I was taking English dictation as usual.
One of the sentences is;
We saw that during the dot-com boom in the midnighty.
But, I haven't heard the word "midnighty" before. What does it mean? I wonder if it expresses the middle of midnight?? what relation are there between the dot-com boom and the midnight?
Then I checked my textbook. Oh, no! It's "mid-'90s."
How stupid of me! There was the word "the dot-com boom" in the sentence, so if I had have thought a little more, it would have been easy to figure out "mid-'90s." However, once I thought it was "midnighty", I couldn't hear it other words.
You should use your brain more usefully and flexibility, Sand!
My hearing wrong of the past:
http://sandfriend.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-bad-listening-comprehension-14.html
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At first I thought dictation was kind of a waste of time, but I have been doing it recently. Do you really think it helps your listening comprehension?
Yes!! I really think so! And I like taking dictation a bit more than other English studying.
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