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Listening comprehension
For those who are learning English, try this little exercise: listen without reading the subtitles of this really funny song...
(I failed, but it was worth trying)
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Yes I could to understand it.
Thank you for the contribution.
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Genial.
Lo estuve escuchando el otro día, y no lo pillé bien a la primera, pero a la cuarta vez (sin mirar los subtítulos) ya tenía "tomorrow" y "to Morrow" claramente diferenciados... Vocabulario adicional que he aprendido: "guyed" = "fooled" [They have guy in the sense of "to make an object of ridicule or derisive wit" as theatrical slang from the second half of the nineteenth century.] "howlin' jay" = "arrendajo graznador" ?? Does "howling jay" or "howlin' jay" has a figurative meaning? Oh, yes, I found this, He had no right in telling me I was a howling jay I always wondered about that; why a jay? Why howling? Turns out the original line (if the Internet, it is right) goes: That man was right in telling me that I was a-howling jay. which was just oddly enough punctuated to make me go look up jay, which turns out to serve as either a noun or an adjective referring to a rube or a hick. (The link is here http://www.kith.org/journals/jed/2004/10/28/2371.html) At any rate, AWESOME song! (and practice!)
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Yes it result be a good practice for me and for other.
My brother is doing his thesis of the great importance of as a video with subtitles in English is very useful for the translator already they have more chance to interpret the language much better and upgrade their knowledge. Sincerely yours.
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I can go to Morrow and return today.
(Morrow is just a couple of miles from where I live. ) |
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The word Morrow is the abbreviation of the complete word Tomorrow.
Is it right?
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No. Both words exist in the dictionary, but only one is colloquially used - tomorrow. Morrow is only found in literary works. Both mean 'the next day', but morrow had another meaning originally.
In the 16th century, tomorrow used to be written as two words ('to morrow'). Morrow used to mean 'morning'. It's interesting to note that mañana also means tomorrow and morning. |
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Lo bonito del inglés es que "Morrow" suena como una población, mientras que "Mañana", no necesariamente, aunque se podría decir que hoy vas a viajar al pueblito llamado Mañana y vas a volver hoy.
Me voy hasta Mañana y regreso esta noche. (I am going to Morrow and I'll be back tonight.) I just love the end guy saying, "I don't get it!"... just hilarious to the n degree!!!
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@Rusty: I thought the town's name was invented for the purposes of the song.
The real existence of a place named Morrow made it even funnier for me. @Pablo: I agree. And I also had to search the dictionaries for unknown words.
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good one.
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