Of Spoken English and Typewriter Sounds
Just finished watching a subtitled foreign-language film, and I’m reminded of something a South American exchange student told me in (I think) high school.
He said the way native English speakers talk reminded him of a typewriter. Each word is the snap of a key, the end of each sentence a carriage return.
He contrasted it to native Spanish speakers, who flow their words all together. There was no judgement in his passing observation.
Clackity chkt click, snap. Vrrrrrt!
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