Chanel_no5 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 This is just a for-fun topic, it's not meant to be a whiny thing. But I'm curious, since I read the Hidden Talents-thread so many times. Are there things that most people can do, that you simply cannot learn?As for me, I can't whistle. I have tried to learn that SO MANY times, but I fail forever at that. Quote Link to comment
Just Older Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I can't for the life of me get my head around reading sheet music. The 3 months in Grade 9 when they made us take band (music) and I had to play the flute were the worst 3 months of my school career ever! Quote Link to comment
tma Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I can't whistle either. Do those "hidden picture" or "magic picture" things- the ones where you're suppose to focus and supposedly a picture appears. NEVER.... EVER. Quote Link to comment
Nicole Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I can't do a very good cartwheel, which has always been really upsetting to me. Quote Link to comment
CDK114 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Well, I can't beat box. . . x) Quote Link to comment
Skiffy Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I can't do a very good cartwheel, which has always been really upsetting to me. Me neither! I try it quite often anyway, it's still pretty fun to get half-way there then fall on my ass/head/spine. Quote Link to comment
Chanel_no5 Posted August 20, 2011 Author Share Posted August 20, 2011 I can't whistle either.Oh THANK YOU SO MUCH! I thought I was the only one in the world! Quote Link to comment
Blah!? Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I can't whistle either. xD I've only had a few occasions where I really wanted to, so it's not such a big deal to me though.Aside from that, I can't think of too much other common stuff I've wanted to do that I can't. There's probably something, but I don't recall. xD Quote Link to comment
VoOs Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I suck at immitating most accents, Swedish ones or foreign. This is incredibly annoying to me. I love accents. Quote Link to comment
Pearlised Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Yup, whistling is not on the cards for me either. Many have tried to teach me, none have suceeded I cant sing either, I just dont have the voice for it. Doesnt stop me from doing it though Quote Link to comment
Lynne Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I can't curl my tongue, though my ex and BOTH my kids can. I also could never do handstands or headstands. I was the only kid in school who couldn't. Granted, I was also the only kid in grade 6 whose legs were fully twice the length of her torso Quote Link to comment
Blah!? Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 The last two posts have reminded me of a few things.I can't sing, no way, no how. It just doesn't work. I guess I can kind of sing Still Alive from Portal, but anything else, nah.I also can't really do any accents. I can do an okay New York accent, so I've been told, but I wish I could do more foreign ones. Those are more fun. Quote Link to comment
obsessed Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I can't whistle or snap. Quote Link to comment
Jorm Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Add me to the list of people who can't whistle! Which has always annoyed me. Quote Link to comment
Skiffy Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Oh, sorry, I'm back to add another one I forgot as well. I can't pronounce certain words without sounding like a pirate- mirror, corer, drawer, error etc. They just come out as mrrrrr, corrrr, drarrrr, errrrr. It results in some teasing, especially off English people. Quote Link to comment
Prongs Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I can't snap, whistle, blow a bubble with gum, or roll my r's when trying to do a Spanish accent. It's very disappointing. Quote Link to comment
TYS Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Say any word with the "-out" sound, (as in "about," "doubt," "clout," etc) or the "-ar-" sound, (as in "mark," "dark," "park," "narc," etc) without being MOCKED AND RIDICULED BY EVERYONE NOT FROM CANADA'S EAST COAST. ;_; Heh. Quote Link to comment
spookify Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 ...Hide emotions, I am readable as a book, even when I try to hide E'm they show up Quote Link to comment
Vetinari Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Do those "hidden picture" or "magic picture" things- the ones where you're suppose to focus and supposedly a picture appears. NEVER.... EVER.Nothing ever appears for me either!And I can't snap my fingers. That has always been slightly frustrating. Quote Link to comment
Chanel_no5 Posted August 20, 2011 Author Share Posted August 20, 2011 (edited) Say any word with the "-out" sound, (as in "about," "doubt," "clout," etc) or the "-ar-" sound, (as in "mark," "dark," "park," "narc," etc) without being MOCKED AND RIDICULED BY EVERYONE NOT FROM CANADA'S EAST COAST. ;_; Heh.Did I mock you for that? I can't remember. I do remember calling your attempt on my language "gay", though. Edited August 20, 2011 by Chanel_no5 Quote Link to comment
TYS Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Say any word with the "-out" sound, (as in "about," "doubt," "clout," etc) or the "-ar-" sound, (as in "mark," "dark," "park," "narc," etc) without being MOCKED AND RIDICULED BY EVERYONE NOT FROM CANADA'S EAST COAST. ;_; Heh.Did I mock you for that? I can't remember. I do remember calling your attempt on my language "gay", though. I don't know whether you directly mocked my east coast mash. It tends to be mocked more by other canadians and americans than anywhere else. Oh yeah, that reminds me. I can't speak Swedish OR Finnish without sounding really, REALLY gay. Like stereotypical-flaming-homosexual gay, apparently. I even did a blind test! Whilst in Finland, visiting with some friends of our resident Finn pig, I said "Hej, mä olen Jeremy, Kanadasta" ("Hi, my name's Jeremy and I'm from Canada") and asked them if I sounded gay. The two exchanged a very telling glance with one another and after a few seconds of hemming and hawing said "Uhhh.... yeah, yeah it did."CURSE YOU, FINLAND! Quote Link to comment
Loli-popp Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 i can't roll my tongue, which is frustrating in a spanish oral GCSE exam . Quote Link to comment
Pearlised Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Oh, sorry, I'm back to add another one I forgot as well. I can't pronounce certain words without sounding like a pirate- mirror, corer, drawer, error etc. They just come out as mrrrrr, corrrr, drarrrr, errrrr. It results in some teasing, especially off English people. Once I thinkabout it, I hear THIS a lot, from myself and some poeple close by!!! I'm thinkin' its an accent thing Quote Link to comment
VoOs Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I don't know whether you directly mocked my east coast mash. It tends to be mocked more by other canadians and americans than anywhere else. Oh yeah, that reminds me. I can't speak Swedish OR Finnish without sounding really, REALLY gay. Like stereotypical-flaming-homosexual gay, apparently. I even did a blind test! Whilst in Finland, visiting with some friends of our resident Finn pig, I said "Hej, mä olen Jeremy, Kanadasta" ("Hi, my name's Jeremy and I'm from Canada") and asked them if I sounded gay. The two exchanged a very telling glance with one another and after a few seconds of hemming and hawing said "Uhhh.... yeah, yeah it did."CURSE YOU, FINLAND! Your Swedish didn't sound gay to me. Just... a little formal and old-fashioned. And hot.(I can't snap my fingers either! Neither can I spot things that people are trying to point out to me. I will look in every possible direction except the right one, even if they are litterally pointing. Same goes for noticing people that I know on the street. I would walk right passed my own mother if she didn't call out to me. It never fails.) Quote Link to comment
Sneesee Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I can't do a very good cartwheel, which has always been really upsetting to me. Me either! My cartwheels look really stupid. I mean, it took me a long time to finally figure out how to do them, and then no matter how hard I try, I still mostly suck at them. And I always wanted to be able to do them!!!Say any word with the "-out" sound, (as in "about," "doubt," "clout," etc) or the "-ar-" sound, (as in "mark," "dark," "park," "narc," etc) without being MOCKED AND RIDICULED BY EVERYONE NOT FROM CANADA'S EAST COAST. ;_; Heh.I honestly have no clue what you are talking about, TYS. Oh, and I can't sing worth a damn. My singing voice is absolutely horrendous! Quote Link to comment
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