Chapter 9 The Problem of Language

The fat man took the lead, and the two of them slowly walked out of the jungle. I met Kashan and the others who were hurrying over.

"What's wrong?" Kasan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the two.

"It's nothing, he pulled me to go to the toilet. Then we accidentally stepped on a ghost melon. The fat man took things lightly, and he didn't know why, but he was suddenly very convinced that the strange boy on the other side was definitely not a fool. Naturally, there is no need to tell you about this obvious and interesting matter.

"It's okay." Kashan could see that the fat man was a little uncomfortable, but in front of a bunch of people, she didn't say anything. What the people in the village saw was nothing but a false alarm. So they all went to the village.

"Kashan~~Fat~~~" The yellow hair at the door is very conspicuous. Needless to say, it was naturally Xiao Lei, and several people sped up their pace. Then the crowd gathered.

"What are you doing, Village Chief Solu shouted that something was wrong." Xiao Lei was a little dissatisfied. "Didn't you say that he was only allowed to wander around the village? How did you get outside? ”

"Is Grandpa at home?" The fat man was just about to explain, and Kashan asked.

"yes, I just got the package back from the bar and he immediately asked me to come to you." Xiao Lei didn't care at all.

"A package from the bar? What's inside? The fat man swallowed. Completely forgot what had just happened.

"First, I don't have the guts to open it." Xiao Lei easily shattered the fat man's illusions. "Second, just against the cautious attitude that Kanu gave me, I can pack the ticket, and there is absolutely nothing to eat in it."

"Ugh." The fat man was deflated.

"It's okay, we'll roast the leftover meat from last night in a moment." Kasan patted the fat man on the shoulder, and the latter suddenly became energetic again.

As they spoke, they returned to Kasan's home. As soon as I entered the gate, I saw the village chief sitting across the table with a serious expression. In front of him, a brown paper-wrapped package sat squarely in the middle of the table.

"You're back," said Soru to the three of them before they could reply, "you go out for a walk, I have something to say to him." ”

Everyone's eyes were on Wu Yun in unison. All three were a little displeased. I had to say yes and walked out step by step.

There were only two people left in the empty hall, Suo Lu and Wu Yun, as soon as Solu stretched out his hand and gestured to the opposite of him, Wu Yun walked over curiously and sat down.

Soru slowly opened the package in front of him. A neat stack of books immediately caught Wu Yun's eyes, the top of which looked like some thin magazines, the thickness of the books gradually increased as the further down, and at the bottom was a book as thick as a dictionary. I can see that the person who kept it was very careful. Although it feels like it was a long time ago. But the text on it is still legible.

Solu gently pushed the books to Wu Yun's side. Then she looked at him with that scrutinizing gaze.

Is this for me? Wu Yun tentatively reached out and picked up the top one, only to see that on the cover was a middle-aged uncle with a beard, he was wearing a white uniform. English fonts of various sizes surrounded him, and Wu Yun was a little dazzled. In the panic, the row of bold bold characters below the man attracted his attention.

FRONGE——The most productive relief pitcher

We mentioned before that due to the influence of the game, Wu Yun's English has always been good, and this kind of sentence naturally can't be difficult for him.

HE THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A MOMENT, AND IT SEEMED THAT THIS MAN'S NAME WAS FRONGE, A BASEBALL PLAYER, AND HE WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE MOST PRODUCTIVE PITCHER. The problem is that this old man asked me to see what this was for. Wu Yun raised his head a little puzzled,

Soru had been observing Wu Yun, and noticing that he was looking at him, stretched out his finger and placed it on the word The. Soru opened his mouth slowly. An old but clear voice was made - "astringent".

Wu Yun didn't understand what it meant. Soru said it again clearly.

Wu Yun suddenly felt as if he had been struck by a bright lightning, and he instantly understood the problem that had been bothering him for a long time. It's true that the language of this world is English, but I don't know why. Their spoken language is very different from the pronunciation of their own world. That's why I can understand it. but I don't understand the reason for what they say.

Looking at Wu Yun, who was suddenly stupid, Suo Lu couldn't help but laugh. Compared to Wu Yun, who was new to the city, he was too aware of this fact. As mentioned earlier, a lot of data is lost because many of the audio-visual playback equipment has no reproduction capacity. Correspondingly, many things in the form of words are preserved by means of books, which leads to the fact that people everywhere often produce non-standard spoken language when educating future generations. And these pronunciations that are not quite correct in the first place have been passed down from generation to generation, and the final result is now on the mainland. There are nearly 100 independent oral pronunciation systems, many of which have similarities with each other, but some of them have very different developments. As a result, outsiders in the area are almost completely incomprehensible to their language. But they are actually written in English.

