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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

A short video and two questions

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00this is a duplicated post. I posted this in the grammar section, but since no one seems to care about this there, I decided to post it here too. Here's the original post.02br
00PS: the character speaks pretty fast, maybe listening with headphones will help notice strange features or slight variations in pronunciation.02br
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00Hi, 02br
00I decided to post this question here, because it is about comprehension... but it involves grammar. Move it to the pronunciation section if you think it is not ok to have it here.02br
00Ok, this is a video.02br
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00The last things he said, according to subtitles and transcripts:02br
01b00Oh boy, 01u00I've02u00 never gotten a package this big. 01u00I've02u00 always wanted to have a huge package.02b02br
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00This is what I heard, instead:02br
01b00Oh boy, 01u00I'd02u00 never gotten a package this (?date). 01u00I'd02u00 always wanted to have a huge package.02b02br
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00Questions:02br
01b001 - What does he actually say?02br
02b002 - Regardless of what he says, in that exact situation, would both 01u00the present perfect02u00 and 01u00the past perfect02u00 be ok?00 (I've never gotten... I've always wanted - I'd never gotten... I'd always wanted)02br
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00My answer: I think he uses the past perfect, but the present perfect would have been ok too in that situation. But I'm confused... maybe the past perfect doesn't sound very good. 0230hrefhttp://www.filenanny.com/files/44f7b9c9f14e0/package.avi
  

Top answer

0 I can't open the file (corrupted) but generally speaking, you wouldn't use past perfect for this unless you were describing something that happened in the past. For example, if you were an adult musing over your reaction to a package you received when you were 10 years old. You can't use it for current events.

— Nona the brit

  • 0 I can't open the file (corrupted) but generally speaking, you wouldn't use past perfect for this unless you were describing something that happened in the past.
  • For example, if you were an adult musing over your reaction to a package you received when you were 10 years old.
  • You can't use it for current events.
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0 I can't open the file (corrupted) but generally speaking, you wouldn't use past perfect for this unless you were describing something that happened in the past. For example, if you were an adult musing over your reaction to a package you received when you were 10 years old. You can't use it for current events. 0-
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0 Hi, 02br
00thanks for trying. Your reply was very useful even though you didn't see the video.02br
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00I tried to download my video, and I had no problems. It worked. Maybe thre was a problem during the download or your player can't decode the file. That would be strange though, it's in XVID.02br
00Let's see if someone else feels like trying to se
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0I have no problem watching the video. 02br
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00Anyway, what it seems to me is:02br
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01b00Oh boy, 01u00I've02u00 never gotten a package this big. 01u00I'd02u00 always wanted to have a huge package.02b02br
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00This is just my attempt. I am sure about the first first s
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0 Hi Yuki,02br
00thank you for watching my video 05002br
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00The fact is that listening to it just using PC speakers, it is difficult to hear some sounds. Listening with my headphones, it seems to me that he could well say either "I've" or "I'd", he says that too fast. And the way he pronounce "big"... I think he wants to say "big", but it doesn't really pro
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0Ah, South Park 05000. They do speak in rather odd voices, (especially Cartman) so don't expect standard pronounciation.010id2
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10Ah, South Park 15010. They do speak in rather odd voices, (especially Cartman) so don't expect standard pronounciation.12blockquote
10I am horrible with grammar LOL So, hopefully someone that has good grammar will be able to help you on that one ^_^ 02br
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0 I wouldn't expect proper grammar either. Don't forget they are supposed to be foul-mouthed slang-using odd little 8 year old children. 0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10I wouldn't expect proper grammar either. Don't forget they are supposed to be foul-mouthed slang-using odd little 8 year old children.12blockquote
10That is what I was thinking about the grammar thing. For the 2nd part, didn't know that. As I found several episodes pretty funny and wanted
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0 Yeah, Cartman pronounce words in a strange way (he says "mom" almost like "ma'am"). The others have normal pronunciations, in general (apart from Kenny, of course, LOL).02br
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00But the grammar is ok, as far as I know. They don't talk like 8 year olds, they just talk like everyone else. And it is not childish, I think it is less childish than every other animated cartoon
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0Yea, back to topic. 02br
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00I asked my friend to check it out. 02br
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00Here is the transcript he gave me:02br
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00From Japan:02br
00Konichiwa. WOOOOOOWWWWW!! A package for me from Japan! Well what could it be. My birthday isn't until02br
00September 11th. Oh boy! I've never gotten a package this big.
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