Why English Speaking Countries have more Coronavirus cases.

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Why English Speaking Countries have more Coronavirus cases.

Post by rainbow » Thu May 14, 2020 10:26 am

Morawska et al. (2) detected as many as 330 particles per second in the 0.8- to 5.5-μm range upon sustained “aah” vocalization.
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Post by NineBerry » Thu May 14, 2020 10:46 am

Any numbers on improvement if they'd start to pronounce th the German way?

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Post by Alan B » Thu May 14, 2020 11:01 am

S'obvious. When I went to China I noticed most of the signage was in Chinese and English. The virus knows what is its second language. :prof:

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Post by rainbow » Thu May 14, 2020 11:16 am

NineBerry wrote:
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Any numbers on improvement if they'd start to pronounce th the German way?
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Then, the purge shutter was closed, the movie clip was started, the speaker port was opened, and the enclosure was “filled” with speech droplets by someone repeating the phrase “stay healthy” for 25 s. This phrase was chosen because the “th” phonation in the word “healthy” was found to be an efficient generator of oral fluid speech droplets.
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Post by rainbow » Thu May 14, 2020 11:18 am

Alan B wrote:
Thu May 14, 2020 11:01 am
S'obvious. When I went to China I noticed most of the signage was in Chinese and English. The virus knows what is its second language. :prof:

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:prof: Nasal languages should reduce the droplets from the mouth, so a further area for study, indeed! :prof:
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Post by JimC » Thu May 14, 2020 9:29 pm

Sorry, rainbow. Us Aussies sort of speak English, and our Covid-19 statistics are pretty damn good... :tea:
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Post by LucidFlight » Thu May 14, 2020 9:37 pm

I was going to say, maybe this is evidence that NZ and Aussie English aren't actually English.
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Post by NineBerry » Thu May 14, 2020 10:09 pm

Maybe it's because they do as lot more drinking than speaking

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Re: Why English Speaking Countries have more Coronavirus cases.

Post by JimC » Thu May 14, 2020 10:18 pm

LucidFlight wrote:
Thu May 14, 2020 9:37 pm
I was going to say, maybe this is evidence that NZ and Aussie English aren't actually English.
NineBerry wrote:
Thu May 14, 2020 10:09 pm
Maybe it's because they do as lot more drinking than speaking
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Re: Why English Speaking Countries have more Coronavirus cases.

Post by rainbow » Fri May 15, 2020 9:41 am

JimC wrote:
Thu May 14, 2020 9:29 pm
Sorry, rainbow. Us Aussies sort of speak English, and our Covid-19 statistics are pretty damn good... :tea:
You have been known abuse the RP vowel sounds: http://australianlinguistics.com/speech ... u-english/

Only an Australian could say "diphthongs" without spitting in someone else's face.
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