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Majestic Bear Song posted:There are cases that let you do that. 
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XCPuff posted:Kids these days. Yeah, gently caress 'em.
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| # ¿ Jul 15, 2012 08:43 |
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For those who don't know: Mandarin distinguishes meaning not just through the sounds of words, but through the rise or fall of the inflection with which you speak them. So while all those words are the "same" in terms of phonemes, the tonal inflections make the words quite distinct in a way that n buffalo is not.
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Arschlochkind posted:Well yeah, but you don't say "buffalo" over and over in a flat monotone in English either. True, but the effect of inflection happens at a phrase level. The words themselves don't change based on inflection, except insofar as inflection gives clues about which particular homonym the speakers means. Relatedly, this is one of my favorite illustrated grammar guides: 
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| # ¿ Jul 18, 2012 21:08 |
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 Expand the thumbnail.
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| # ¿ Sep 5, 2012 22:52 |
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Ariong posted:Evidently not. Yes, let us all speak of our penises.
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| # ¿ Sep 20, 2012 07:14 |
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Christoph posted:Is there an Akinator thread because I just learned about this right now and drat The PYF Flash Games thread has occasional Akinator derails. You often have to look a few pages back in the listings because it's slowed down lately.
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I spent years as a teen with Siemens in my ear. Eventually it stopped working, and now, no more Siemens.
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