How can you tell if someone is faking an accent?
A person faking an accent may use certain Hollywood conventions to convince people.For example, doesn't it strike you as odd that the Spanish guy in the movie seems to have a good grasp of English, but he never seemed to learn how to say "sir", or "mister" , but instead he says, "Señor?"Now, we understand why this happens in Hollywood; it helps to portray the foreignness of a character. But someone faking an accent may not be aware of that cinematic device and do it anyway.They may fake a French accent and refer to you as Monsieur, or Fräulein if doing German (Fräulein more common in Hollywood German than Frau or Herr). This will happen more often with languages Americans are ‘familiar’ with like French, German, Japanese, etc. You won't hear a lot of people using titles in languages people aren't familiar with. For example, you are more likely to hear someone say, Monsieur Jones (French), vs. Agha-ye Jones (Farsi) .They may also try to refer to stereotypical foreign terms as often as possible, for no other reason than to establish credibility, like, for example, croissant, merci, escargot, baguette, etc. (Ignore that if they are actually a chef! )The many Germans I've spoken with didn't pepper their speech with references to bier and bratwurst, even when I was buying those things from them.Being a naturalized American for whom English was my second language, I can tell you that a foreigner is usually embarrassed to appear to lack proficiency in the new language and will tend to avoid terms they don't know how to translate or will ask how to say something rather than to draw attention to it by just speaking a word in their native language all of a sudden.
Spiritually Speaking: Does "Neil deGrasse Tyson" fraud feel euphoric now?
Science loves me, yes i know. 'cause the science told me so. Without doing actual research on his own, and stealing from others. What's the difference between doing science and research, and worshipping it. Well the difference is to understand it, worship dont. Its a useful tool. But without actually getting into it, then its the same as being religious :P http://thedailybanter.com/2014/09/war-uppity-lying-liar-neil-degrasse-tyson/
Why do some stores hire and keep unfriendly people as cashiers?
Mind you, I've met a lot of nice cashiers. But at our local Walmart, Kmart, lower end grocery stores & even in Department stores, I've noticed a trend... About half the time their cashiers treat customers like a contagious disease. I know they have to deal with some nasty customers, but I always try to smile & make positive or amusing comments. About half of them respond positively and the other half just ignore me, some strike up a conversation with a coworker, and others feel compelled to make some negative comment or criticism. (Then there's the negative body language... the unhappy expressions, refusal to make eye contact, basically throwing things into the bags or cart.) There are exceptional stores where the employees are obviously trained to ALWAYS be positive (like Safeway) and I find myself going there more than other places just because I feel happier there. Have you had similar experiences? Any theories on why this is happening? Thanks!
Can someone dumb down robert Peel's 9 principle's of policing in to few words?
The nine principles by Sir Robert Peel 1) The basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime and disorder. ** Easy enough... 2) The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon public approval of police actions. POLICE NEED THE PUBLIC'S TRUST in order to do their job. If the people mistrust the police, it will be more difficult to do their job... 3) Police must secure the willing co-operation of the public in voluntary observance of the law to be able to secure and maintain the respect of the public. There is an insufficient number of police to FORCE the public into submission. 4) The degree of co-operation of the public that can be secured diminishes proportionately to the necessity of the use of physical force. The public deplores the indiscriminate use of force. The more often the police have to resort to use of force to gain compliance, the less the public will trust them. 5) Police seek and preserve public favour not by catering to public opinion but by constantly demonstrating absolute impartial service to the law. * If the public constantly see partiality and favoritism, they will disrespect the laws (and the police) more. 6) Police use physical force to the extent necessary to secure observance of the law or to restore order only when the exercise of persuasion, advice and warning is found to be insufficient. ** ALL other means of voluntary compliance should be attempted before Physical (up to and including extreme) force is used. 7) Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence 8) Police should always direct their action strictly towards their functions and never appear to usurp the powers of the judiciary. * It is the police role to arrest & apprehend, not judge & execute sentences. 9) The test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with it.
I'm really freaked out for tomorrow,my girlfriends dad wants to have a "talk with me"?
