Comments on: Oot http://justindow.com/2007/01/01/oot/ Another day in the life of… well, me! Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:52:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: fadda mon http://justindow.com/2007/01/01/oot/comment-page-1/#comment-165 fadda mon Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:19:04 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2007/01/01/oot/#comment-165 How now brown dow cow, or is it window, snow, bow? I could go on. German is somewhat better, but not as much as you might think. My daughter writes: papa, ich hap dich lip. Ja, real konsistent. But no problem, just come live hier Herr Dow, or Dau, or was it Herr Doof? And of course if you have anything to do with computers, you will know that Dau is "dummsten anzunehmende User". How now brown dow cow, or is it window, snow, bow? I could go on. German is somewhat better, but not as much as you might think. My daughter writes: papa, ich hap dich lip. Ja, real konsistent. But no problem, just come live hier Herr Dow, or Dau, or was it Herr Doof? And of course if you have anything to do with computers, you will know that Dau is “dummsten anzunehmende User”.

]]> By: Zach http://justindow.com/2007/01/01/oot/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Zach Mon, 08 Jan 2007 10:22:49 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2007/01/01/oot/#comment-164 I've always pronounced slaughter as "slafter". Only now do I get the difference. Thank you American public education system. I’ve always pronounced slaughter as “slafter”. Only now do I get the difference. Thank you American public education system.

]]> By: Fred http://justindow.com/2007/01/01/oot/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Fred Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:41:49 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2007/01/01/oot/#comment-163 This, most likely, is the reason why Zach started blogging in German. English is just way too painful even for a native speaker ;) This, most likely, is the reason why Zach started blogging in German. English is just way too painful even for a native speaker ;)

]]> By: Jabba http://justindow.com/2007/01/01/oot/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Jabba Sun, 07 Jan 2007 16:51:46 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2007/01/01/oot/#comment-162 And what about "laughter" and "slaughter"? A letter at the beginning changes the pronunciation like 4 letters later in the word? For that matter, what is the rule with "gh"? Laugh, tough, though, thought, dough, draught (British?)... And what about “laughter” and “slaughter”? A letter at the beginning changes the pronunciation like 4 letters later in the word? For that matter, what is the rule with “gh”? Laugh, tough, though, thought, dough, draught (British?)…

]]> By: Fred http://justindow.com/2007/01/01/oot/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Fred Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:11:42 +0000 http://dowhaus.com/blog/2007/01/01/oot/#comment-161 Wait, English pronounciation doesn't make sense? I didn't notice that when people laughed at me for trying to be logical about it since over a year ;) Remember the gloves vs. cloves thing, for example! *sigh* Wait, English pronounciation doesn’t make sense? I didn’t notice that when people laughed at me for trying to be logical about it since over a year ;)

Remember the gloves vs. cloves thing, for example! *sigh*

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