What does the speaker say? It sounds two words that I failed to spell out

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http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=20kxk60%3E&s=5

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[+3] - tsarstepan - 11/18/2013I think the speaker is saying "teaching shuttlecock."
[+3] - jespah - 11/18/2013I bet it's the audio that goes along with a captcha, where two unrelated words are put together so that someone signing up for a website can prove that they're human.
[+3] - tsarstepan - 11/18/2013Not true. All sites that require capcha based verification have an audible version for those who are visually impaired.
[+3] - tsarstepan - 11/18/2013Kind of a stupid followup question. You only need to verify your identity once and that's when you sign up. If you read what I wrote the audio version is for persons who are visually impaired.

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@Learninge,

I am a native English speaker. I don't understand the audio in that link.

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@maxdancona,

It sounds the first word is like kicking... but the second?

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@Learninge,

I don't know, maybe shuttlecock?

I am not sure about the first word. It could be Peking or peeking.

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@maxdancona,

Eh... kicking shuttlecock? Doesn't it make sense?

The kids are playing the interesting game of kicking shuttlecock.

Does the speaker say this?

http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=hrwrxx%3E&s=5

Well, machine sounding.

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@Learninge,

I think the speaker is saying "teaching shuttlecock."

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@tsarstepan,

Reasonable.
But the syllable "ch" is too vague to be determined clearly.

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@Learninge,

I bet it's the audio that goes along with a captcha, where two unrelated words are put together so that someone signing up for a website can prove that they're human.

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@jespah,

But few websites require a sound verification.

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@Learninge,

Not true. All sites that require capcha based verification have an audible version for those who are visually impaired.

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@tsarstepan,

Well, can you find out the page where A2K requires of this?
It seems nowhere to...

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@Learninge,

Kind of a stupid followup question. You only need to verify your identity once and that's when you sign up. If you read what I wrote the audio version is for persons who are visually impaired.

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@tsarstepan,

You may try to log out and after that, click Register and see whether there is "For The Impaired" version? The version is not there at least for A2K.
To be arrogant is to be stupid.

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@Learninge,

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@Learninge,

Learninge wrote:

You may try to log out and after that, click Register and see whether there is "For The Impaired" version? The version is not there at least for A2K.
To be arrogant is to be stupid.

So... what exactly is the point to this entire thread again?

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@tsarstepan,

tsarstepan wrote:

I think the speaker is saying "teaching shuttlecock."

I put my expensive headphones on and played this several times. I think the speaker, who a really weird accent - I can't decide if it's a non-native speaker e.g. Chinese or a rural American such as an Okie - is saying "teach him shuttlecock". The voice has something of the congenital idiot about it. To my British ear it sounds like the speaker is saying "teach 'im shuddlecawk". If it is an audio capcha it is a very poor one.

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@contrex,

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If it is an audio capcha it is a very poor one.

To be fair, I never heard a single one that I would call audibly legible.

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@contrex,

contrex wrote:

The voice has something of the congenital idiot about it.

Is it a certain prolific poster in ESL threads?

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Who cares? If it's bad, use something good.

It sounds to me like a poor speaker of English saying "Teaching Shuttlecock" as if it was a heading of a chapter or something. Of course, the usual name of the game in which a shuttlecock is used is badminton.

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Very interesting comments.
I've got another:
http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=21oo786%3E&s=5
Does the speaker read nebuchadnezzar?

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