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Old 12-15-2005, 11:36 AM   #8
Luvian
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Join Date: June 27, 2001
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Age: 44
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From reading novels, I've developed the habbit of using bloody when I think. So it's said today too? I thought it was a medieval expression or something.

I'll have to remember "like". In quebec's french, teenagers use this a lot too, as well as two other expressions that are not used in english.

It's "interesting" listening to them. It usually goes something like this. "So she was saying stuff and I was like no way. And she was like shut up." I just don't get anything they say.

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Originally posted by Sir Degrader:
If you want the "street talk" (Jane and FInch, scarborough), forget english and start listening to '50 cent and his band of illerate hoodlum peasants.
I don't so much want street talk as those little words and expressions used in casual conversations.

See what I mean? How often is the word "casual" used in everyday discussions? I write, I don't speak. Not many people would ever say aloud. "I'm writing something, and I need to have dialogs, but I have a weakness with english." It would go more along the lines of "Hey! I wanna write something but I suck at it, wanna help?" or something like that.

Most people don't speak properly, so I need to learn how they speak, to represent them realistically.

I'm doing well with the more mature dialogs, I just need the special expressions.

[ 12-15-2005, 11:53 AM: Message edited by: Luvian ]
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