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Sigmund

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Hola!

My son and I love horror and like to freak each other out. (Actually, my entire family loves horror and we mess about with each other.)

My son showed me this video and said it freaked him out for two weeks. I liked it but wasn't especially scared.

Enjoy! (It might be rather disturbing to some.)


Peace.
 

Lina

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Oh... that's really disturbing...and funny at the same time:eyebrow: Thanks for sharing!

By the way, this video made me remember the case when I was watching The Grudge and there is a moment when a girl sits in the room and plays witn the light, turning it on and out, on and out... and suddenly the light won't turn on, she checks on the cord and sees it's not in the socket. After that creepy things start happening. After watching the movie later that evening I was sitting in my room and started turning the light on and out, too...just imagine how scared I was when suddenly It did not turn on;-D
 

Grandpa

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That was fun, Sigs. Thanks!

...I was horrified by the weird-azz power strip....

Hey, I have a few of those. Needed them for some overseas work. Obviously, there's an American market for a movie about one. Can I film it with an Android phone? (I seem to be short some high-def filming equipment at the moment.)


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(The sad little faces are adaptors so I could plug my American equipment in.)
 

GNTLGNT

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That was fun, Sigs. Thanks!



Hey, I have a few of those. Needed them for some overseas work. Obviously, there's an American market for a movie about one. Can I film it with an Android phone? (I seem to be short some high-def filming equipment at the moment.)


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(The sad little faces are adaptors so I could plug my American equipment in.)
...I'm still horrified rather than mollified....
 

Sigmund

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I got you. The syllabary of the letters "l" and "r" can be difficult for some Japanese people.

I have seen sorta the same thing with Spanish speakers learning English. The "j" and "y' sounds are reversed.

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Thanks!
 

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Grandpa

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Japanese doesn't really have either R or L sounds. The glottal-stop sound is in between them, albeit closer to an L, but like a harder R or quicker L, and sometimes the difference isn't heard. That's why in a Japanese ad in English you might seen an upcoming concert for "Def Reppard" (true story).

Native Japanese also doesn't have the "th" sound, with the S sound being the closest equivalent, so that's why if they learn the word "pithy," it might not sound right the first few times.

When I was helping out, I'd give a sentence for the day, something like, "Polly rolled around on the hill and really liked it," have that sentenced practiced for a day, then come back and repeat it to me the next. I also gave careful and graphic demonstrations on tongue placements for the various sounds. It seemed to work.
 

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I got you. The syllabary of the letters "l" and "r" can be difficult for some Japanese people.

I have seen sorta the same thing with Spanish speakers learning English. The "j" and "y' sounds are reversed.

Thanks!
I know about the "j" and "y" sounds but my problem with trying to learn Spanish is that I have difficulty rolling my "r"s. Is that considered a speech impediment? Is there a workaround? ;-D
 

Sigmund

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I know about the "j" and "y" sounds but my problem with trying to learn Spanish is that I have difficulty rolling my "r"s. Is that considered a speech impediment? Is there a workaround? ;-D

A speech impediment for those who can trill the 'r' or those that can't? :laugh:

I don't know about a workaround and I'm sure you have seen something like this before


I've been thinking about this. The kids on my side of the family all speak both English and Spanish. They also learned both alphabets. When they learned to read English they automatically knew how to read Spanish. Same with writing. What's that all about?

Animo, Senora Mod. (I can't find my ene. Ha.)
 

skimom2

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A speech impediment for those who can trill the 'r' or those that can't? :laugh:

I don't know about a workaround and I'm sure you have seen something like this before


I've been thinking about this. The kids on my side of the family all speak both English and Spanish. They also learned both alphabets. When they learned to read English they automatically knew how to read Spanish. Same with writing. What's that all about?

Animo, Senora Mod. (I can't find my ene. Ha.)

Little kids learn languages so easily (compared to older kids & adults). My two youngest go (well, the DD#2 went) to a school that is chartered to be bilingual (Spanish and English). My daughter started in 5th grade and took Spanish from 5th grade through 9th grade, and still takes the language in 10th grade, and her accent is passable. She understands more of what she reads than what she hears (native speakers). As contrast, my now 3rd grader started in Kindergarten, and his accent is pretty much flawless. He can converse with his teacher, who is a Spaniard, pretty much like her own kids do (she told me this at parent teacher conference this afternoon). Almost the same number of years of learning the language, but starting younger gave LilMan a boost.

And Light Out is terrifying to me (to jump back on topic--lol)! Have you seen this one?