Seanus
19 Mar 2009
Seanus
19 Mar 2009
Food / MARMITE IN POLAND? [96]
Thanks for the offer. I'd like to take you up on that. I'll check the new deli first but I doubt that they have it.
Thanks for the offer. I'd like to take you up on that. I'll check the new deli first but I doubt that they have it.
Seanus
19 Mar 2009
Food / MARMITE IN POLAND? [96]
Get this stuff over here quick sharp. I'd love a bit of toast with a thin layer of marg and then some Marmite. Orgasmic!
Get this stuff over here quick sharp. I'd love a bit of toast with a thin layer of marg and then some Marmite. Orgasmic!
Seanus
19 Mar 2009
Work / Interview at a Callan School [204]
That's what should have been blatantly clear. I was clearly making that point as I had already accented the words. It was clear that I meant my voice.
That's what should have been blatantly clear. I was clearly making that point as I had already accented the words. It was clear that I meant my voice.
Seanus
19 Mar 2009
Work / Interview at a Callan School [204]
I think the point I was making was clear enough. We all know the accent (stress) differences between AmE and BrE. If they think I say American words with a Cali accent, they are sadly mistaken. Or even a Phoenix accent whatever that sounds like.
I think the point I was making was clear enough. We all know the accent (stress) differences between AmE and BrE. If they think I say American words with a Cali accent, they are sadly mistaken. Or even a Phoenix accent whatever that sounds like.
Seanus
19 Mar 2009
Work / Interview at a Callan School [204]
I don't use my dialect at all. I can just see that I don't put on a Philly accent when I pronounce a word in the American way.
Let me reiterate, when I talk about accent I mean my voice as being Scottish. Not the stress on the syllable which is clearly different.
I don't use my dialect at all. I can just see that I don't put on a Philly accent when I pronounce a word in the American way.
Let me reiterate, when I talk about accent I mean my voice as being Scottish. Not the stress on the syllable which is clearly different.
Seanus
19 Mar 2009
Work / Interview at a Callan School [204]
I did, look above Miranda. Unedited, I left it as I wrote it. Post 105
I did, look above Miranda. Unedited, I left it as I wrote it. Post 105
Seanus
19 Mar 2009
Seanus
19 Mar 2009
Work / Interview at a Callan School [204]
I don't have a regional accent that much, it's very faint actually. It's recognisably Scottish but very mild.
I've trained other teachers, I know what I am doing. You are confusing my individual accent with the accent on the words, i.e the stress. I might pronounce some words the American way when I'm with Americans. It doesn't mean my own personal accent isn't Scottish. It doesn't suddenly become a Bronx accent you know.
Are you guys playing, because this is rudimentary stuff?
I don't have a regional accent that much, it's very faint actually. It's recognisably Scottish but very mild.
I've trained other teachers, I know what I am doing. You are confusing my individual accent with the accent on the words, i.e the stress. I might pronounce some words the American way when I'm with Americans. It doesn't mean my own personal accent isn't Scottish. It doesn't suddenly become a Bronx accent you know.
Are you guys playing, because this is rudimentary stuff?
Seanus
19 Mar 2009
Work / Interview at a Callan School [204]
This is just too funny. I am saying if he copied the American, he'd say orEgano but with his own Scottish accent. I'm not gonna put on a Texan accent just to say orEgano.
This is hilarious, really! 12 years in the game and you come up with this drivel.
This is just too funny. I am saying if he copied the American, he'd say orEgano but with his own Scottish accent. I'm not gonna put on a Texan accent just to say orEgano.
This is hilarious, really! 12 years in the game and you come up with this drivel.
Seanus
19 Mar 2009
Work / Interview at a Callan School [204]
Then you have missed the most elementary of points, Vaff. I am shaking my head in disbelief, you are usually on the ball.
OK, what else? If an American asks me to pronounce what he has just said, do you really think I will use an American accent? Or will I just pronounce it his way but with my own accent?
You are 13 days too early, Vaff. It's not too late to see your mistake.
Then you have missed the most elementary of points, Vaff. I am shaking my head in disbelief, you are usually on the ball.
OK, what else? If an American asks me to pronounce what he has just said, do you really think I will use an American accent? Or will I just pronounce it his way but with my own accent?
You are 13 days too early, Vaff. It's not too late to see your mistake.
Seanus
19 Mar 2009
Work / Interview at a Callan School [204]
Not at all. Can't you see, I can pronounce a word in the American way but with a Scottish accent?
For example, OregAno in BrE and OrEgano in AmE. I'd still have a Scottish accent/voice but the pron would change.
It is you who have missed that simple difference, Vaff. Nice try tho!
Not at all. Can't you see, I can pronounce a word in the American way but with a Scottish accent?
For example, OregAno in BrE and OrEgano in AmE. I'd still have a Scottish accent/voice but the pron would change.
It is you who have missed that simple difference, Vaff. Nice try tho!
Seanus
19 Mar 2009
Work / Interview at a Callan School [204]
We teach pronunciation, yes. Accents, no. They pronounce it correctly but with a Polish accent.
