#smooth like butter

[secretlyasimpforbuddy]

That was smooth Buddy.

[cinmonpunch]

Vi really said, leave no skin untouched.

[jimpagne]

do you have any tips on sounding more like a native? i feel like i sound dumb with my accent :/

I have an answer. It's a very stupid answer, but it worked for me.

My accent is one of the things I get complimented on the most by Korean people that I talk to, many of them assuming I've spent some time in their country or at least studied there once -- neither of which I have done, but I always feel flattered nonetheless by the compliment.

My secret to perfecting an accent? Well, I did something kind of stupid. Basically, I decided to treat Korean phones (aka sounds) like I was a baby learning them for the first time. Babies repeat sounds that they hear, and they do so through babbling or word repetition. So, I would quite literally just "babble" to myself using Korean sounds. It sounds really strange, but it worked very well. Also, if you do long "sentences", you can practice the intonation flow of the languages as well. The following string of Hangul is complete nonsense. Some of these are real words, some of them are not. This is kind of an example of how I would randomly mutter things to myself to try to practice the sounds and intonation 👍

항두하는지, 모려가서 바빴는데, 그게 뭐, 다시 키나고, 파니를 수작겠습니다...

Now I would NEVER try to pass this off as actual Korean, I know some people say random things to try to convince people that they speak a language, but this is not what I'm doing here! I would just do this to myself at home or during long commutes. This way you're not really exhausting your brain trying to work on phones and sentence structures at the same time. It's just a silly way to use Korean sounds without stressing your mind out too much.

Also, since you're by yourself, it's a judgement free zone. Some people are nervous about speaking in front of people, so you can practice this in the comfort of your own bedroom.

But yes, that was one of my main ways of practicing.

However, my other main way was super normal... it's actually probably how most people practice their accent. Sometimes I would turn on a K-drama or a Korean YouTube video and just listen to them talk and then repeat what they said. Just do that for like an hour, and you'll be surprised by just how much your accent can improve in that short amount of time.

Actually, before I would do recording assignments, I would watch one episode of a K-drama before doing it, because my recording before watching the K-drama and after watching the K-drama was noticeably different.

You just need hear Korean people speaking!

[moonsstan]

snape was a kpop stan.

[hazmatazz]

pick a follow up to smooth like butter from a variety of songs that i may or may not listen to 👍

[compo67]

me: i'm gonna write a sequel to rest and restore

also me: so i need music to noodle to

also also me: let's listen to 'Butter' 10,000 times!

there's no way i could possibly get sick of this song

...right?

[jaeyunologyy]

the lads tweet was right, caleb and sylus are such moanable names

[thornestar]

The mega reflector is evolving 😼

[greenlight20]

This is the best lip repair I've ever tried. I've struggled with cracked dry lips my entire life. But after using aquaphor my lips are 100% improved.

[trezoblossoming]

Help my moms playing bts on our record player 😭😭😭

[neodafloof555]

stuck like honey

like a carrot attracted bunny

I mean ain't it funny

falling into a trap like that

[jupitercl0uds]

i wish i didnt have my truly edgy phase when i was 6 i could be crying to evanescence rn but instead its romantic love by kick chop master onion

[gloria-s-moving-closet]

Y’ALL Benson Boone’s album… the transition from the intro to the first song is the smoothest LIKE THE SMOOTHEST I’ve heard in my entire life omg my ears feel fuzzy and honeyed :3

[compo67]

you know that i got that heat, let me show ya 'cause talk is cheap...

[candyheartedchy]

Making this post to remind myself to design my fankids for my ship with Reuben because I actually had this idea for a few years now of them being triplets and being named Peanut, Butter and Jelly 😭

[morganbritton132]

Eddie posts a Tiktok where he’s staring at something beyond the camera with an expression on his face that says he’s both unimpressed and unamused.

He flips the camera around to a rack of trashy gossip magazines that you see in line at the grocery store. He zooms in on a cover that has a little image of Eddie doing his Christmas shopping, accusing him of buying stuff for his secret affair lover.

Eddie: *deep breath*

Eddie: Can we not ruin Christmas?

Steve, coming up behind Eddie: Ooh, is that Blake Lively? What-

Eddie, panicked: No! *proceeds to knock the entire rack over*