tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post8536296625269459030..comments2024-03-27T20:34:09.464+01:00Comments on zmkc: Auditory Alterationszmkchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-36889486819046118562011-05-01T03:02:30.499+02:002011-05-01T03:02:30.499+02:00Oh that's right, Chris, I only realise it now ...Oh that's right, Chris, I only realise it now you point it out. How odd. I suppose it doesn't make those who've never seen or used an actual record wince at the thought of a scratch being gouged in the vinyl, lucky themzmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-91902365498174557362011-04-28T05:14:22.149+02:002011-04-28T05:14:22.149+02:00Sorry *roughly*Sorry *roughly*Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-73557141464051343492011-04-28T05:13:54.129+02:002011-04-28T05:13:54.129+02:00What I find fascinating is that the sound of a nee...What I find fascinating is that the sound of a needle being roughty pulled off of a off of a record is used frequently in shows my kids (9 and 7) watch, in order to indicate an abrupt halt in action or thought. They have no reference for what it the sound concretely represents, having been born post record-album (and their father somewhat regretfully having fully embraced digital sound)but they recognize it for what it represents. So, the sound is gone, but the metaphor remains.Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-24503322642174618742011-04-27T01:50:57.558+02:002011-04-27T01:50:57.558+02:00Listening to Hungarian radio, especially interview...Listening to Hungarian radio, especially interviews, helps build passive language competence, I reckon. Even better if there's someone with you who can translate the bits you miss.Robskeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09541720090262096781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-70760393135097065842011-04-27T00:11:54.414+02:002011-04-27T00:11:54.414+02:00I'm a twit - it's on the Rakpart, so of co...I'm a twit - it's on the Rakpart, so of course it's not near Gerloczy. I shall go and have a look. The real problem though is establishing a daily routine of regular study - I tend to work hard for a bit and then get subsumed by other things and let it drift for a bit, which is hopeless.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-40354262152675328992011-04-26T12:48:01.432+02:002011-04-26T12:48:01.432+02:00I don't think it is near the Gerloczy, or a ch...I don't think it is near the Gerloczy, or a cheese shop. I'd definitely have remembered a cheese shop. I think further north along the river front (upper), the southern end of Margit sziget is opposite. <br /><br />Carol Rounds' "Hungarian: an essential grammar" (Routledge) is a good reference grammar, but not really a conversational language-learning text.Robskeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09541720090262096781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-747382422970080182011-04-25T22:28:40.477+02:002011-04-25T22:28:40.477+02:00Is that just near the Gerloczy? And in the same st...Is that just near the Gerloczy? And in the same street as a rather smart looking cheese shop? I think I have been in there, but not for ages. I have a manual typewriter I use sometimes, but it is heavy going. And I also have a bulky thing that uses floppy disks. It is some kind of hybrid electric typewriter/computer. It has a much nicer feeling keyboard than computers do now and, when you type, the keys make a rather nice slightly muted sound. I remember that sound from when computers first came in - a sort of watery clicking.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-52308052316949394412011-04-25T12:57:48.655+02:002011-04-25T12:57:48.655+02:00BTW, have you checked out the language learners...BTW, have you checked out the language learners' book shop on the Rakpart (VII), from memory near Katona József ut corner?Robskeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09541720090262096781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-72678013107301413632011-04-25T09:12:36.173+02:002011-04-25T09:12:36.173+02:00I miss the sound of manual typewriters. Especially...I miss the sound of manual typewriters. Especially the carriage return. I even miss the sound of electric ones. I pulled the old olivetti (manual) out recently; my fingers were aching after half a sentence.Robskeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09541720090262096781noreply@blogger.com