For example, I could pronounce leisure as LEŻYR (BrE) (Polish phonetics, sorry) or LIŻYR (AmE). The pronunciation would change but the accent would remain the same. I'd say both with a Scottish accent.
Geez Vaff, I thought you were brighter than that.
We teach pronunciation, yes. Accents, no. They pronounce it correctly but with a Polish accent.
For example, I could pronounce leisure as LEŻYR (BrE) (Polish phonetics, sorry) or LIŻYR (AmE). The pronunciation would change but the accent would remain the same. I'd say both with a Scottish accent.
Geez Vaff, I thought you were brighter than that.
Seanus
19 Mar 2009
Work / Interview at a Callan School [204]
You are completely missing the point Harry, we don't teach accents, don't you get that? Your ideas are so out of touch. If sb wants to copy my accent, that's their business but I don't set out to do that. It's not about making them more like you, it's about them learning English, pronouncing it correctly whilst retaining their accent which makes them who they are.
Part of the problem? It's reality, Harry. There's no getting round that. You can't mollycoddle students. Besides, Polish people are scattered throughout the UK. They will be subjected to hard accents whether they like it or not. My fiancee was listening to a guy from Belfast and she couldn't make head nor tail of what he was saying.
Simply put, exposure is vital. Otherwise, you encourage insularity and don't paint the full picture. Having travelled, I've heard the weird and the wonderful. Accents from OZ, Canada, the US, Britain etc etc. They all have their place.
You are completely missing the point Harry, we don't teach accents, don't you get that? Your ideas are so out of touch. If sb wants to copy my accent, that's their business but I don't set out to do that. It's not about making them more like you, it's about them learning English, pronouncing it correctly whilst retaining their accent which makes them who they are.
Part of the problem? It's reality, Harry. There's no getting round that. You can't mollycoddle students. Besides, Polish people are scattered throughout the UK. They will be subjected to hard accents whether they like it or not. My fiancee was listening to a guy from Belfast and she couldn't make head nor tail of what he was saying.
Simply put, exposure is vital. Otherwise, you encourage insularity and don't paint the full picture. Having travelled, I've heard the weird and the wonderful. Accents from OZ, Canada, the US, Britain etc etc. They all have their place.
Seanus
19 Mar 2009
Life / Price of beer in Poland [90]
Goolmans is very crisp and goes down well. Some may find it a bit watery but it is thoroughly drinkable.
Goolmans is very crisp and goes down well. Some may find it a bit watery but it is thoroughly drinkable.
Seanus
19 Mar 2009
Work / Interview at a Callan School [204]
How many years have you been a teacher, Harry? You certainly talk a good game.
How many years have you been a teacher, Harry? You certainly talk a good game.
Seanus
18 Mar 2009
History / Roman Dmowski- Polish Adolf Hitler? [219]
I see your point, lesser. Still, it's about representation in the EU Parliament. You can't just exclude all Poles due to incompetence. Talk about brush and tarring.
I see your point, lesser. Still, it's about representation in the EU Parliament. You can't just exclude all Poles due to incompetence. Talk about brush and tarring.
Seanus
18 Mar 2009
Work / Interview at a Callan School [204]
True, anyway, back to the discussion on Callan. Where is cjjc? I want to tell him that there is a free place and that he should contact the school in Gliwice.
True, anyway, back to the discussion on Callan. Where is cjjc? I want to tell him that there is a free place and that he should contact the school in Gliwice.
Seanus
18 Mar 2009
Work / Interview at a Callan School [204]
It's tough titties for her I'm afraid. She's an old hag who has pissed me off before. At the start of a lecture, I set an A-Z task. They had to give their A-Z associations of Scotland, then I'd discuss them. She told me that I was to lecture her but I had my intro activity to do first. Old cun*
It's tough titties for her I'm afraid. She's an old hag who has pissed me off before. At the start of a lecture, I set an A-Z task. They had to give their A-Z associations of Scotland, then I'd discuss them. She told me that I was to lecture her but I had my intro activity to do first. Old cun*
Seanus
18 Mar 2009
Work / Interview at a Callan School [204]
LOL. There was a woman who said that she couldn't understand me. That was the first time I had ever heard that. My accent is very clear.
She's a cun* so I decided to patronise her by accenting everything as clear as day. Daft old sod!!
How does clean your ears out you old f*ck sound?
LOL. There was a woman who said that she couldn't understand me. That was the first time I had ever heard that. My accent is very clear.
She's a cun* so I decided to patronise her by accenting everything as clear as day. Daft old sod!!
How does clean your ears out you old f*ck sound?
Seanus
18 Mar 2009
Work / Interview at a Callan School [204]
Fluency doesn't mean accuracy though, Harry. There are many other attributes required besides fluency.
Is a Brummy accent a standardised accent?
I'm sorry Harry, there are many strong accents in Britain. Well-defined and hard to follow. Should we just impose an outright ban on reality?
Are you talking accents or rhyming slang now, Harry?
Fluency doesn't mean accuracy though, Harry. There are many other attributes required besides fluency.
