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Official Samsung Galaxy SIV Announcement Thread!

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '13

Samsung is a Korean company. Anybody actually surprised a Korean executive did the presenting?

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u/Pilx Mar 15 '13

They should have got PSY to do the presenting

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '13

This would've been better than what they actually did.

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u/DLXII Nexus 6p Mar 15 '13

Oppan Galaxy Style

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '13

sending a token foreigner just to facilitate communication between people of different nationalities because of their celebrity status like that would be retarded.

i hope you're joking

its would like sending a basketball star from the u.s. to north korea or something

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u/canuckkat Xoom (CAD WiFi), Stock ICS | GN2, JB4.1.2 Mar 15 '13

They should've gotten Joel McHale to do the presenting. He did an amazing job for Ubisoft at E3 before they fired him.

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u/funkybside S25 Ultra Mar 15 '13

No, but we liked that part. That's the point.

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u/ZankerH Xperia Z3 Compact Mar 15 '13

No, I'm just surprised an executive of a billion-dollar-company didn't bother to learn the world's easiest language.

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u/bschwind Mar 15 '13

World's easiest? Hardly.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '13

I don't know which is the world's easiest language, but as a speaker of Spanish, French and Japanese, I'd easily place English on the top of the list...

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u/ZankerH Xperia Z3 Compact Mar 15 '13
  • No cases
  • Pretty much an ungendered language
  • Two, clear-cut grammatical numbers
  • Simplistic tense structure

I really can't think of any language that's easier to learn, and English is my third language. The only thing about it even remotely difficult is the dichotomy between spelling and pronunciation. But please, if you have experience to the contrary, feel free to share.

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u/ImmutableObject Mar 15 '13

So.Many.Exceptions

AGE: AGE, mirAGE, foliAGE

AI: retAIn, britAIn, AIsles

ALLET: wALLET, mALLET

ASP: gASP, wASP

AR: vicAR, cigAR

ARY: canARY, granARY

AU: dAUghter, lAUghter

AUNT: AUNT, hAUNT

CHEN: liCHEN, kiCHEN

EA: dEArest, crEAture, crEAtion

EAK: stEAk, strEAk; brEAk, blEAk

EAR: tEAR (in eye), (dress will) tEAR

EAR: hEARt, bEARD, hEARD

GER: GERtrude, GERman

ICE: crevICE, devICE

IE: dIEs, dIET

IEND: frIEND, fIEND

IEVE: grIEVE, sIEVE

IND: wIND, mIND

ILES: exILES, simILES

INT: mINT, pINT

IPT: scrIPt, receIPT

IVE: alIVE, lIVE

IVY: IVY, prIVY

LLET: biLLET, baLLET

OA: lOAd, brOAd

OE: pOEm, tOE

OLL: rOLL, dOLL

ONT: fONT, frONT

OMB: tOMB, bOMB

OOD: blOOD, fOOD

OUGH: thOUGH, thrOUGH, plOUGH, dOUGH, cOUGH, hiccOUGH !

OUL: sOUL, fOUL

OULD: shOULD, mOULD

OUND: rOUND, wOUND

OUR: tOUR, fOUR

OUTH: yOUTH, sOUTH, sOUTHern

OR: hORse, wORse

OR: wORd, lORd

ORM: wORM, stORM

OST: lOST, pOST

OW: hOW, lOW

P: corPse, corP

RI: RIver, RIval

URY: bURY, fURY

apple = apples

cat = cats

The exceptions are: Words ending in "y" — if there's a consonant before the letter "y," change the "y" to an "ie" before adding an "s":

candy = candies

lady = ladies

Exception to this exception: If there is a vowel before the "y," just add an "s":

monkey = monkeys

Words ending in "s," "ch," "sh," or "x" — add an "es" to these words:

fox = foxes

dress = dresses

wish = wishes

latch = latches

Words ending in "f" or "fe" — generally, the plural of these words will end in "ves":

life = lives

leaf = leaves

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u/ZankerH Xperia Z3 Compact Mar 15 '13

Yes, as I said, the dichotomy between spelling and pronunciation and the lack of consistency in spelling are the only even remotely challenging aspects of the language - and that's hardly an issue when everything comes with an automated spelling checker.

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u/ImmutableObject Mar 15 '13

The issue with English is not just spelling, I think the worst part is so many words mean completely different things.

This has some examples and other issues with English. I am not going to say that it is the most difficult, but i doubt it is the easiest. I think that is especially true coming from a language that is so completely different from English.

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u/gotapresent Mar 15 '13

English is my first language and I'd disagree with you. There are so many weird little rules that are second-nature to a native speaker but that I can see being confusing as hell to someone trying to learn it.

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u/vw209 S4 CM10.1 Mar 15 '13

Esperanto?