#33 Travelogue Uzbekistan: The Art of Spelling
Haven’t you asked yourself why English words in Uzbek are rarely spelt in the original English way? I don’t mind spelling Trump as Tramp but Trastbank instead of Trustbank looks weird. But the one word that looks okay to a foreigner, i.e. Paynet, doesn’t sound quite right when people say it. What’s behind this spelling mess?
Russian
English and other European words often enter Uzbek through Russian which doesn’t use the Latin alphabet. That’s obvious with words like Gamburger or Xot-dog.
Script changes
Uzbek used the Arabic alphabet, then Latin, then Cyrillic and now Latin again. Alphabets come and go, so spelling depends on pronunciation and not much else.
Oral culture
Writing is not so much part of people’s daily life as business can be done orally and people send lots of voice or video messages. Spelling issues are simply not that important.
---Vocab---
📍tramp = homeless person, beggar
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
Haven’t you asked yourself why English words in Uzbek are rarely spelt in the original English way? I don’t mind spelling Trump as Tramp but Trastbank instead of Trustbank looks weird. But the one word that looks okay to a foreigner, i.e. Paynet, doesn’t sound quite right when people say it. What’s behind this spelling mess?
Russian
English and other European words often enter Uzbek through Russian which doesn’t use the Latin alphabet. That’s obvious with words like Gamburger or Xot-dog.
Script changes
Uzbek used the Arabic alphabet, then Latin, then Cyrillic and now Latin again. Alphabets come and go, so spelling depends on pronunciation and not much else.
Oral culture
Writing is not so much part of people’s daily life as business can be done orally and people send lots of voice or video messages. Spelling issues are simply not that important.
---Vocab---
📍tramp = homeless person, beggar
👉@afandi_english👈 #travel #uzbekistan
Foreign words in Uzbek should be ...
Anonymous Poll
19%
spelt according to Uzbek pronunciation
74%
kept in the original foreign spelling
7%
spelt anyhow, no need for a standard
#22 YouTube Channel Recommendation: Half as Interesting
📊 English Level: Advanced
🔤 Subtitles: Available
💬 Topics: Geography, politics, history, society
💡 Content: This channel is something for fun-loving people with a keen interest in global affairs. The videos are all about strange phenomena or events in the world, some of it really wacky (=strange in a funny way) stuff. The narrator speaks quite fast and most of the time he only jokes, which is why you need to have a high level of English if you want to keep up. It’s not all just trivia (=fun facts, unimportant but entertaining information), there is also some deeper truth and lots of background knowledge found in these stories. All in all a great source of intelligent infotainment!
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuCkxoKLYO_EQ2GeFtbM_bw/videos
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📊 English Level: Advanced
🔤 Subtitles: Available
💬 Topics: Geography, politics, history, society
💡 Content: This channel is something for fun-loving people with a keen interest in global affairs. The videos are all about strange phenomena or events in the world, some of it really wacky (=strange in a funny way) stuff. The narrator speaks quite fast and most of the time he only jokes, which is why you need to have a high level of English if you want to keep up. It’s not all just trivia (=fun facts, unimportant but entertaining information), there is also some deeper truth and lots of background knowledge found in these stories. All in all a great source of intelligent infotainment!
⛓ Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuCkxoKLYO_EQ2GeFtbM_bw/videos
👉@afandi_english👈 #youtube
Forwarded from Joho
Dear friends,
❗️We have spotted Afandi many times. It’s now time to use our spotting skills for something you hide for us!
How does it work?
1. Choose an item that subscribers to the channel should spot. It could be anything – a shoe, a tomato, a toy, a flower, a shampoo bottle – whatever really.
2. Take a close-up photo of it, so we know what we should look for.
3. Hide your item in a picture that you take. Make it not too easy and not too difficult. Take a couple of shots and choose the best one. Your item should be hard to find but still visible in a low resolution on Telegram.
4. Send your close-up and search pictures to @jochenho by 9pm tonight.
5. We will vote whose item we want to spot and then do the spotting at 9:30pm on the channel.
Get involved enjoy the buzz!
👉@afandi_english👈
❗️We have spotted Afandi many times. It’s now time to use our spotting skills for something you hide for us!
How does it work?
1. Choose an item that subscribers to the channel should spot. It could be anything – a shoe, a tomato, a toy, a flower, a shampoo bottle – whatever really.
2. Take a close-up photo of it, so we know what we should look for.
3. Hide your item in a picture that you take. Make it not too easy and not too difficult. Take a couple of shots and choose the best one. Your item should be hard to find but still visible in a low resolution on Telegram.
4. Send your close-up and search pictures to @jochenho by 9pm tonight.
5. We will vote whose item we want to spot and then do the spotting at 9:30pm on the channel.
Get involved enjoy the buzz!
👉@afandi_english👈
#48 Spot Something: Oisha’s deer
❓ Can you spot Oisha’s deer in this picture?
❗️If you can you might win 5,000 Paynet-soums!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_something
❓ Can you spot Oisha’s deer in this picture?
❗️If you can you might win 5,000 Paynet-soums!
👉@afandi_english👈 #spot_something
Congrats to Shohista!!! 🥳🥳🥳 And big round of applause to our designers Shohista, Aisha and Omadbek! 💯👍
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#6 Infographic: Culture shock
▶️ Dealing with other cultures isn’t easy sometimes. Many of us are eager to go to a foreign country and think that once they arrive they will be happy ever after. Those who have been abroad know that it’s not so simple of course. Check out this infographic for more information!
