Random Rants

[ROman]

Ever notice how the bag of nuts, chips, pretzels or whatever gets bloated up in the air?????

[Oaktavia]

@ROman i was told the bags were half or more than halfway filled with air to help keep the chips from crumbling. Not sure if that is big snack propaganda though

[mclaincausey]

I think an airplane cabin is pressurized at the equivalent of a mile or so above sea level. In Denver we see the same inflation of CPG bags or foil tops on tubes if they were packaged at lower altitudes.

[seawolf]

@mclaincausey There's an alpine town about 3 hours from San Diego that's about a mile high, and we always notice the same phenomenon with bags of chips when we go.

[Walery Smirnoff]

Hi guys! I would like to discuss this topic with you. The sound of Russian and other languages. How my language sounds to a foreign ear. I heard an opinion that the Russian language sounds like the creaking of an unlubricated cart with a pile of chaotic sounds. I got interested. Portuguese and Scandinavian languages ​​sound similar to me. What do you think?

[neph93]

I’ve always found Russian to be quite beautiful to listen too. The way of mixing consonants and vowels can be harsh, but is often quite enchanting too.

[flannel slut]

@Walery-Smirnoff definitely fun listening for languages based on the noises a person makes when paused between sentences (I’d say for English, it’s “ummm”). Funny you mention Portuguese; my Dad grew up on the island of San Miguel or the Azores of Portugal and a third of my family still lives there. As a kid, I used to tease them regularly on these sounds; “oooushh or ehhshh”

[Twistlock]

@flannel-slut , we love the Azores. Plan to go again next year.

[flannel slut]

@Twistlock we are on the same page this morning!

[Tago Mago]

@flannel-slut „Cookie Monster“ in Portuguese apparently only consists of these sounds

[flannel slut]

@Tago-Mago amazing. Calling my uncle asap with this

[Twistlock]

@flannel-slut ,yep. This afternoon for me though

[Walery Smirnoff]

I really liked French and German from native speakers. The French gurgled like wine. And the German women somehow spoke elegantly. Not like Goebels on the podium. The speech of Americans is audible, as if they have a hot potato in their mouth and their tongue is burning)) And the Italians are the most melodious. Not a language, but a song. They even swear beautifully. About the Russian language. Foreigners who learn it complain about the complexity of the language.And I believe it. Because sometimes it's difficult to build phrases myself and I often choose the words.

[NickD]

I've always wondered if the difference between an American speaking English and someone from the UK speaking it is audible to a non native speaker.

[goosehd]

Quebec French and France French is very different…

[endo]

I've always wondered if the difference between an American speaking English and someone from the UK speaking it is audible to a non native speaker.

It is. American English sounds as if people have a chronic ENT infection. But what am I saying being german.

[Walery Smirnoff]

@NickD The difference is noticeable. The British speak more tenderly, more clearly. Words are distinct by ear. Americans have many abbreviations, words are unclear. The effect of a hot potato in the mouth. It is similar to the speech of a TV announcer and the speech of a farmer's salesman from Alaska)) I say this without offending anyone. I am only talking about the sounds of the language. In Russia, we also have local dialects. You can understand where a person is from by ear.

[Walery Smirnoff]

We still have funny letters. Unfortunately, Cyrillic is not very design-oriented. The years of Bolshevism are taking their toll. Nobody cared about beauty. Foreigners are touched by this.

[ARNC]

@Walery-Smirnoff I’ve not experienced Italian swearing in the wild, but I’ve always loved this line from Maria Stuarda (possibly my favourite Italian opera):

Profanato è il soglio inglese, vil bastarda, dal tuo piè!

Powerful, scurrilous and strangely beautiful. Of course it pushes Elizabeth over the edge into queen of hearts mode and Mary ends up a little bit shorter!

[Walery Smirnoff]

@ARNC It's funny, we have a word PROFAN))) This is a stupid and gullible person. Inexperienced. And in Italy this word is defiled