So today(well its after midnight here so technically yesterday) I walked my girlfriend abbey home from school like I always do,but today it started raining really hard in the way there so she let me inside(which she's technically not aloud to do if her mom and dad are still at work) since i would have to walk 2 miles back to my house If she didn't,so I changed into my gym clothes so I wouldn't be soaking wet while I waited for t to stop raining,while we waiting we went upstairs to watching some tv in her room...you can tell this is about to get bad cant ya? Anyways we were sitting on her bed watching tv and then she started to rest her head in my shoulder so I warped my arm around her,then after alittle while we ended up making out in her bed, and then this is weird I'm assuming her dads gonna shoot me with a rocket launcher for,so while we were making out on the bed abbey started to take off her shirt and I'm pretty sure she was about to take off her bra but that's when my luck sorta kicked in...wanna guess who came home from work early? Needless to say he wasn't "happy" with the fact his daughter and her boyfriend are in her room alone without her shirt on,he seemed calm but I'm pretty sure he was picturing hitting me with a bus in his head,I mean me and abbey have been dating for along Time now so atleast it's not like this all happened after a feel months right? Still doesn't make it better does it,anyways he told abbey to put her shirt on and walk me downstairs to get my wet clothes and then i walked home,still raining but I wasn't about to ask for a ride,then when I got home at around four i got a text from abbeys phone but it was her dad and it said "This is abbeys father,can you come by tomorrow around 11,abbey and her mom will be out and I'd like to have a talk with you about what happened in her room,also I'm taking abbeys phone away so please don't try to call her to discuss this her" Oh man I'm so nervous,how mad do you think he is?I'm screwed arent I?
How reliable is JustAnswer.com? Is it a scam?
It is absolutely a scam and this JustAnswer review is from my own personal experience today (11 Mar 2017).You have to pay first to ask the question. Then if you don’t get a satisfactory answer, you can get a deposit back. (we’ll see about this claim)They say most people get an answer within 10 mins and always in 1 day. I got my answer in 3 days.I asked a laywer a specific question and he got back to me in a one sentence generic answer that has nothing to do with my specific situation. It’s like me asking: “What is the best treatment for my particular type of cancer?” and the “Doctor” answers “You are recommended to eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables”. LIKE WTF! Is this a joke??!!Lastly, they don’t tell you beforehand that any question you ask and answer you get will be for public viewing on the internet for everybody to see. THERE IS NO PRIVACY!I did ask for a refund back immediately and I’m waiting for it to process. Please don’t use their service. Go find an actual lawyer or actual doctor etc.
Can anyone vouch for Lexington Law firm for credit repair?
I've heard that some of these companies are complete scam, rather than simply an over-priced service for something anyone can do themselves. Has anyone heard anything bad about Lexington?
How can you identify a special forces soldier when he's not wearing his uniforms?
Well, of course they won’t say will they. One of my military intelligence friends once told me its not what they tell you but what they don’t tell you that you should pay attention to. Having been in the military myself and known quite a few SAS guys, both having met them casually and in the service I have noticed the following give away features.When you ask them which part of the military they are from rather than saying “I am with the XYZ regiment” they will be vague and say “I am soldier” or “I am a marine” they then they change the subject.They often travel in groups of youngish, guys, who obviously spend a lot of time together. They will all be from the military, but strangely they are often from different parts (e.g. “I am a soldier he’s a marine” they then change the subject.)When you ask them details about the type of skydiving they’ve done in the military (I met one group of SAS guys while skydiving) they might tell you about Jumps that, if you know anything about sky-diving, are clearly not the type that a regular soldier would do, but they never say why they would do jumps like that - they just say it was “training”.But the real give away is the general flagrant disregard for what might be termed regular behavior. Often they are great guys, and I can tell you they are definitely the ones I’d like to hang out with at a party. But they are also the ones most likely to decide that the best course of action at 4am is to go to a (closed) whore house and then to break in by climbing in through a second story window (true story) or other similar such “I clearly don’t give a f***” behavior. Clearly this is trivial stuff as compared to their day jobs, which is probably why it makes sense to them. But any objective observer would say that they are slightly bonkers for doing something like that.