Re:Ask HN: How to learn vernacular American English?
by taurath on Wednesday December 24, 2014 @02:51AM
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Watch Seinfeld. While some of the things are dated almost every single meme from that show has been fully integrated into american culture, so much so that its become cliche. But as a person who used to be diagnosed with Aspergers, I've had to learn all the same things you're learning now. Seinfeld is one of the best at teaching the subtleties of the culture.
See: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Seinfeld (warning: tvtropes link, do not click if you need to be productive)
Re:Ask HN: How to learn vernacular American English?
by proveanegative on Wednesday December 24, 2014 @08:45AM
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Don't forget The Simpsons as well. It's likely the most quoted television show in the English-speaking world.
Re:Ask HN: How to learn vernacular American English?
by phipz on Wednesday December 24, 2014 @07:59AM
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Thanks for the advice
Re:Ask HN: How to learn vernacular American English?
by rmxt on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @11:42AM
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I would also add listening to music, browsing Reddit (default subs, not technical ones), watching YouTube (viral videos and similar things, again, not technical videos) to the list of things that one can do before taking the leap and moving to an English speaking country.
In the meantime you could watch a lot of American TV, which might help, but I'm not sure how much.
You are correct that this comes up--I knew a German person that said the "Air bridge" in conversation. My friend and I took a couple minutes to realize he was referencing what we call the air-lift (as in the Berlin Air-lift) then we were on the same page. It really isn't a big deal. I still know what you mean by Pizzaedge (crust)