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Post by P-chan on Jun 2, 2008 13:18:26 GMT -8
Eh, I can just swear in French and Japanese. >.>;;
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Post by ♫ Busan ♫ on Jun 2, 2008 13:26:04 GMT -8
P needs to find more Mandarin speaking people. Mandarin swears are the funniest. XD
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Post by Jukka on Jun 2, 2008 19:14:23 GMT -8
XD you could type it out phonetically (is that the right word) so we could say it. But that might not be forum appropriate XD
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Post by ♫ Busan ♫ on Jun 2, 2008 19:48:48 GMT -8
That's what you'd think but pinyin(romanized chinese) has no logic to it whatsoever, and you'd probably end up saying...some other random Chinese word.
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Post by Aleu on Jun 3, 2008 7:54:39 GMT -8
NI HAO I personally find it annoying when people ask me how to say swear words in Korean, swearing in another language is not as awesome as it seems, and most people can't pronounce them right and it makes me cringe. >_< OH MY GOD I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN T___T Although it's not as bad here, because I like in an Asian-saturated area, so at least when they mispronounce it, it's with a Chinese accent instead of an American one  How many Korean swears are there, though? I've only learned like, one, and that was from my dad XD He confessed that he didn't know any others too xP |
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Post by P-chan on Jun 3, 2008 11:45:50 GMT -8
My friend asked me how to say "go die" in Chinese, and when she repeated after me, it came out, "go take a bath." I've given up on teaching people how to speak Chinese now.
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Post by ♫ Busan ♫ on Jun 3, 2008 11:59:15 GMT -8
One of my friends love it when Americans try(and fail, miserably) to pronounce anything in an Asian language.
I remember in Bio some guy randomly brought up how to say diarrhea in Chinese, Laduzi or something like that. And she was trying to correct him, but he just kept saying something totally different from her.
Sometimes I wonder if they're even TRYING to pronounce them right.
And the poor Japanese kids, teachers here ALWAYS mispronounce the Japanese kids' names. Yusuke = Yoosooki.
As for how many Korean swears there are, I honestly have no idea, definitely more than one though.
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Post by P-chan on Jun 3, 2008 14:03:52 GMT -8
I remember when I danced Hare Hare Yukai for my drama class. My teacher was trying to pronounce Aya Hirano's name, and he butchered it.
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Post by Kriven on Jun 3, 2008 14:31:47 GMT -8
Most white people don't bother trying to pronounce them right, and will intentionally create a jibberish noise to exaggerate the "weirdness" of the language. I usually find that the only thing they exaggerate is their own ignorance. When I make a mistake in other language pronounciation (which happens with me as much in English as any other language, Asian or not  ) it's because I honestly thought it was pronounced like that. |
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Post by Jukka on Jun 3, 2008 14:40:12 GMT -8
Well look at it the other way, it's hard for Asian people to pronounce some english words too. My friend has a foreign exchange student from Japan and she has a tough time with some words.
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Post by Kriven on Jun 3, 2008 14:43:12 GMT -8
I have an Asian friend who can't say chocolate... XD! "Chock-Lick!"
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Post by P-chan on Jun 3, 2008 14:50:22 GMT -8
I can say chocolate. =D
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Post by Jukka on Jun 3, 2008 14:55:31 GMT -8
But..english was your first language...right? O.o
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Post by ♫ Busan ♫ on Jun 3, 2008 16:00:03 GMT -8
Well look at it the other way, it's hard for Asian people to pronounce some english words too. My friend has a foreign exchange student from Japan and she has a tough time with some words. Stereotype! I don't have trouble pronouncing English words. ...OK that's kind of a lie, but casual English is no problem for me. |
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Post by Jukka on Jun 3, 2008 19:10:39 GMT -8
Well I mostly meant ones who pick up english as a second language. Cause you guys were talking about whites not being able to pronounce japanese or whatever language it was XD
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) it's because I honestly thought it was pronounced like that.
