Showing posts with label podcast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label podcast. Show all posts

Friday, June 19, 2015

20,000 Lieues Sous Les Mers lu lentement et mal

Who else loves learning languages?
Despite being back in the US and not having many opportunities to converse, I'm doing what I can to improve my French.  I play French learning apps on my phone while I commute to work (MaĆ®tre de Conjugaison, 7 Petits Mots, babbel).  I listen to French podcasts while walking (Positron, La marche des sciences).  I read French magazines (Elle) and webcomics (BlogsBD.fr).
Lastly, I've been reading French books out loud each night to practice my enunciation.  The most recent book I read was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, thanks to Project Gutenberg and their extensive library of public domain books in a number of languages.  I actually recorded myself reading, and put the audio files up on PodOmatic.  Any francophones are welcome to give it a listen if you think you might enjoy listening to an American stumbling over French literature from 1870.
If you hear a word I'm mispronouncing multiple times, please tell me!  I'm probably not aware of it, and would appreciate being corrected. Also, sorry for any technical difficulties with PodOmatic; it's a free site and I'm a brand-new user.

I made a playlist of Livre 1 here and Livre 2 here, and you can find the individual chapter links here:

Livre 1
Chapitre 1
Chapitre 2
Chapitre 3
Chapitre 4
Chapitre 5
Chapitre 6
Chapitre  7
Chapitre 8
Chapitre  9
Chapitre 10
Chapitre 11
Chapitre 12
Chapitre 13
Chapitre 14
Chapitre 15
Chapitre 16
Chapitre 17
Chapitre 18
Chapitre 19
Chapitre 20
Chapitre 21
Chapitre 22
Chapitre 23
Chapitre 24

Livre 2
Chapitre 1
Chapitre 2
Chapitre 3
Chapitre 4
Chapitre 5
Chapitre 6
Chapitre 7
Chapitre 8
Chapitre 9
Chapitre 10
Chapitre 11
Chapitre 12
Chapitre 13
Chapitre 14
Chapitre 15
Chapitre 16
Chapitre 17
Chapitre 18
Chapitre 19
Chapitre 20
Chapitre 21
Chapitre 22
Chapitre 23

Monday, October 6, 2014

Don't mix the Paris Metro and funny podcasts

Paris throw-back comic!  I think this particularly bad public outburst was the first time I heard "Bye all my buddies!" on The Thrilling Adventure Hour.

In other news, I'm gearing up to draw my next creator-owned graphic novel, Over the Surface, for Oni Press.  If you want to stay up-to-date on news about that, follow me on Twitter, Facebook, or Tumblr.

Also, it's Inktober!  Do you know what that means?  Thousands of artists are posting new inked sketches daily for the month of October!  Bryan Young posted his awesome 2013 inks here, and you can find new stuff by following the tag "Inktober" on sites like Tumblr and Twitter.


Lastly, I did this outfit meme I saw on Oliva Huynh's Tumblr. :D So fun.