Your postulation, as usual, results in an affirmative nod, unless of course, in the Congo-Nigerian linguistic regions where the number system is senary.KevinS wrote: ↑July 8th, 2019, 11:09 amAm I correct in saying that at 5 in the afternoon in the tropics everything is quininary?realisticspeakers wrote: ↑July 8th, 2019, 8:43 amI think that after secondary, tertiary is perfectly cromulent. It's quaternary that resounds superfluous.verycherrey wrote: ↑July 7th, 2019, 10:11 pm Tertiary or any other five-dollar word.
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Yer Killin' me!realisticspeakers wrote: ↑July 8th, 2019, 12:29 pmYour postulation, as usual, results in an affirmative nod, unless of course, in the Congo-Nigerian linguistic regions where the number system is senary.KevinS wrote: ↑July 8th, 2019, 11:09 amAm I correct in saying that at 5 in the afternoon in the tropics everything is quininary?realisticspeakers wrote: ↑July 8th, 2019, 8:43 am
I think that after secondary, tertiary is perfectly cromulent. It's quaternary that resounds superfluous.
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uuuh, here was the thread i enjoyed reading that much and that led to me wondering about when i will stumble upon a word to add to my lists..
well, i had to read "disadvantageously"
after the 5th? or 10th? time, it sounded just as a question. i clearly wondered about this word while reading and..
advantage, advantageously, disadvantage...all is ok, but this "disadvantageously"...
i can hiss it, i can ask it, but i cannot read it normally.
i failed.
well, i had to read "disadvantageously"
after the 5th? or 10th? time, it sounded just as a question. i clearly wondered about this word while reading and..
advantage, advantageously, disadvantage...all is ok, but this "disadvantageously"...
i can hiss it, i can ask it, but i cannot read it normally.
i failed.
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Have you tried the carrot/cork technique? put a cork between your teeth and try it repeatedly. Then when the cork is out it flows.schrm wrote: ↑October 28th, 2019, 10:46 am uuuh, here was the thread i enjoyed reading that much and that led to me wondering about when i will stumble upon a word to add to my lists..
well, i had to read "disadvantageously"
after the 5th? or 10th? time, it sounded just as a question. i clearly wondered about this word while reading and..
advantage, advantageously, disadvantage...all is ok, but this "disadvantageously"...
i can hiss it, i can ask it, but i cannot read it normally.
i failed.
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Try focusing on the first few syllables, then the middle syllables, then the end syllables, recording each time. Then you can cut/paste all the best "takes" together at the hard stops (such as disad - vent - ag - eously if you need to break it down to its smallest parts by hard stops).
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I would treat it like an obvious misprint. (Wink.)schrm wrote: ↑October 28th, 2019, 10:46 am uuuh, here was the thread i enjoyed reading that much and that led to me wondering about when i will stumble upon a word to add to my lists..
well, i had to read "disadvantageously"
after the 5th? or 10th? time, it sounded just as a question. i clearly wondered about this word while reading and..
advantage, advantageously, disadvantage...all is ok, but this "disadvantageously"...
i can hiss it, i can ask it, but i cannot read it normally.
i failed.
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thank you for the pl ok kevin!
yes, i tried to variate the spoken word and that was somehow the best version.
i will try the carrot technique, though (thank you realisticspeakers!) - to be honest, librivox has helped wonders with my english
and why not learning to speak english with a carrot in your mouth? i think, babies do so, too...
thank you tricia and anne! i will try that, too..
the last versions i did, were sort of stuttering disadvantgsgsshshssssssssss
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"took his studiedly unhurried departure"
what a tongue twister! ugh! say it five times fast...
what a tongue twister! ugh! say it five times fast...
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Consideratively.
Read something recently when a young character was said to look into the fire 'consideratively'.
Apart from being hell to say, is it even a word??
Read something recently when a young character was said to look into the fire 'consideratively'.
Apart from being hell to say, is it even a word??
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Unconscionable
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i can imagine it..
oh i can imagine me saying unconsionnnnnnnnnnnmbl
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"Pack" ugh I hate that word
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derisive vituperation
...both Fun AND Annoying I think...
...both Fun AND Annoying I think...
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impressive vocabulary!LikeManyWaters wrote: ↑December 15th, 2019, 6:30 pm derisive vituperation
...both Fun AND Annoying I think...
and sort of self-describing, i think
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