Community Discussions
Can you guess where I'm from?
I'm really curious to hear people's guess on this! After listening back to it I feel like it's a bit obvious, but I wanna hear an outside perspective lol
Can you say 'bathroom' in public places when asking where is the bathroom?
Say in restaurants, movie theaters or shopping malls, etc. Or is it unnatural to ask 'where is the bathroom' if it's not actually a bathroom at someone's home (with a shower in it)?
What's the best word to describe a dog that doesn't belong to any particular breed?
The options that I have found are: mongrel, mutt and mixed-breed, which one would you use? Are there any geographical differences? We rescued this pretty girl a couple of years ago, and she's definetly not purebred (but still the absolute best tho!) I just want to know how to talk about her correctly☺️
Native speakers, how do you describe this picture?
You could use slangs, adjectives, nouns and even full sentences. As a middle level non native speaker, I would say:”An ancient style Japanese drawing of waves. It shows the roaring sea while preserving the pure Japanese aesthetics.” Don’t mind my mistakes. Sometimes I can spot it myself but most of times it’s just the limited knowledge holding me back.
I'm ghost. (I'm leaving.)
I know the word "ghost" can be used to mean ignoring someone's text message or disappearing. Examples: -He got ghosted. -I'm ghosting him. -He's weird, I'd say just ghost him. But according to this textbook "I'm ghost." means "I'm leaving." I wonder how true that is or how common that is. Because I've never heard anyone say it. I assume it's a AAVE slang? And In my head "I'm ghosting." would sound better. "I'm ghost." Sounds like he's saying his name is ghost. Let me hear your thoughts, Anything will help! Thanks a lot!
Should the correct option be A or C?
https://i.redd.it/hkj8q3eh9nie1.png
What do you call this hand gesture?
https://i.redd.it/dfpugrsxmxhe1.png
Do native speakers have trouble understanding "CAN" and "CAN'T"?
Sometimes when people say 'can't', the T sounds so subtle that I can't really tell if they are saying 'can' or 'can't', especially in songs when sometimes they're singing fast. And well, that's a pretty important information wheter the person is saying one or the other since it changes the role meaning of the phrase xD. For instance, in the song "Blind" by Korn, there's this part when the singer says "I can't see, I'm going blind", but in my first few listens (like the first 10) I thought he was saying 'I CAN see'. Does anyone else have the same problem?
Why is it "two hours' journey"?
I usually pass C1 tests but this A2 test question got me curious. I got "BC that's how it is"when I asked my teacher.
What do you think about this
This is a random problem I just saw on instagram. The answer is the first one but i personally think the second one also works fine here