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thenewgreen  ·  3210 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How "Thank You" sounds to Chinese ears

You might enjoy this short film that scarp posted a while back. It's pretty clever:





scarp  ·  3210 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Incidentally, I read this same article just a few hours ago. They explore different meanings of the word "sounds", but they pair nicely. In any case, I'm surprised you remembered my post from over three years ago!

steve  ·  3210 days ago  ·  link  ·  

thenewgreen never forgets good content.

user-inactivated  ·  3210 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Maybe he's actually a robot created by DARPA to experiment on how to infiltrate and catalog sites on the internet in the most ridiculously convoluted and uneconomical way.

thenewgreen  ·  3210 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Interesting coincidence. Also, great to see you scarp. We used to have some good discussions. I hope you've been well!

OftenBen  ·  3210 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I will never be able to classify the odd little feeling watching that gives me. The sound is so close to being intelligible.

thenewgreen  ·  3210 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, they definitely pepper in actual English words in there. I think the actors do a great job. Also, she's... well, slumper hon.