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Re: *⁂* Confetti Rain *⁂*
Posted: May 17th, '22, 22:04
by memoriam
No problem, I'm glad there's activity here
Yeah, but the Polish ones are especially juicy, the rollong R is the thing as well as the multitude of context and nuance

But I'm biased

Re: *⁂* Confetti Rain *⁂*
Posted: May 17th, '22, 22:07
by Natsuyuki
I am so envious of people who can roll their Rs... It sounds so so so cool *___*
I feel like Chinese swears are a lot more crass-sounding, so they're more impactful? But I also cringe at them more

Re: *⁂* Confetti Rain *⁂*
Posted: May 17th, '22, 22:11
by memoriam
All swear words can be crass I guess
Yeah, rolling the R adds that spice

Re: *⁂* Confetti Rain *⁂*
Posted: May 18th, '22, 02:10
by Hotarla
i love rolling my Rs. my mom can't do it but my sister and I can. xD
Mem: yeah but sometimes you can't avoid rap when its being played on the radio. like, when i'm in the car and they're listening to the radio and then a song comes on with rock and rap and whatever, i just cringe. xD;; its why almost the moment i get in the car, i plug my earbuds into my itouch and listen to my music. xD
Re: *⁂* Confetti Rain *⁂*
Posted: May 18th, '22, 04:40
by Natsuyuki
Whoa mem your new avi is so gorgeous!!! *_____*
I tried learning to roll my Rs when I took a phonetics class in uni. The result... was an utter fail QAQ I basically end up sounding like I'm choking

Re: *⁂* Confetti Rain *⁂*
Posted: May 18th, '22, 14:14
by Hotarla
Yeah my mom can’t roll her tongue either. XD but she can whistle and curl her tongue but just….not roll her Rs lol. XD
Re: *⁂* Confetti Rain *⁂*
Posted: May 18th, '22, 14:59
by memoriam
@Hot: Ah, see, that's why I don't listen to the radio and use Tidal instead
@Natsuyuki: Thank you!

It was a struggle, haha.
Uuugh, I can't whistle for shit... DX I wish I could. I can only whistle backwards, like sucking the air in and somehow that's a whistle, lol. I can move my eyebrows separately, that's my trick XD
Ash is trying to learn, he keeps whistling around the house and he's getting good at it.
Re: *⁂* Confetti Rain *⁂*
Posted: May 18th, '22, 19:13
by Natsuyuki
I think I've heard before that rolling your tongue and rolling your R are both traits you're born with and can't learn later in life? I'm not sure how accurate that is though /D
I can whistle..... A little.... When I get lucky..... XD my biggest achievement was being able to whistle the clock chime tune
Learning to whistle must be hard to listen to I imagine. Before you get good you sound like a balloon leaking air XD
Re: *⁂* Confetti Rain *⁂*
Posted: May 19th, '22, 02:51
by Hotarla
iunno, do you really have a choice if you're in the car and you're not the driver? xD usually the only people who fiddle with the radio in the car is my dad or my sister. xD;;
is that right? XD dunno if the rolling the tongue thing is something you're born with but given my mom can't roll her Rs and i can.......xD;; my italian bosses are actually like "you're sounding more and more italian every day!" and i'm like "well that's probably cuz i can roll my Rs......8U"
my sister sometimes whistles the national anthem. dunno why lol. but she can whistle just like my mom can. although my mom likes to whistle more like a bird lol.
Re: *⁂* Confetti Rain *⁂*
Posted: May 19th, '22, 04:43
by Moi
I hate it when I'm listening to a song I like and my mom randomly turns it down or off.
Like I just turned it up - clearly I want to listen to it.
My dad gets pissed when she turns the radio down in his car xD
I can whistle and I can snap my fingers.
My sister doesn't know how to whistle.
I often wonder how you explain how to do it ._.
I'm Mexican on my dad's side and Spanish requires rolling R's.
I can do it but I don't speak Spanish at all.
I know some words and that's it.