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— "Good morning everyone. My name is Mr. Smith, and I'm your new English teacher. Hi, boys and girls!"
(Silence)
— "Come on, guys. Say hi!"
— (👩👩👦👦 in unison) "JAI."
— "Are you ready for some grammar?"
(Silence)
—"No? Okay, how about phonetics?"
(Silence)
—"Not even that? Okay, then let's do something else. Repeat after me: The ship is sinking."
— 👩👩👦👦 "THE SHEEP IS SINGING!"
— "Alright, let's try another one: I can't eat anymore. I'm full."
—👩👩👦👦 "I CAN'T EAT ANYMORE. I'M FOOL !"
—"Close. I like sleeping in soft sheets."
—👩👩👦👦 "I LIKE SLIPPING IN SOFT SHITS!"
— "Let people leave in peace."
—👩👩👦👦 "LET PEOPLE LIVE IN PISS!"
— "I like walking barefoot on the beach."
— 👩👩👦👦 "I LIKE WOKING BEAR FOOD ON THE BITCH!"
— "This is not going well, guys. You need to focus on the lesson."
—👩👩👦👦"THIS SNOT GOING WHALE, GUISE . YOU NEED TO FUCK US ON THE LESSON!"
— "Congratulations. You all passed.... in confusing everyone. Class dismissed."
LOL, I couldn't stop laughing, lol. It was so hilarious! I really hope my English doesn't sound like that even though I have similar experiences, lol.
Accidentally doing this in a foreign language keeps me up at night lol. Interestingly, "full" and "fool" sound the same in my accent so I probably wouldn't notice that mistake.
@yumiyumayume Mispronunciations can be really funny sometimes, but you shouting 'Virginia' while standing on a restaurant chair is unbeatable.😂
@schmamie That's why I've been watching movies without subtitles. I understand much less but I pay much more attention to pronunciation.
Thanks for letting me know. I'll change "fool" to "foul". I think it means "filthy", right?
"fool" is fine! Most accents do make a distinction between full and fool, just mine doesn't because it's undergone the pull/pool merger.
Got it. Thank you. I think I'm going to keep "foul", just for the punchy effect. : D
Fool and full do sound very different in my (Southeastern USA) accent. I've noticed that some native Spanish speakers have trouble with the English "UH" sound, as in full or butter, presumably because it's not present in Spanish. So, indeed, I would expect to hear some beginner English students read "full" the way I would read "fool" :)
Yeah, @Coral. It was one of the most embarrassing experiences in my entire life, lol.
@elAmericanoTranquilo After listening to "full" "fool" and "foul" I can clearly tell the difference between "foul" and the other two, but I can’t really distinguish between "full" and "fool." Maybe it’s just me, my ear isn’t used to or fine-tuned enough to notice the difference. Could it be because of the final "l" sound?
By the way, this is a very useful site for language learners, though most of the movies are in English:
“foul” https://clip.cafe/overcomer-2019/foul-foul-foul-foul-no-no-foul/
“full” https://clip.cafe/elton-john-live-farewell-from-dodger-stadium-2022/full-of-laughter-full-of-fun-full-of-music/
“fool” https://clip.cafe/the-people-under-the-stairs-1991/fool-s6/
@yumiyumayume. Don’t worry about your embarrassment. Just think that now you have a funny anecdote to tell. It’s so good it should be made into a movie. 😉It could be the sequel to "Who's Afraid of "Virginia" Woolf?
@Coral, that's interesting, for me the vocal sounds in fool and full are quite distinct. If you check dictionaries such as dictionary.cambridge.org you can see the phonetic spelling of words, and in this case they spell them using different IPA characters for the vowel sound in both the British and American versions. It seems to be a fairly common point of confusion, though, for students of English, because if you google "phonetic alphabet full vs fool" you'll find a bunch of videos on it :) e.g. this British one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x17GTrGaU4 or this American one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qms8b6vKBs
Here's an example of how two famous Americans (Mr. T and Conan O'Brien) say "fool" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDHzrWz8apM
@elAmericanoTranquilo. Thank you so much. The examples in those videos couldn’t be clearer. I’ve just realized I’ve been saying “fool” instead of “full” pretty much… my whole life.
The vowel sound in “fool” is fairly similar to the Spanish “U,” so every time we see the “U” in “full,” we just go with “fool.”
The idea that I’ve been mispronouncing such a simple word is pretty discouraging. I’d probably be better off devoting more time to the pronunciation of my posts. And here I was all happy because my phone understands me when I speak English. lol You might have noticed that every Spaniard says [i]ngl[i]sh instead of ɪnglɪsh, that's like our trademark, haha.
@elAmericanoTranquilo It's quite possible I've been saying them wrong this whole time too! The 'uh' in butter and the 'oo' of full are totally different sounds for me so that example was particularly interesting.
Hahaha, thank you, @Coral Yes, I don't afraid of making mistakes at all because I've gone through worst mistakes in both Italian and English. Some day, I'll share those with you here, lol.
Have you watched "Mind Your Language"?https://rutube.ru/video/9db8ae22e592282312fbbd61057a5283/?r=wd&t=72
@quassnoi. Not until you asked me. I’ve watched a few episodes now. The series has that classic "George and Mildred" British vibe. I really enjoyed it. The mispronunciations are hilarious, and I even got a timely takeaway. Thanks!