Humor My sister hates space travel

[Linguofreak]

not to forgett the "r"...

Actually, since it's a final r, the difference isn't too great if you're comparing against a British dialect. Both British and German tend to leave off final r's.

Of course, I'm American, so there is a difference.

British/German:

"Orbita" or "Orbituh"

American:

"Orbitrr"

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My Dad does not want to leave her home while Dad and I go. He says that it is not fair to leave on her birthday without taking her.

I'm afraid I have to take her side on this. Birthdays are more important than Shuttle launches. In 20 years she might well be kicking herself for passing up the opportunity (on her birthday no less), whether she's any more interested in space or not. But at the moment she doesn't want to, and it's her birthday. There will be two more Shuttle launches, but she'll only have one twelfth birthday (11th? I'm not sure if you were rounding up or down when you said she's 11).

(Also, consider that she may dislike space travel because she has to compete with it for your attention, though she may not realize that herself).

 

[Mojave]

Actually, since it's a final r, the difference isn't too great if you're comparing against a British dialect. Both British and German tend to leave off final r's.

Of course, I'm American, so there is a difference.

British/German:

"Orbita" or "Orbituh"

American:

"Orbitrr"

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I'm afraid I have to take her side on this. Birthdays are more important than Shuttle launches. In 20 years she might well be kicking herself for passing up the opportunity (on her birthday no less), whether she's any more interested in space or not. But at the moment she doesn't want to, and it's her birthday. There will be two more Shuttle launches, but she'll only have one twelfth birthday (11th? I'm not sure if you were rounding up or down when you said she's 11).

(Also, consider that she may dislike space travel because she has to compete with it for your attention, though she may not realize that herself).

She will be twelve

No, My sister pretty much hates me.

 

[Salamander]

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[Keatah]

I live in my own little world"my room" thinking about how important watching the Shuttle launch is compared to Who's the next big idiot on television.

There was some big event on television a few weeks back, it had something to do with bubbly idiots and lots of announcers yelling and whatever. So I get labeled the outcast for not joining in with the in-crowd and participating in the event. I get labeled the outcast because I was updating and installing add-ons for orbiter and I found that far more enjoyable than being forced to 'participate' in some awards show or some stuff like that.

Well let me see here. I don't know how I could (can) participate in a tv show, it seems to be a non-interactive one-way medium. ..with mainstream advertising and media stuffing non-sense into my head.

 

[Mojave]

Ha!:lol: Really. I knew I was not the only one. What time of day was this, Keatah?

 

[Enjo]

For me it is a shame, because it causes self exclusion of women from a technologically based economy. In terms of education, refusing like she does exposes her to some degree of technological illiteracy.

This is so sad and so true.

 

[jinglesassy]

You think one sister is bad? Try 2 that cant turn on anything except for a light(no joke)and call them pathetic and been this way since i was 6(13 now)

 

[Urwumpe]

Just as much as many men do a self-exclusion from many social jobs. I bet, there are even jobs, that YOU (points aimlessly into the forum) don't want to do.

I don't want to be NASA administrator.

While technology is important, there are also many important jobs that require no machines, despite being very advanced...

 

[Hielor]

My Dad does not want to leave her home while Dad and I go. He says that it is not fair to leave on her birthday without taking her.

Makes sense.

Is there any possibility that there's someone else who could take you to the shuttle launch? Your sister would probably see it as an advantage if you weren't there for her birthday, if she hates you...

 

[jedidia]

Actually, since it's a final r, the difference isn't too great if you're comparing against a British dialect. Both British and German tend to leave off final r's.

there's more than one r in there, you know...

 

[Urwumpe]

there's more than one r in there, you know...

And you need to be very ignorant to German Pop Music to think we do always leave the "R" away.

*loud guitar sound* "Orbiterrrrr" *louder guitar sound* *fire works*

 

[Izack]

And you need to be very ignorant to German Pop Music to think we do always leave the "R" away.

*loud guitar sound* "Orbiterrrrr" *louder guitar sound* *fire works*

Sounds a lot like the pop music here, except more awesome for including Orbiter. :lol:

 

[Linguofreak]

there's more than one r in there, you know...

Oops. But both are still syllable final, so they both get reduced in much the same way in British or German.

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And you need to be very ignorant to German Pop Music to think we do always leave the "R" away.

And you need to be very ignorant of me to think that I know anything of German pop music. I don't even know anything about *American* pop music... The only German pop musician I know about is Beethoven, and I think I may have heard of some guy by the name of Bach. (To be serious, a friend of mine growing up was a big fan of Rammstein, and I've seen music videos from several groups in German classes, linked to by you in the Youtube thread, etc, but I really don't know much).

 

[Mojave]

Makes sense.

Is there any possibility that there's someone else who could take you to the shuttle launch? Your sister would probably see it as an advantage if you weren't there for her birthday, if she hates you...

My mom will not either.

 

[clive bradbury]

Ahh...this thread makes me so nostalgic for the days when all I had to be worried about was my annoying sister...

Enjoy it while you can...just wait until your responsibilities really start to turn up...

 

[Urwumpe]

The only German pop musician I know about is Beethoven, and I think I may have heard of some guy by the name of Bach. (To be serious, a friend of mine growing up was a big fan of Rammstein, and I've seen music videos from several groups in German classes, linked to by you in the Youtube thread, etc, but I really don't know much).

A miracle...a US Citizen who does not think all German pop music is about Rammstein and Tokio Hotel.

 

[jedidia]

Oops. But both are still syllable final, so they both get reduced in much the same way in British or German.

It depends on the accent, of course, but the german omission of r usually sounds quite different from the british omission (as silly as that statement may seem... :lol

this is because the r is never QUITE omitted, but only slightly voiced instead (i.e., the sound of the preceding vowel changes slightly). In a majority of german dialects (and the theoretical "high german", which you hear on TV when watching synchronised films, but never really hear anywhere else), this voicing happens near the throat, while in the british english it is located at the tongue (methinks... kind of tough to tell.)

 

[Arrowstar]

A miracle...a US Citizen who does not think all German pop music is about Rammstein and Tokio Hotel.

Rammstein is considered "pop" music? The German definition of "pop" is clearly different than the American definition.

 

[Urwumpe]

Rammstein is considered "pop" music? The German definition of "pop" is clearly different than the American definition.

German definition: "The music between the ring tone ads" :rofl:

 

[supersonic]

That really stinks, it reminds me of the last Endeavor launch, we were up until 3 am just so the launch could be scrubed. Unfortunately we didn't have another day to watch.:dry: