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phonetics and linguistics
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17 Oct 2009 Sat 05:56 pm |
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Personally I don´t care whether my English is good or bad. All in all it´s only a communication tool for me and it serves my purpose. I speeak it with my Turkish accent and with my limited vocabulary, no problem at all.
Good for you!!! Don´t lose that Turkish accent....  
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17 Oct 2009 Sat 05:59 pm |
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Good for you!!! Don´t lose that Turkish accent....
Of course, would I?
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17 Oct 2009 Sat 06:03 pm |
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Only a fool would lose it - girls love the Turkish accent 
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17 Oct 2009 Sat 06:06 pm |
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Only a fool would lose it - girls love the Turkish accent
My ex boyfriend once said that he has bosfor pain (boðaz)
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17 Oct 2009 Sat 07:47 pm |
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Only a fool would lose it - girls love the Turkish accent
I definitely agree, my Turkish boyfriend now speaks wit a distinct Irish accent!! Totally my fault and has also picked up a lot of the Irish bad habits in speaking, including saying ´like´ about 10 times a sentence lol
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17 Oct 2009 Sat 08:08 pm |
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I agree, Vineyards´ English is very very good. I make more mistakes than him actually (but that is due to difficulties typing with my nail extensions!  )
Oh yes, long extensions may cause problems and occassional embaressments ! 
Edited (10/17/2009) by AlphaF
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17 Oct 2009 Sat 08:11 pm |
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I´ve learned English at an early age and I used to be mistaken for a native, since I made ´native´ mistakes. Native doesn´t mean perfect. It means you make common mistakes. Only after I studied English, instead of learning it naturally, my English became much better. So, yes I do think you can become perfect in Turkish, but to become perfect would mean years and years of practice. Also, you would have to spend some years in Turkey to fully understand some undertones in the language, and the double meaning of certain words.
A good first step is to watch Turkish tv a lot. You will hear spoken Turkish that is not as ´proper´ as you hear it on learning-tapes. Listen to stupid Youtube videos to hear how people speak. Sure, you have to dive into a lot of books and courses to train your skills in Turkish, but don´t forget the ´real world´ either!
Generally speaking only a person of Jewish or Turkish descent can become perfect in Turkish. THere may be rare exceptions.
Edited (10/17/2009) by AlphaF
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17 Oct 2009 Sat 10:00 pm |
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thanks for your help lady in red, im pretty sure that ´ä´ is actually spanish, was just starting to worry that id learnt the wrong Turkish alphabet
Nopes.
Spanish never uses ä, in fact we don´t have any umlauted vowels, we only have the 5 basic vowels, a e i o u.
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17 Oct 2009 Sat 10:09 pm |
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Nopes.
Spanish never uses ä, in fact we don´t have any umlauted vowels, we only have the 5 basic vowels, a e i o u.
it is used in German, and as you stated it is called A-umlaut=)
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17 Oct 2009 Sat 10:10 pm |
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Does perfect mean without any accent? No accent is not possible in my opinion. If you listen to an Australian, isn´t his English perfect? Is only the British upper-class accent perfect English?
The same question for Turkish... I think if everybody can understand you, your grammar is perfect, THEN you are perfect in a language. I´ve never met any Turkish person that didn´t have some sort of accent.
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17 Oct 2009 Sat 10:18 pm |
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it is used in German, and as you stated it is called A-umlaut=)
Of course it is - I´d forgotten the ´a´ 
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