Sentences with phrase «like speaking a different language»

It felt like we spoke different languages.

There would otherwise be no point even attempting to communicate; it would be like speaking a different language and expecting to be understood.

The reality is people from most places fail to understand the way we operate in Denver, add marijuana into the discussion and its like your speaking a different language.

Not exact matches

Foster Innovation Different practices that arise from having lived in a foreign country or speaking a foreign language or practicing a certain religion can lead to innovative products like Nike's new «Pro Hijab», a lightweight, breathable headcover for female Muslim athletes.

In trying to give the different meanings of sein, Wesen, Wesenheit, Wesenhaftkeit, Substanz, Essenz, not to speak of translating terms like Nichts, Nichtsein, Nichtigkeit, and Ungrund, I met repeatedly with the adamant resistance of the English language.

It's like we're speaking a foreign language or we must be from a different planet.

I've discovered the beauty of speaking a foreign language — which gives you access to a completely different world and culture, and almost makes you feel like you belong.

It may even seem like the people inside are speaking a different language!

When you enter the world of surrogacy, it may feel like everyone is speaking a different language.

A new version of the SAT has longer and harder reading passages and more words in math problems, which some educators and college admissions officers to fear will penalize students who have not been exposed to a lot of reading, or who speak a different language at home — like immigrants and the poor.

Like the intonation of individual spoken languages, sign languages also have their own unique «sound,» and, as with spoken languages, the intonation of one community's language is different from that of another community, according to a new study at the University of Haifa.

The purpose of the present study, performed with doctoral students Svetlana Dachkovsky of the University of Haifa and Christina Healy of Gallaudet University, was to determine whether the facial intonation of sign language is the same for all sign languages or whether, like spoken languages, intonation takes on different characteristic patterns in each language.

If the current political discourse sounds a little like people are speaking two different languages, Penn State psychologists, who studied political rhetoric over the past three presidential elections, say that may be close to the case, semantically speaking.

Someone would say something to me, and it was like they were speaking a different language.

Have you ever felt like women speak the entirely different language than men?

Outgoing, fun, adventurer, enjoy to travel and like to know about different cultures, speak three languages and love to live my life.

Like I pointed out earlier, Carlos takes place in a dozen different countries and features nearly the same amount of different languages spoken in the film.

Occasionally, you'll see the MPAA use a construction like «Rated R for strong violence, and for language,» (see the rating for «Once Upon a Time in Mexico,» for example) to make it clear that the film only contains «language» and not «strong language,» phrases which in MPAA - speak mean two different things.

The shift is leading some educators and college admissions officers to fear that the revised test will penalize students who have not been exposed to a lot of reading, or who speak a different language at home — like immigrants and the poor.

Yes, it does seem like they're speaking a completely different language.

These men like different foods, speak different languages, have different skills.

Pets with curled or missing tails or floppy or cropped ears develop variations on this vocabulary, just like people who speak the same language may have different regional accents.

Remember that when puppies try to learn your commands, they feel a lot like you would if you were suddenly transplanted to a different country where everyone speaks a different language from you and has completely different customs.

If you feel uncomfortable asking for a different room or can't speak the language, it's often enough to scrunch your face and gesture with your hands what you don't like about the bed.

Each work speaks a radically different language of form, and the exhibition aims to put these visual artifacts in dialogue, as a proposal for what the future might look like.

Advancing his own profession as a social scientist, Fischhoff expresses his concern that the climate scientists» advocacy «might be like shouting at people who speak a different language, thus losing their trust while conveying little content, resulting in unpersuasive communication.»

It's like playing a game of Telephone with people who speak different languages.

According to an education portal Facebook put up in 2016, the company tracks at least 98 different data points that range from the inane — like your age or the language you speak — to the eerily specific, like whether you use coupons or if you're a «heavy» buyer of beer and alcohol.

If it looks like you don't know your audience and speak a different language than they're accustomed to, you'll be wasting your time and money.

Pretty soon, you may not feel like you're speaking different languages at all.

• Perhaps it feels like you and your partner are speaking two different languages?

With mindful attention, practice and care, soon you may not feel like you're speaking different languages at all.