Here is an interesting story from Bible that gives a clue to the entry of the word "Shibboleth" which is a Hebrew word into English language.
There was a war between Ephraimites and the Gileadites. . In order to separate friend from foe, the Gilaidites started asking all the suspected persons to say the word "Shibboleth".. Those who failed to say "Shibboleth" could say "Sibboleth". Because Ephraimites cannot produce "Sh " sound." Instead they said "Sibboleth." Thus Ephraimites failed and they were identified as enemies and were slain.
Japanese cannot pronounce the letter L. Ask a Japanese to say Hotel. He will say, "Hoteru."
Such tests are based on differences of language and speech and are known as "Shibboleths." They act as a "Pass word",
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Sure can be in one thread. But length may scare the reader.
If you write each English language skill tip in a separate thread, there will be innumerable posts. If you are going to write many tips, it will be better to write an article. An article has a permanent value whereas old posts are very less seen.
Sure can be in one thread. But length may scare the reader.
The suggestion given by Gulshan ji is worth considering bigbro. It would be worthwhile if you write these tips in form of articles and see the result instantly. I have my doubts if such threads would have many takers. Cheers.
Sure can be in one thread. But length may scare the reader.
Hello rambabu, these are really interesting posts, but I concur with Gulshan, that such posts may get fewer takers, if there is more you want to say, do write an article.
Also, just one thing I want to clarify my doubts on, regarding the Japanese way of speaking, it is not that they cannot pronounce L sound, but they normally interchange the R and L sounds, hence for Bread, they say Blade, and vice versa!!
Sure can be in one thread. But length may scare the reader.
Hello rambabu, these are really interesting posts, but I concur with Gulshan, that such posts may get fewer takers, if there is more you want to say, do write an article.
Also, just one thing I want to clarify my doubts on, regarding the Japanese way of speaking, it is not that they cannot pronounce L sound, but they normally interchange the R and L sounds, hence for Bread, they say Blade, and vice versa!!
Japanese cannot pronounce 'T' as in 'tea'.. They pronounce 'T' as in Hindi 'tota' (parrot)
This is good thread. I would like to mention that bengali pronunciation and hindi pronunciation of many words are also different. I have marked the differences in the languages of the two people. As I know both, I can very well speak both the languages as they are.
Thus "Shibboleth" cannot be used as an instrument to detect people in this era.
Thus "Shibboleth" cannot be used as an instrument to detect people in this era.
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