tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817242166326386497.post3382593888670042322..comments2024-03-24T16:47:21.470-07:00Comments on A World of Englishes: Compliments across culturesJane Setterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213725380324824711noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817242166326386497.post-71419227781937417552020-01-29T03:13:52.860-08:002020-01-29T03:13:52.860-08:00No. That would be awkward. Just as in any language...No. That would be awkward. Just as in any language you have people who are famous for having a flattering voice, but to boil it down to pronunciation alone would be over the edge imo.Ben C H Wanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05273665674519808180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817242166326386497.post-57853858351521041422020-01-27T00:00:36.677-08:002020-01-27T00:00:36.677-08:00Would it? Interesting! Is this just not something ...Would it? Interesting! Is this just not something Cantonese speakers would do? Jane Setterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08213725380324824711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817242166326386497.post-80711230143735470332020-01-26T04:35:12.448-08:002020-01-26T04:35:12.448-08:00"Have you had people compliment you on your a..."Have you had people compliment you on your accent, if you are a native speaker of a language? I'd be interested to know." I like that bit, and I have never thought about it. If someone come to me and compliment my Canto that would be somehow ridiculous.Ben C H Wanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05273665674519808180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817242166326386497.post-90532325492478206712015-05-01T08:56:34.543-07:002015-05-01T08:56:34.543-07:00Ha! What goes around comes around! :-DHa! What goes around comes around! :-DJane Setterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08213725380324824711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817242166326386497.post-69886414030052340152015-04-26T05:32:20.406-07:002015-04-26T05:32:20.406-07:00I too grew up in Kent, with both feet firmly plant...I too grew up in Kent, with both feet firmly planted in the mudflats of the tidal waters of the Thames Estuary. My accent has usually been scourged, like the enraged commanding officer who commented my future university career "you can't even speak English". I was nearly 70 before I got my first compliment: "You do this new thing awfully well". I had to read Rosewarne to understand it.Sidney Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138711082469220983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817242166326386497.post-55909060564179894652015-04-16T08:21:37.570-07:002015-04-16T08:21:37.570-07:00Slightly different angle on that one, John. Hers i...Slightly different angle on that one, John. Hers is about whether people compliment at all and mine is about what sort of thing it's OK to compliment people on. But thanks for directing me to it; a good read, as always.Jane Setterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08213725380324824711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817242166326386497.post-48682470627075740482015-04-14T20:20:06.829-07:002015-04-14T20:20:06.829-07:00See this Lynneguist post on compliments.See <a href="http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2008/06/compliments-nice-and-lovely.html" rel="nofollow">this Lynneguist post on compliments</a>. John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817242166326386497.post-44889534593544224262015-04-14T11:36:47.650-07:002015-04-14T11:36:47.650-07:00I understand you perfectly, Jane, and even though ...I understand you perfectly, Jane, and even though I have always thought that you are beautiful and that your way of speaking is so lovely and soothing (owing to the fact, perhaps, that you are beautiful –beauty attracts beauty), I would never dare to say that openly because, although I believe that material beauty can sometimes help sensitive people to catch a fleeting glimpse of Paradise, I also think that it is both useless and insipid to play with your cards on the table, as the wise man said. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762196203762970377noreply@blogger.com