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I learnt English to read One Piece scans online back then. Now whenever my coworkers see me reading manga scans in English they ask me "Do you even know what those characters are saying?" in which I replies "Well, this is the reason why I know English".

Wow, thank you very much!

Entropy.

Definitely pronunciation for me. The fact that unlike most Indonesians, I can't say "r" (it comes out as "w" instead) doesn't help either.

Damn, I tried to register but re-Captcha v1 is down.

Mine is "Serendipity" because in Elements the Game, an online CCG I play a lot, when this card was released, I thought it was the most fun card in the entire game, and when I looked up the definition of "Serendipity" it fit my personality really well.

Do they have a forum?

On 10/7/2013 at 5:24 AM, Guest isabbbela said:

Oh I forget words all the time, in every language!! I actually forget mostly words in my own native language! haha I will remember the word in English, but not in Portuguese. Happens all the time, my friends get mad at me sometimes  :bored:

I remember when I was climbing up a mountain with my coworkers and I noticed that there's a ladybug near me. I spontaneously said a "ladybug" (in English) and then trying to remember what was its name in our native language.

On 10/7/2013 at 4:35 PM, limon said:

Awesome. That's one of the fun things about English, it is full of other languages!

Try Bahasa Indonesia. About 90% of its vocabulary is borrowed from various other languages.

On 10/7/2013 at 11:29 PM, rossonomous said:

I actually find it difficult pronounce words starting with 'F' because it always seems like I am pronouncing with 'th' at the start. E.g 'thour'

Wait, where did you come from?

On 9/29/2013 at 2:58 AM, Elizabethr6144 said:

I feel like I say "oh rats!" A lot. Im not sure if this is actually a real phrase because I have never heard others say this. I have no idea how this started I just say this phrase when something goes wrong or I stumble. I guess you could say I am a fairly clumsy person so this phrase comes out a lot.

On 9/29/2013 at 5:53 AM, JoeDirt said:

The English word I use the most is... Umm... It's... The word is "sh*t" I can spend a day without using that word, but somehow I only use it when I'm alone. It sounds crazy but, yeah, I talk to myself a lot  :shy:

On 10/6/2013 at 12:09 PM, Preya_M said:

 

I would also say "um" a lot during presentations, it came to a point where my friends counted the number of times I said it, and the results were embarrassing. I tend to injure myself a lot by walking, I stub my toes numerous times around the house and whenever I do so, the strangest things come out of my mouth, but the most frequent one is "holy jumping monkeys!" Not exactly you're everyday phrase, but that's what I say. 

Do you guys have ADD? Don't worry, I have ADD too, and I can relate to what you feel since I also do them on a regular basis (well, except the "holy jumping monkey" part). As for me, ummm... Yes, it is "um"...

On 10/7/2013 at 4:05 AM, JoeDirt said:

 

Class up her image? Did you see her new music video? Half naked "twerking" and calling her fans dollar signs.

What's the title of that song? Gotta look it up on YouTube.

This thread reminds me to Canadians who are often stereotyped as "always kind and polite". Are they "fake", too?

On 7/31/2013 at 3:13 AM, Mogra said:

And how did English change your life?

It gives me a huge advantage on competing with my rivals since I can read mathematical resource in English fluently when my rivals only know at most mediocre English.

My dream to be a well-known translator.

On 9/21/2013 at 9:45 PM, Czarownica said:

Harry Potter books are great for learning English, because their language is not too difficult. Reading classics, like Sherlock Holmes, or, God forbid, Shakespeare is very hard for somebody whose English is not advanced yet.

Right. Back then I tried to read all Harry Potter books in English and my vocabularies were vastly improved. After 1 or 2 books, I tried to read Sherlock Holmes and couldn't comprehend what's happening half of the time.

On 9/26/2013 at 3:04 PM, wholesaleblogger said:

My wife is Spanish and although fluent in English she still makes mistakes in pronouncing certain words. Mostly because of the use of the letters B & V which sound the same to her and most Spanish people.

Japanese have similar problems too.

On 9/27/2013 at 3:14 PM, DiesIrae said:

People here have problems with P and F. It makes me giggle when someone says cellpone instead of using the F sound. You would also have another person saying peenix instead of phoenix. It's not that bad. We don't really have F in our language anyway.

Arabians have similar problems too.

As for me, an Indonesian, my most hated letter in English is "c" since I didn't know whether it would be read as an actual "c" in my language (example: champion), a "k" (example: crown), or an "s" (example: cyber).

On 9/19/2013 at 5:34 PM, kitkat0124 said:

The only thing I know is to read aloud again and again. Keep practicing until your tongue get used to it. I also face in front of the mirror when I'm doing that, so I can see my facial reactions. Sometimes, I'm also using a recorder. I record what I read then play it afterwards so I can check if there is something wrong with my pronunciation or if my reading is improving.

I have read somewhere that reading aloud hinders your speed instead because our brain reads faster than our mouth.

Looks like they don't have forums... but wow! They have Arabic and Japanese, too!

On 8/24/2013 at 4:02 PM, LauraM said:

This made me very curious and I did look it up.  The winner is "set" with 464 definitions!  I was amazed that a single word would have so many.  But there are others with hundreds of meanings / definitions: "run,"  "go," "take" and "stand" are among them.   

 

This is really fascinating.  The full details are in this article:

http://puzzles.about.com/library/weekly/blmosdef.htm

All along this time, I thought "run" was already winning with its 151 meanings...

So, where is yout first forum?

I don't know exactly, but I think "indeed" sometimes means "exactly". Or in some cases, "actually".