👽 "He looked round the canteen again. Nearly everyone was ugly, and would still have been ugly even if dressed otherwise than in the uniform blue overalls".
(1984) Does this sound natural?
(1984) Does this sound natural?
- English (UK)
A little unnatural
Canteen and overalls both need equal emphasis on both syllables otherwise a super delivery!
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- English (UK)
A little unnatural
He looked around the canteen again. Nearly everyone was ugly and would have still been ugly even if dressed otherwise than in the uniform blue overalls.
Not sure about the "dressed otherwise than in" part, which sounds a bit janky, I would consider moving the information somewhere else that sounds more natural. Perhaps in a direct conversation with one of these ugly patrons you could bring it up.
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- English (UK)
Natural
at the end try saying "even if dressed otherwise, in something other than the uniform's blue overalls"
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- English (UK)
- English (UK)
- English (US)
Natural
@MeowTheOdd You sir are a philistine! The young lady is reading from Orwell's 1984.
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- English (UK)
A little unnatural
@Pajh I'm aware, I'm just saying that it still feels janky. I'm assuming that they're looking to see if the passage is completely fine. Also, no need to insult me.
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- English (UK)
Natural
Make sure to pronounce "canteen" like CAN-teen. Just elongate the "a" in "can". :D
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@Pajh Thanks a lot! 😊😆
@lattaenkookies Thank you!😘 I got it.
@MeowTheOdd thanks! Could you explain what does "janky" mean, please?
- English (UK)
A little unnatural
@Tania_UA Like if you had a stairway with a really low ceiling then the stairway would be a bit janky. Doesn't work quite as well as it should be working. Just means that it's a bit weird in a way that makes it less functional.
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@Jimothey Thank you! 😊
@BluePeter Thanks a lot! is it better now?
"Canteen" and "overalls"
@MeChikaboombayah Thank you! Is it better now? :)👇
"blue"
- Hindi
- English (UK)
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- English (UK)
- French (France) Near fluent
A little unnatural
This is great! However, two parts sound slightly unnatural. The two parts (in my opinion) are, "even if dressed otherwise than in" and "uniform blue overalls".
Instead of "even if dressed otherwise than in", you could say 'even if they weren't dressed in'.
To me, "uniform blue overalls" sounds a little unnatural too. You could maybe say instead, 'their uniform's blue overalls'.
Then again, this is just my opinion.
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@namxing Thank you very much! It was a quote from Orwell's "1984". I wonder about my pronunciation, intonation etc.
- English (UK)
- French (France) Near fluent
A little unnatural
@Tania_UA Your pronunciation is perfect in my opinion! I understood everything with no problems.
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@namxing thank you!
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- Italian
- English (UK)
A little unnatural
@Tania_UA that will do fine at normal speaking speed.
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