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Post by Ike on Aug 22, 2009 10:23:55 GMT -5
Okay, so now you have to tell us your real name.
edit: Actually I'm kind of in the same boat. The name "Ike" is only pronounced "eye-kuh" in English apparently. My foreign customers look at my name tag and call me "ee-kay." Not to mention the folks on the phone who seem convinced that my name is actually Mike and that I repeatedly mispronounce my own name.
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Post by Jave on Aug 22, 2009 11:13:59 GMT -5
Okay... brace yourself: Jean-Victor Després.
and I can't stress enough that it's not Gene, but more like Jon, but with a soft J, and the N nearly silent. Victor is about how you'd say it in english, but with different vowels and a rolled R, and Després is pronounced like "Day Pray" but again with different vowels and a rolled R.
The next person to say "Gene Duspreez" is getting punched in the face. (that's right telemarketers, I will track you the fuck down)
edit: or you could just call me Jave... it's like Dave but with a j. It's seriously what my mother calls me. JV is also acceptable.
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Post by kimimi on Aug 22, 2009 11:19:01 GMT -5
But... that's obviously a French name so why do people try to use English pronunciation?
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Post by Vendaval Este on Aug 22, 2009 11:33:12 GMT -5
Okay, so now you have to tell us your real name. edit: Actually I'm kind of in the same boat. The name "Ike" is only pronounced "eye-kuh" in English apparently. My foreign customers look at my name tag and call me "ee-kay." Not to mention the folks on the phone who seem convinced that my name is actually Mike and that I repeatedly mispronounce my own name. That's surprising, I thought only weeaboos would accidentally pronounce it "ee-kay". |
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Post by Jave on Aug 22, 2009 11:42:29 GMT -5
But... that's obviously a French name so why do people try to use English pronunciation? Either it's because it confuses them that I speak predominantly English (my French is actually pretty sad) because they dislike the French for some completely incoherent reason. or, most likely, because they're ignorant fucks who can barely pronounce words in their own first language, let alone give try to a second one. If I sound a little bitter, it's because I am. |
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Post by Warchief Onyx on Aug 22, 2009 11:57:57 GMT -5
I would pronounce it right, but then I'm a Trekkie, so if I didn't know how to pronounce the first name of Captain Picard, I'd be in serious trouble.  |
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Post by Smithee on Aug 22, 2009 12:09:43 GMT -5
YES, MULTI-LINGUAL LIFE-STYLE.
Man, people are that dumb? I could understand making some things sound wrong, like the J too "thick" or the R not rolled well, but it really isn't very hard. I mean, I probably pronounce it wrong, I'm terrible at French speaking, but at least you could try to do it.
I think though, that they don't, because it is like, if something is Japanese, I just say it. I don't try and make it sound like I'm some Bushido Samurai Whatsitcalled, I just say it. Because, I can't really get the Japanese right, and will undoubtably get something wrong because I'm already terrible at speaking English (I get Rs and Ws mixed up, and sometimes Ls too. And I often say things like they're French with two Ls so it sounds like "Eey" or somesort, and other things, like studdering from time to time). This wasn't an issue in Japanese class, I would try, and it isn't like I say it exactly like it is an English word in or out of class. I just don't really try to change my accent for Japanese so hard?
With French I try yeah. I don't wanna say "DANNNSZZZZZ" for "dans". I also sometimes make mistakes with that vowel rule, which I can't remember the name of. So with the vowels connecting? I get that messed up sometimes. I was the worst in my house at French, since my sister moved out, but then in class I surpassed my older brother. I always thought everyone knew French but me, but it turns out it was only my younger sister and mother really. For that I am glad, and will join their ranks.
(I'm making sure to switch a class to French next year. I was in Applied, because I didn't do well on French in Public School, but it was never taken as seriously as the other classes. Since I went to highschool I got a really good teacher, so I learned a lot. Also, it was applied so it was very easy. This is my worry: if I take Academic [they don't have Applied for grade 10. The Applied French is just their because 1 French course is mandatory and people want to get it out of the way] will I be good enough? I'm very worried, actually...)