Wu Yun figured out this key. He immediately understood that the old man had intended to teach him the spoken language in this way.

He followed the old man unhurriedly, after all, the feeling of being unable to say was really uncomfortable.

The two began one-on-one teaching, the old man pointed to the words and read them again, Wu Yun followed and read them, and gradually Wu Yun found some mistakes in the spoken language here. For example, the word ending M is not pronounced in the language family here, and the th and S are pronounced the same. And so on and so forth. After discovering these rules, Wu Yun thought about it for a while, and used this wrong law of speaking to put it on a normal sentence, and asked the old man for a pen and a piece of paper.

Solu was very surprised, he wanted to teach Wu Yun to pronounce words one by one, but it was obvious that the kid on the other side had a strong comprehension ability. I was able to ask myself for something. He quickly took a pen and paper and handed it to Wu Yun. Wu Yun's next move surprised him even more. The boy was obviously using a phonetic device to mark the pronunciation he had taught him. But those square-like things are clearly not scribbled. I've never heard of anything like this.

Wu Yun didn't notice the old man's surprised expression at all. He's just starting to use the old ways of his high school days. If some words can be memorized using the rules. And many of them are temporarily unrecognizable. He marked the pronunciation with Chinese characters. After all, there are a lot of words, and what he finds is only the tip of the iceberg. A good memory is not as good as a bad pen, and he believes in the words of a high school teacher very much.

Time flies naturally in the communication between the two.

"Village Chief, aren't you finished there?" a few small heads stuck out from the side of the door. One of the yellow hairs is particularly conspicuous.

The trio outside wandered around idly for a while, and finally sat around the grass and discussed what they thought of Wu Yun.

"I don't know what's good about that guy. Chief Soru seemed to care about him. Xiao Lei was a little angry.

"People can read, okay." The fat man was a little resistant to the direction of the topic this time. "That's all for the upper class and the top professions, okay."

"Cut, what's the big deal? I'll be a hunter in the future, and I'll be just as majestic. Little Ray picked up a stick of grass. Put it in your mouth and hold it. "Kassan, what do you plan to do in the future?"

When it doesn't matter what happens, it's the fulfillment of wishes that is the most important thing

As soon as she heard this question, the answer jumped out of the girl's thoughts. She looked at the sky in distraction. It's as if it's going to melt in. Until Xiao Lei patted her on the shoulder. She had just come to her senses from her reverie.

"I haven't thought about it yet~" Being woken up from her thoughts, Kashan was a little angry.

"Where's you, fatty?" Xiao Lei was bored.

"I'd love to be a hunter too, but being a warrior might be more suitable for me." The fat man replied neatly.

"That's right, needless to say, your stature and combat ability are a cut above the average person." Xiao Lei joked. "I guess you don't have any shortcomings other than being able to eat."

"When you talk about eating, I'm really hungry... The fat man was completely unimpressed, and touched his stomach and proposed. "Let's go back and see if we're done over there."

"Well, it's time to make lunch. Kasan stood up, and the other two quickly got up.

"Xiao Lei, it's up to you to take a look." The fat man pointed to the room with his hand heroically.

"Why? What to do if you anger the village chief? Xiao Lei replied dismissively.

"Let's go together, Xiao Lei, you come and ask." Kasan said in an irrefutable tone.

The proposal was unanimously adopted by the trio. So there is the opening scene.

"Oh, it's noon. It's time to eat, too. Soru looked outside. Wu Yun, let's stop first. At this time, the two were already able to communicate simply. So as to have a preliminary understanding.

"Okay, village chief." Wu Yun stopped the record in his hand. Carefully place the pen and paper and the book back in their place.

Wu Yun turned around and saw the three of them looking at him curiously. Asked in a clear tone

"Hello, my name is Wu Yun, what about you?" He estimated that he would use this sentence many times, so he checked with the village chief many times, and the pronunciation could be said to be flawless.

Soru couldn't help but be amused, this kid's learning ability is quite good, and it can be said that he can basically write it down after saying it once. It is estimated that in a few days, there will be nothing to teach on his own.

The three of them at the door stayed where they were like clay figurines, only to see Kassan's mouth slightly open in disbelief. The fat man's eyes were round as if they were about to protrude. Xiao Lei grabbed his hair with both hands, looking at his white joints, Wu Yun felt a little painful for him. Do you need to say something more to break this awkward atmosphere? Wu Yun was a little at a loss.

"So you're not an idiot... There are still people who are quick to break this situation. Immediately, except for Wu Yunhe and the person who spoke, laughter resounded throughout the hall, and Kashan and the fat man laughed in unison, pointing at Xiao Lei again and again to say something. The village chief of Soru sat down in his chair with a smile.