Is a Brummy accent a standardised accent?
I'm sorry Harry, there are many strong accents in Britain. Well-defined and hard to follow. Should we just impose an outright ban on reality?
Are you talking accents or rhyming slang now, Harry?
Seanus
18 Mar 2009
History / Roman Dmowski- Polish Adolf Hitler? [219]
Don't worry, I've checked Obama's diary. He was invited to bed with Hosni Mubarak and accepted ;)
Don't worry, I've checked Obama's diary. He was invited to bed with Hosni Mubarak and accepted ;)
Seanus
18 Mar 2009
History / Roman Dmowski- Polish Adolf Hitler? [219]
Maybe he's unaware just how much sway they have in the Arab world. The UAE, Qatar, Yemen, even Libya now are not hostile (tho making noises again).
Oh, Egypt, I get it, LOL
Maybe he's unaware just how much sway they have in the Arab world. The UAE, Qatar, Yemen, even Libya now are not hostile (tho making noises again).
Oh, Egypt, I get it, LOL
Seanus
18 Mar 2009
History / Roman Dmowski- Polish Adolf Hitler? [219]
The Arabs being who exactly? Saudi Arabia, don't make me laugh. Bum buddies with the US.
The Arabs being who exactly? Saudi Arabia, don't make me laugh. Bum buddies with the US.
Seanus
18 Mar 2009
Work / Interview at a Callan School [204]
On the first point, both
On the second point, in that case, why not let them be taught by a German teacher of English? It seems to be the case that foreigners understand one another better than they do native speakers.
On the third point, they spend half the time laughing at the pompous BBC accents that they lose the thread of what they are saying, LOL. It's 10 pAAAAst 7 ;)
On the fourth point, you may have tripped yourself up. You accept that Cockney is tricky, right? Well, how about a Scottish teacher from Ayr, dtaylor for example? Or somewhere even smaller. There are many more speakers of Cockney than those from a Scottish town or village. There can be no ducking it. Many Poles go to London, that's a fact. Exposure here will help them across there.
On the first point, both
On the second point, in that case, why not let them be taught by a German teacher of English? It seems to be the case that foreigners understand one another better than they do native speakers.
On the third point, they spend half the time laughing at the pompous BBC accents that they lose the thread of what they are saying, LOL. It's 10 pAAAAst 7 ;)
On the fourth point, you may have tripped yourself up. You accept that Cockney is tricky, right? Well, how about a Scottish teacher from Ayr, dtaylor for example? Or somewhere even smaller. There are many more speakers of Cockney than those from a Scottish town or village. There can be no ducking it. Many Poles go to London, that's a fact. Exposure here will help them across there.
Seanus
18 Mar 2009
Work / Interview at a Callan School [204]
The twangy stuff is awkward for language learners.
Better post this time, Mr Bubbles. Speaking clearly is so important.
I was just thinking, can you imagine sb from Bolton or Yorkshire teaching articles.
Now, I was goin up motoaway (sic) when I turned on radio. Didn't have t'internet mind you. LOL
The twangy stuff is awkward for language learners.
Better post this time, Mr Bubbles. Speaking clearly is so important.
I was just thinking, can you imagine sb from Bolton or Yorkshire teaching articles.
Now, I was goin up motoaway (sic) when I turned on radio. Didn't have t'internet mind you. LOL
Seanus
18 Mar 2009
Work / Interview at a Callan School [204]
Harry, you are confusing two very fundamental things. Let them use their natural accent. You too are bordering on selective favouritism. What you want to say is a pronunciation model. They don't need to copy my accent, just the way I pronounce words which is relatively neutral. I have a weak 'ing', that is my achilles heel.
What is a standardised accent? Even within an area, you have variation. Look at London for example. Cockney is different. I don't understand those buggers sometimes.
Harry, you are confusing two very fundamental things. Let them use their natural accent. You too are bordering on selective favouritism. What you want to say is a pronunciation model. They don't need to copy my accent, just the way I pronounce words which is relatively neutral. I have a weak 'ing', that is my achilles heel.
What is a standardised accent? Even within an area, you have variation. Look at London for example. Cockney is different. I don't understand those buggers sometimes.
Seanus
17 Mar 2009
Love / Do Poles ignore domestic abuse? [54]
It's hard to intervene with pathological families. They are in a league of their own for insanity.
It's hard to intervene with pathological families. They are in a league of their own for insanity.
Seanus
17 Mar 2009
Love / Do Poles ignore domestic abuse? [54]
Or more likely, what do you say to a man with 2 black eyes?
Hiz the bitch been at it again? ;)
Or more likely, what do you say to a man with 2 black eyes?
Hiz the bitch been at it again? ;)
Seanus
17 Mar 2009
Love / Do Poles ignore domestic abuse? [54]
Let's be glad that domestic abuse tends to be confined to telling family members how bad their day was ;) ;)
In Scotland, I imagine this to be far worse. It's a big problem there.
Let's be glad that domestic abuse tends to be confined to telling family members how bad their day was ;) ;)
In Scotland, I imagine this to be far worse. It's a big problem there.