Glizdka
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This is a meme that was very popular in Poland.
The young man is interviewed with "what are you going to be doing on New Year's Eve?", to which he replies with a stereotypical simpleton accent (either on purpose or because that's how he speaks), which is composed of two misprinunciations of Polish words followed by /tomp raɪder/ (Tomb Rider).
Below is my attempt to translate and transcribe what he said, keeping as closely to the context as I could:
Interviewer: "We are asking the citizens of [name of the town] where they're going to spend the New Year's Eve this year [sic!]. How will you spend the New Year's Eve(, sir)?
Interviewee: "I'll be playing a game" /ɑ bi pleɪn ə ɡeɪm/.
Interviewer: "What game?"
Interviewee: "Tomb Rider" /tomp raɪder/.
Can this meme be used to help learners remember how the words tomb and catacomb are not pronounced?
This is a meme that was very popular in Poland.
The young man is interviewed with "what are you going to be doing on New Year's Eve?", to which he replies with a stereotypical simpleton accent (either on purpose or because that's how he speaks), which is composed of two misprinunciations of Polish words followed by /tomp raɪder/ (Tomb Rider).
Below is my attempt to translate and transcribe what he said, keeping as closely to the context as I could:
Interviewer: "We are asking the citizens of [name of the town] where they're going to spend the New Year's Eve this year [sic!]. How will you spend the New Year's Eve(, sir)?
Interviewee: "I'll be playing a game" /ɑ bi pleɪn ə ɡeɪm/.
Interviewer: "What game?"
Interviewee: "Tomb Rider" /tomp raɪder/.
Can this meme be used to help learners remember how the words tomb and catacomb are not pronounced?
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