up Against Us

This scene is from the movie The Cat Returns (猫の恩返し)

mrbubblesort, to memes in They're Rising Up Against Us
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"Let the ruling classes tremble at a Feline revolution. The kittens have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world of catnip to win!"

Dave, to memes in You have to work for food, kitten.
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The dude is lying down but the phone is not on the same angle, so he’s watching it sideways?

Pons_Aelius,

Have you never watched Tv while lying on a couch?

scytale,

Yeah, but the implication here is that the phone is capable of rotating, unlike a tv. I get it though, if they don’t want to watch a landscape video in portrait.

Dave,
@Dave@lemmy.nz avatar

You can turn the whole phone? You don’t have to watch the landscape video in portrait.

Dave,
@Dave@lemmy.nz avatar

I don’t really use my TV, but spend a lot of time watching TV lying down. I turn my phone so it’s facing the right way for me to see, though I get it would be a lot harder to get the cat to hold it upright.

Crackhappy, to memes in They're Rising Up Against Us
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yoz, to memes in You have to work for food, kitten.

Capitalism?

RQG,
@RQG@lemmy.world avatar

Catpitalism

DessertStorms, to memes in They're Rising Up Against Us
@DessertStorms@kbin.social avatar

I, for one, openly embrace our kitty overlords..

Qkall, to memes in They're Rising Up Against Us
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Oh shit, call the Baron

BolexForSoup, (edited )
@BolexForSoup@kbin.social avatar

The Bureau is on it

Siegfried, to memes in What about you?

It’s refreshing to know that I’m not alone. My English skills suck ass. I blame it on not having enough chances to actually speak it in public.

whereBeWaldo, to memes in What about you?

Hello am 48 year man from somalia. Sorry for my bed england. I selled my wife for internet connection for play “conter strik” and i want to become the goodest player like you I play with 400 ping on brazil and i am global elite 2. pls no copy pasterino my story.

pyrflie, to memes in You have to work for food, kitten.

Apparently your Orange has the brain cell.

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