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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
I am back on my feet again
I am finally back to my gunsirit.com domain. It cost me RM231.00 for a server upgrade and to have it up to its knees and running again. For that amount of money, I could have stuffed the fridge with groceries or buy a pair of new shoes.Kalau beli baras, berkilo-kilo sudah dapat kan? [Continue reading... ]
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Shakespeare in person
Yesterday morning, I was in an English Studies class (Literature) trying very hard to explain some of the fundamentals of the history of Shakespeare when suddenly I mispronounced a word. It was in fact a simple two-syllable utterance – “PERSON” which anybody of a basic reading ability could pronounce effortlessly. I remember pronouncing it as “PERCHENT” instead of correct one – person (\ˈpər-sən\). All of a sudden the whole class burst into laughter and I was taken aback, I can feel warm blood flowing down all over my face making me blushy for a while. Shortly,however, I was in control of myself and continued with my lesson.
This made me reflect that how meticulous were you in your pronunciation of a foreign language, your mother tongue still prevails. This is above all exceptionally true if you still speak your first language and is the dominant language in your everyday conversation. “PERCHENT” is undoubtedly a DUSUN influenced pronunciation, a clear indication that I spoke Dusun most of the time and converse in English only in my English classes.
I was actually very careful with my pronunciation and had great difficulty to adjust my British accent to the familiar local Maglish. I realised however, that I can easily lose my British accent when I try to speak quickly – so PERSON is pronounced as PERCHENT , ZOO as JU, ZEBRA as JIBRA and many more. This will be a lesson to me that however frantic are you in class, try to be in control and speak with confidence. Ha ha ha.. PERCHENT!, I can't believe it!
Gunsirit: "..is a person.."
Making me blushy for a while
This made me reflect that how meticulous were you in your pronunciation of a foreign language, your mother tongue still prevails. This is above all exceptionally true if you still speak your first language and is the dominant language in your everyday conversation. “PERCHENT” is undoubtedly a DUSUN influenced pronunciation, a clear indication that I spoke Dusun most of the time and converse in English only in my English classes.
I was actually very careful with my pronunciation and had great difficulty to adjust my British accent to the familiar local Maglish. I realised however, that I can easily lose my British accent when I try to speak quickly – so PERSON is pronounced as PERCHENT , ZOO as JU, ZEBRA as JIBRA and many more. This will be a lesson to me that however frantic are you in class, try to be in control and speak with confidence. Ha ha ha.. PERCHENT!, I can't believe it!
This is my TESL 2 class. Please click to enlarge.
Gunsirit
January 25 2011
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