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How do you pronounciate the word 'Pediatric'? Ped-eeh-ah-tric vs Ped-ah-ee-tric I have heard the both ways when it comes to pronounciate words that include '-ia-' in them. Is it 'ah-ee' or 'ee-ah'? Or perhaps are they both correct? It makes more sense to me to pronounciate '-ia-' as 'eeh-ah' but, like there are words "theater (US)' and 'theatre (UK)' that sound both the same in pronunciation, I was wondering how would you (native speakers) say/pronounciate the word 'Pediatric' or 'Psychiatric'? Thanks!
5 lutego 2017
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What's going on in the Rio Grande do Sul? (Brazilian culture/history related question/discussion)

I had a lady who messaged me expressing her desire to learn Korean and be a language partner. We started to send messages back and forth asking simple questions like "how are you?" and "where are you from?" and she said she was from Brazil. So I asked what part of the country was she living, just to get to know each other better and make some common ground.  She said she was living in the Rio Grande do Sul at the moment. Frankly, I didn't know much about this particular part of the Brazil but I've heard a lot of beautiful places from my friends about Brazil and also did a little research on the Rio Grande do Sul before I responded. As a person who never lived in a beautiful place like Brazil, I replied back saying, I wish I can live in a place like the Rio Grande do Sul (in Korean), expressing my genuine desire to live in a beautiful place with warm weather like Brazil in the future. I thought it was totally appropriate to say such thing to a person whom I just met, but the respond I got was this: "I don't think you understand what the purpose of this site." I understand that there could be an issue around translating my Korean into Portuguese and her translating Portuguese in English, as she was also an English learner, but when I wanted to apologize and ask for clarification, she already blocked me in the Italki. I don't take such things too seriously as stuff like things does happen, and it's not the first time having misunderstandings during a conversation with people, but I just wanted to hear from other people's perspectives in this matter. Is there something going on in the Rio Grande do Sul at the moment that I'm not aware of? I knew that, from the research, there was a history of some internal rebellions in 19th and 20th centuries in the Rio Grande do Sul, but what do you think what she meant by "purpose"? Did I make a rude/offensive mistake? If so, would you tell me what it was?  As much as I respect the culture of mine and the country that I'm living at the moment (the United States), I've never intended to disrespect other countries' cultures or history including Brazilian.  I wanted to know whether what I did was a wrong doing.  At the end of the day, I don't want to come across rude unintentionally in the future conversations with Brazilian friends, or any other friends around the world for that matter if that was the case in this situation. Or is it perhaps a racial thing, which I really don't think is the case here? Or was she just having a bad day?

What do you all think? Did similar stuff happen to you as well on Italki? Just thought I would ask.

24 stycznia 2017
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How can you tell one phrase's more natural than the other? 'I would probably just vs I'm just gonna' I have recently received a correction for my note below: Zach Galifianakis (ZG): (Struggling with weights) Brad Pitt (BP): Do you need a spot? ZG: Yea, if you can, that would be great. I would probably just do a couple of reps. BP: I got you. Let me know whenever you are ready. I was corrected in the last sentence of the third line; 'I'm just gonna do a couple of reps.' I'm just curious as to what makes the phrase before the correction ('I would probably just') sound less natural to the Native speakers than the phrase 'I'm just gonna'. I've heard other Native speakers using this phrase 'I would probably just + verb' (I may be mistaken though) but my guess is that it doesn't fit in this context? Or is it maybe too formal to use in a place like a gym? Or is it simply UNnatural? I'm very grateful for the generous correction but just trying to understand the thought process so I can understand it better! Thank you always for taking the time to shed some light on my question.
20 stycznia 2017
6
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Conversation in gym day 1 Zach Galifianakis (ZG): (Struggling with weights) Brad Pitt (BP): Do you need a spot? ZG: Yea, if you can, that would be great. I would probably just do a couple of reps. BP: I got you. Let me know whenever you are ready. ZG: (Lift one and put them down on the ground) Thank you very much. BP: You got it (fist punch). ZG: (fist punch). Could there be more natural phrases to use in this conversation to sound more natural to Native speakers in a situation like this? What could be some ways/line you can throw to continue conversation after the spot? I would really appreciate any corrections or comments/advice! Thank you!
16 stycznia 2017
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Can a state of "being sored after a sleep" be expressed, "I got up on the wrong side of the bed?" When you wake but feeling sore and feel like you slept all night with a wrong posture, but not particularly feeling grouchy, how do native English speaker express? Thanks much! p.s. The phrase "I got up on the wrong side of the bed" can't be used in this situation because it's more associated with feeling rather than a physical state of the moment, is that correct? Thanks again. *title correction: being sore :)
6 stycznia 2017
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