My funny moments in 7/24 episode...

• That "Ghost of Human Kindness" guy,
• The handicap guy being run down by the train, and,
• The kids becoming "Mongorians"

Comments?

"In the end, there can be only one, and it may as well be me!"-Kenny (from Highlander: The Series)

I believe its "Mongolians" "Dswynne" wrote in message news:[email]...

It's in quotes as "Mongorians" because that's how the character pronounced it. Many Asians have difficulty pronouncing the "L" sound, pronouncing it as an "R" instead. A classic example from the movie "A Christmas Story" occurs when the Chinese restaurant employees sing "Deck the Halls":

Deck the halls with boughs of "horry" "Fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra..." Tis the season to be "forry" "Fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra..."

With the Chinese it's the opposite problem. Ever see a Chinese name or word (shaolin comes to mind) with an R in it? L's they have no problem with.

In article , Bao H. Lammy wrote:

Many Asians? Actually, it's just certain languages. The most notable one is Japanese, which has no 'L', so Japanese people pronounce L's as R's untill they get used to English.

I believe the reason for the incorrect mispronunciation is the fact that Trey Parker once lived in Japan. You will notice that the only non-English language that actually makes sence is Japanese. Examples: Chinpokomon episode (note that chinpoko means penis in Japanese, giving us "chinpoko pakkuri" as the translation of "boner-biting bastard" in the south park movie in Japan) and when "Babura Sutoraisando" attacks.

Trey (who I assume voices all Asian accents ) is just doing the only accent he knowns well. Note that Japanese has no sound see, so 'city' could well be pronounced "shity"

Thanks for the clarification. I still stand by the "many Asians" statement because it's true. (Last time I checked, there were "many Asians" living in Japan, for example.) I was not implying that any Asian has a good chance of mispronouncing L=R; I am Vietnamese and know that few of us have that problem, for instance.

Chinese people (some, anyway) have the same problem. I worked with someone from Taiwan several years ago who'd ask me questions like "where does the tip of your tongue end up when you say 'all'?" The difference between "all" & "are" is that the tip of the tongue touches the palate when you form the "ll" sound. If you don't touch the tip to your palate "all" comes out "are".

I didn't appreciate how difficult English was to learn until I started trying to answer her questions.

In article , [email] wrote:

Or rather, how little you think about speaking it.

I'm having "Erisabeth L" frashbacks ... "Sil Flancis Dlake has oldeled the whore Blitish freet into the Channer, your Majesty ...".

Liam Devlin wrote:

pronounced

There is an old story that during the occupation of Japan after WWII, when Douglas MacArthur was heading the UN forces, the word went out that he might run for President. To honor him, some of the local people put a huge banner across the road reading: "General MacArthur, we play for your erection."

This in the pre-Viagra days:-)

In article , "Buddy Lee" wrote:

Not if you are guy from shitty wok.

[email] (Dswynne) wrote in news:[email]:

Those were YOUR funny moments!? I didn't see you in that episode.

"Rick" wrote in message news:[email]...

He was a Mongorian.