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The greatest baseball interview ever
Sportsnet ^
| APRIL 16, 2014
Posted on 04/27/2014 10:41:36 PM PDT by rickmichaels
Munenori Kawasaki of the Toronto Blue Jays gives an interview.
TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: baseball
To: rickmichaels
It is extremely difficult to do humor in a foreign language, or to engage in conversation when you don't have much of a clue what the other person is saying.
This guy pulls it off really well.
To: j. earl carter
Great video!
It reminds me of the movie Mr. 3000.
Where the Japanese player only has down English bad words.
"Son of my dick!"
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posted on
04/28/2014 12:04:12 AM PDT
by
boop
(I just wanted a President. But I got a rock.)
To: j. earl carter
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posted on
04/28/2014 12:23:04 AM PDT
by
Kozak
("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissingerhaha)
To: rickmichaels
To: rickmichaels
So many of the Asian players don’t seem to have a sense of humor because of the language barrier but he’s obviously having a good time.
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posted on
04/28/2014 4:08:01 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: rickmichaels
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posted on
04/28/2014 5:13:03 AM PDT
by
ZOOKER
(Until further notice the /s is implied...)
To: rickmichaels
I don't envy anyone who learns English when it is not his natural language.
No relationship between spelling and pronunciation.
A single word can have over a half dozen meanings.
The same spelled word can have a different sound depending on how it is used in a sentence.
Learning English before you can read or write helps a lot. - Tom
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04/28/2014 5:27:31 AM PDT
by
Capt. Tom
(Don't confuse U.S. citizens and Americans. They are not necessarily the same. -tom)
To: Capt. Tom
The hardest thing in learning a foreign language (at least for me) is trying to understand conversation. Reading the language is the easiest, speaking it is the second easiest, but understanding someone else speaking the language, many times at a rapid pace, can be very difficult.
I can understand a lot of Spanish when it is for instance a documentary about nature or some other subject. The narrators usually speak in slower measured tones. But trying to understand a Spanish-language movie or soap opera is very hard for me without subtitles.
To: Capt. Tom
A single word can have over a half dozen meanings. Even some native speakers have problems here; "It depends upon what the meaning of the word is is!"
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posted on
04/28/2014 5:45:28 AM PDT
by
SES1066
(Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
To: rickmichaels
Chico Esquala: “Basaball been very very goot to me!”
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posted on
04/28/2014 6:14:10 AM PDT
by
Raven6
(Psalm 144:1 and Proverbs 22:3)
To: ReaganGeneration2
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04/28/2014 10:46:22 AM PDT
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nothingnew
(I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
To: ReaganGeneration2
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04/28/2014 10:51:40 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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