It’s the American pronunciation.
I’m surprised. I had a suspicion that the angles in front-, cat- and san chin type stances were more prescribed than in dancing.
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The owner of the dance studio is one of my tenants and we also went to high school together so it is common for us to chat or watch each others classes. If you watch ballet, you can really tell where foot and also body placement is critical. Watching the gymnast land or balance on the beams is impressive. So, yes, it is all about footwork and balance.
As for the pronunciation, there are at least six common derivations in the U.S.
Steve
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Glass houses and all that.
Are you kitten may? Dorn't Brits just say craw'ee? That's the bri'ish for you, innit? I don't knorr why you fink we speek loik 'at. D'yoo fink we're schtewpid?
Are you kidding me? Don't Brits just say "craw'ee?" That's British for you, isn't it? I don't know why you think we speak like that. Do you think we're stupid?
Steve
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I think Summer is officially over in the PNW. Cloudy and cool. Still quite pleasant outside, but the sunshine is behind us for the most part.
Wing Woo Gar
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I will be happy to wear tights if requested by the appropriate individual, thankfully, she doesn’t require such things. No special register needed, I never had interest in those with no interest in me. Believe me when I say that a portion of the population are beauties seeking beasts, this is how I got married. If I can do it, then anyone can. A big smile and willingness to wear tights goes a long way if you lack charm the way I do. Struggling through a 90 minute hot vinyasa flow yoga class may give an opportunity to meet new people outside your usual social groups. I highly recommend it.Yes…you.
Hmmm yes I’m building up an image that suggests you should be placed on that ‘special register’
I didn’t need to look either of those up and immediately knew what they were. Sounds like time will be the best healer.
If I did, it’d be a case of ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Wing Woo Gar
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Ah he isn’t from Manchester, but I love accents and dialects of all flavors. As far as Americans being stupid, we have far more stupid people than they have citizens in total. Approximately 75 million or so if my math is correct…Glass houses and all that.
Are you kitten may? Dorn't Brits just say craw'ee? That's the bri'ish for you, innit? I don't knorr why you fink we speek loik 'at. D'yoo fink we're schtewpid?
Are you kidding me? Don't Brits just say "craw'ee?" That's British for you, isn't it? I don't know why you think we speak like that. Do you think we're stupid?
Xue Sheng
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You're just jealous that linguistic evolution works and we improved on British English
Steve
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He’s from a baby country. I understand it’s hard for some Brits to comprehend that American culture is quite different from State to State. I get it.
I don’t think we should sell Britain short. They have at least as many stupid people as we do, per capita.
But don’t forget, half of every country’s population has below average intelligence… and average isn’t very smart.
I’ve always found it difficult teaching kicking to ballet people. Especially if they’re still training in ballet. It seems like the more experience they have in ballet, the less likely they’ll grasp kicking in MA.
Obviously they have the flexibility, that’s never the problem. It’s more of a reprogramming thing.
Same goes for most dancers. I don’t mean people who know how to dance, I mean people who dance for a living.
I’ve also found it challenging to teach kicking to experience competitive swimmers. I can still spot a competitive swimmer taking their first couple of months of Martial Art lessons.
Xue Sheng
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Pro Soccer players too. Tried to teach a friend of mine (Pro Soccer player) a martial arts kick.... he could not get it...if he ever kicked someone in the groin his foot wouldn't stop until it got to your neck...but he could not throw a front kick for beans
Me? I actually am from Manchester!
What is it with which they have difficulty?
This feeds into the idea of cross training…
How very strange!
I never taught any soccer players, but I can understand what you mean. I think it has to do with “the first thing you learn is ingrained the deepest.”
I even took ballet lessons for a few months. One of my instructors, Billy Blanks, took ballet for several years. He said ballet was more suited for traditional TKD as their fighting postures were similar to ballet performers. Billy performed in The Nutcracker several times In Pennsylvania.
It’s not a criticism, honestly. Americans just say ‘Koroddy’ and ‘wordder’ etc. It seems to be the substitution of hard ‘t’ sounds with ‘d’ sounds. It’s quite charming.
Xue Sheng
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Some do, but far from all.... and I know you're jealous.... and wish you could talk like us..... but its ok.... I find the British accent fascinating ...pip pip Cherrie and all that wat
Xue Sheng
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Rather Ironic for a martial artist to be in that....don't you think
Due to my schooling and perhaps university education, I speak the ‘Kings English’: think Hugh Grant without the floppy hair and charm. As soon as I open my mouth people around me make an immediate judgement…’A brown faced bloke speaking’ like that?’ When I lived in Scotland it coaxed racist remarks out of some locals…about being ‘An Unglush bas*ard’.
When I was growing up in Manchester, my peers spoke like this
Which state are you referring to there? Not sure I have heard either word pronounced like that in real life. But I also haven't been to every state/heard every accent.
Prince_Alarming
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I'm not bothered. As far as I'm concerned, Americans have improved on the design of the pizza (and will insist on this point) and have expanded the language. Anybody who can invent bourbon, country music and beef jerky can't be all bad.
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