🆕 Monday evening is discussion & debate time. Get right into it at Afandi English Chat https://t.me/Afandi_English_Chat and talk to your fellow English learners!
Today's discussion questions are:
🕔21:00-21:20 1️⃣ What is and what isn’t culture shock? What are the stages of culture shock?
🕐21:20-21:40 2️⃣ Have you ever had a culture shock? Or do you know someone who had?
🕦21:40-22:00 3️⃣ Is culture shock good for people? Why or why not?
👉@afandi_english👈 #infographic
▶️ Dealing with other cultures isn’t easy sometimes. Many of us are eager to go to a foreign country and think that once they arrive they will be happy ever after. Those who have been abroad know that it’s not so simple of course. Check out this infographic for more information!
🆕 Monday evening is discussion & debate time. Get right into it at Afandi English Chat https://t.me/Afandi_English_Chat and talk to your fellow English learners!
Today's discussion questions are:
🕔21:00-21:20 1️⃣ What is and what isn’t culture shock? What are the stages of culture shock?
🕐21:20-21:40 2️⃣ Have you ever had a culture shock? Or do you know someone who had?
🕦21:40-22:00 3️⃣ Is culture shock good for people? Why or why not?
👉@afandi_english👈 #infographic
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#32 Afandi Quiz: Mysterious song
Today’s quiz is about a mysterious song from a mysterious country! Can you guess where it’s from? Pay attention to the language and style.
👉@afandi_english👈 #song_quiz
Today’s quiz is about a mysterious song from a mysterious country! Can you guess where it’s from? Pay attention to the language and style.
👉@afandi_english👈 #song_quiz
Afandi English
This song is from ...
Oh no!
👎 Colombia was wrong. Yes, the song is rhythmic like we expect Latino music to be but the language should have been Spanish. Latino songs also tend to be more lighthearted (=easygoing, cheerful) and not melancholic (=feeling sad).
👍 Mali was the correct answer. It’s the only African country in the selection and with just a hunch (=gut feeling, instinct) that this song is African you may have made a good guess!
👎 Sri Lanka was wrong. As a country located in South Asia, Sri Lankan music resembles (=is similar to) that of India.
👎 Oman was wrong. The country is part of the Arab world and a song from Oman would certainly be sung in Arabic.
👎 Colombia was wrong. Yes, the song is rhythmic like we expect Latino music to be but the language should have been Spanish. Latino songs also tend to be more lighthearted (=easygoing, cheerful) and not melancholic (=feeling sad).
👍 Mali was the correct answer. It’s the only African country in the selection and with just a hunch (=gut feeling, instinct) that this song is African you may have made a good guess!
👎 Sri Lanka was wrong. As a country located in South Asia, Sri Lankan music resembles (=is similar to) that of India.
👎 Oman was wrong. The country is part of the Arab world and a song from Oman would certainly be sung in Arabic.
University Vocab: The End
It’s been one year now that Afandi English is bringing you University Vocab, giving you all you’ve ever wanted to know about higher education. Time to review all 20 posts!
#1 Lectures vs Seminars
#2 Academic Literature
#3 Tuition Fees
#4 Assessment
#5 Time Off
#6 Online Education
#7 Undergraduates & Graduates
#8 Entering & Leaving University
#9 Coursework
#10 Undergrad Years
#11 Rankings
#12 Science, What Science?
#13 Degrees
#14 Academic Writing
#15 Course Modules
#16 Exam Types
#17 Higher Education
#18 Thesis Papers
#19 Teaching Staff
#20 Credentials
👉@afandi_english👈 #uni_vocab
It’s been one year now that Afandi English is bringing you University Vocab, giving you all you’ve ever wanted to know about higher education. Time to review all 20 posts!
#1 Lectures vs Seminars
#2 Academic Literature
#3 Tuition Fees
#4 Assessment
#5 Time Off
#6 Online Education
#7 Undergraduates & Graduates
#8 Entering & Leaving University
#9 Coursework
#10 Undergrad Years
#11 Rankings
#12 Science, What Science?
#13 Degrees
#14 Academic Writing
#15 Course Modules
#16 Exam Types
#17 Higher Education
#18 Thesis Papers
#19 Teaching Staff
#20 Credentials
👉@afandi_english👈 #uni_vocab
#68 Our favourite mistakes: Speaking & Writing
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Mening ismim Abdullayev Abdullo.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
My name is Abdullayev Abdullo.
✅ Well, it should be:
My name is Abdullo Abdullayev.
❓Why?
❗️ In English first names come first and last names come last. Simple as that. Saying your first name first doesn’t mean you’re a celebrity like “Yulduz Usmonova” (rather than “Usmonova Yulduz”).
❗️ Think of this difference as a cultural difference. Western culture is more individualistic and therefore puts the individual person’s name first. Non-western cultures are more collectivist and emphasize who the person belongs to.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #writing
▶️ Please translate the following sentence:
Mening ismim Abdullayev Abdullo.
❌ Perhaps you think it is:
My name is Abdullayev Abdullo.
✅ Well, it should be:
❓Why?
❗️ In English first names come first and last names come last. Simple as that. Saying your first name first doesn’t mean you’re a celebrity like “Yulduz Usmonova” (rather than “Usmonova Yulduz”).
❗️ Think of this difference as a cultural difference. Western culture is more individualistic and therefore puts the individual person’s name first. Non-western cultures are more collectivist and emphasize who the person belongs to.
👉@afandi_english👈 #mistakes #writing