Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Listening distress

Please listen to the realmedia version of the recording:
http://www.esl-lab.com/like1/lkscrt1.htm
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Look at the script.
Do you see the woman's line "Now, I do enjoy comedies."?
Well, I hear "Now I feel enjoy comedy" or something like that.
But I can understand it perfectly with my heaphones.
Do you think it's normal (man, "feel" instead of "do"!) or should I buy 
a new set of speakers? (mine is quite cheap).
I don't like headphones because they are uncomfortable and not very healthy.
Kiuhnm

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 Well, I hear "Now I feel enjoy comedy" or something like that.
Have you tried to listen to the wmp version too?
I don't have Realplayer on my computer so I listened only the other
version, and it's pretty clear: "Now, I do enjoy comedies."
p.s.
Have you bought your new pc?

 I don't have Realplayer on my computer so I listened only the other
A "to" is missing here...

 written.
No kidding!
Kiuhnm

 Have you bought your new pc?
I ordered it, but I'm still waiting :-(
Kiuhnm

 I ordered it, but I'm still waiting :-(
Maybe on the new pc the problem will disappear :-)

 It crashed three times today
What you need is Linux, or a Mac.

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She says do, but pronounces it as " diú " .This palatalized
pronunciation is unfortunately common in America

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Ok, I found the problem: bass too high and treble too low. It depends 
not only on the speakers but also on the sound card.
Now the sound is clearer and I can hear "do" perfectly.
Unfortunately, every time I turn off the speakers I lose all the settings.
Kiuhnm

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Everything in the recording matches the script perfectly.
You're not listening with the volume turned down again, are you?  :>)
Joe from Massachusetts
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WMP has a graphic equalizer which you can adjust, and it retains settings.
You can choose to view it while playing a file, and adjust the settings
while you listen, then hide the equalizer when you are satisfied that your
settings are satisfactory.
"To adjust the graphic equalizer levels
Click Now Playing.
On the View menu, point to Enhancements, and then click Graphic Equalizer.
In the Enhancements pane, click the Turn on link, if necessary.
Do one of the following:
Select a preset equalizer setting, such as Default, Rock, or Jazz, from the
drop-down list.
Move the equalizer sliders to the levels you want to use. The levels you set
are saved automatically to the Custom preset.
Notes
To control how the sliders move in relation to one another, click one of the
slider option buttons to the left of the equalizer.
To revert to the default settings, click the Reset link.
To hide the graphic equalizer, click the Close button in the Enhancements
pane."
This is from the "Help" in WMP9, but I would assume that later versions are
similar.
Joe from Massachusetts

 You're not listening with the volume turned down again, are you?  :>)
When I keep the volume down there's less distortion then maybe that's 
why watching movies that way wasn't so bad, after all.
Kiuhnm

 why watching movies that way wasn't so bad, after all.
Please change those speakers! :-)

 similar.
Oh yeah, I know the procedure. I used WMP in the past, but you must know 
that my speakers have the so-called woox effect. No software can 
compensate for it, so I have to disable it and change some other 
settings. It's a matter of seconds, but nonetheless boring.
Thanks for the tip, but I'm confident that the situation is under 
control now.
Kiuhnm

 Please change those speakers! :-)
First the PC and then the speakers :-)
Kiuhnm

 What you need is Linux, or a Mac.
Yeah, a friend of mine told me that Crysis runs flowlessy in WINE.
Kiuhnm
P.S. What's a Mac? :-)

 Kiuhnm
Ma dąi... pensavo che in Wine i videogiochi non funzionassero. 

 Ma dài... pensavo che in Wine i videogiochi non funzionassero. 
You got it right.
Kiuhnm

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She says "do" twice, but the second is emphasized.
I think your observation on the pronunciation is more perception than
reality.
We are a nation of subtracters, not adders, when it comes to English.
That's why we pronounce both "do" and "due" exactly the same way, unlike the
British.
Why would I pronounce "do" like "due", when I already pronounce "due" like
"do"?
Joe from Massachusetts

 You got it right.
I mean "You got it right: Crysis doesn't work under WINE".
Kiuhnm

 First the PC and then the speakers :-)
Then get a tv-set.
Ciao,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
-- 
"E come si sa?" "Da una serie di deduzioni per il rispetto che si deve 
all'intelligenza."

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Anything to do with "wine" is always "flowless" :-)
(Sorry - I have a quota of bad puns to fill).
Antonio

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Ouch! Typo!
Kiuhnm

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Listen to the Valley Girl accent in films such as "Clueless" and
you'll hear it.

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Or listen to Keanu Reeves exclaim "What am I gonna due?" hear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INw-UhfOFgo

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Quel flowlessy l'avevo inteso per flawlessly... 

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"flowlessy" was a typo.
I did mean "flawlessly" and mine was a figure of speech: I thought it 
was evident that Crysis can't possibly run under WINE.
Bottom line: I don't want to install Linux.
Kiuhnm