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Post by Jave on Aug 22, 2009 12:33:04 GMT -5
I get what you're Saying Smithee, and I don't really want the thread to derail into some anglo-franco ordeal, and believe me, I understand better than most the feeling of not wanting accidentally offend people by slaughtering their dialect, but I have generally made alternatives available for people who aren't comfortable with the French thing. It's no insult to me whatsoever if you'd prefer Jave, it is when someone insists on using my "correct" name... and then slaughters it, that it gets under my skin.
Incidentally, this all came up recently in a conversation I had with my boss (he's from Gatineau) because one of his pet peeves is when people use the term "Quebec French," because in reality, different regions of the PQ have their own dialects, and it reinforces the stereotype of Quebecors as language elitists.
I'm not sure what to tell you about applied French... I took immersion, so it's all locked away in the recesses of my mostly repressed childhood, though I have seen co-workers in their forties pick it up and hold their own after only a couple months. I think the key is to actually converse with French people instead of just studying it, also the formal French you learn in school is way harder than the real thing, if that's any comfort.
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Post by Haz on Sept 8, 2009 14:18:28 GMT -5
The fact that MY LAPTOP FUCKED UP ON ME AND NEEDS REPAIR =[
But in a twist of what seems to be good karma, I got hired for a supermarket job which starts tomorrow, so I'll be able to pay it off in a couple of weeks.
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Post by America Young Fusion on Sept 8, 2009 19:29:38 GMT -5
You know you might be too distracted by work and not being home often that you could do just fine without getting it fixed. Are you still a college student? When I started to work at that point and got my comp hacked I could've cared less about getting it fixed and just used comps at my uni.
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Post by Haz on Sept 8, 2009 20:30:54 GMT -5
Well, it doesn't bother me as much as there's 2 more computers in my house I can use (my desktop and sis' laptop), but still, all my games, music, anime, etc. are put out of commission with it, and it freaks me out. I just feel weird without it.
Yeah, I use the ones at my college too for the more important crap, but it isn't the same.
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Post by nunuu on Sept 12, 2009 12:57:00 GMT -5
Ah, my list is so long for such a topic so I'll just keep it related to driving:
1) Tailgaters.
2) People that cut in front with about an inch of space (regardless of whether they're signalling or not).
3) People that talk on the cell phone while driving
4) People that talk on the cell phone while driving slowly (below the speed limit)
5) People that talk on the cell phone while driving slowly (FAR below the speed limit)
6) People that drive below the speed limit on a sunny day, with no terrible road conditions (like slippery, pot holes everywhere, snow blizzard reducing visibility, etc.) or traffic slowing things down.
7) When on the side streets, drivers just slow down and stop (even though there is no stop sign, no one getting off or on, no hazard lights, no right turn signal on) leaving you to summon your telepathic abilities to try and read their fucking minds to figure out the hell they're doing.
8) People slowing down to look at accidents on THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GODDAMN ROAD.
Oh, I guess I should mention that I have mild road rage.
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Post by Brand on Sept 12, 2009 13:25:52 GMT -5
Along the people fuck up my name thread...
That happens to me all the time. I mean my name is freaking Brandi! Is it that hard? I've gotten Randy, Sandy, Candy, and Mandy. I can almost be forgiving with Randy but the rest uhg no. One top of that I have gotten people mistaken my name for Brandon! I'm a freaking girl! Why do you think my name is Brandon? Also the misspelling of my name and I don't just mean just the misspelling as Brandy. I can deal with that. I have gotten crap like Brant and a few others. Uh, really? Brant? Is that even a real name and this was years ago before retarded made up names became popular.
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Post by Jave on Sept 12, 2009 13:27:34 GMT -5
People so read and send text messages while driving scare the shit out of me.
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Post by nunuu on Sept 12, 2009 13:58:49 GMT -5
People so read and send text messages while driving scare the shit out of me. Oops. Forgot about that one. They're usually the people that drive at 20 km/h on a 70 km/h road too. >_> Fuckers. In retrospect, I did encounter a moron that was driving directly behind me (not tailgating. THANK GOD) but was going the speed limit while texting. >__< |
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