Thread: What English sounds like to non-English speakers

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I have no idea what that was but I'm lovin' that jam. I can't stop tappin' my foot.

Very interesting! Thanks for explaining nothing! Cya!

Yup! I did some looking around a while back and it's interesting to hear what "fake English" sounds like to other countries

A lot of times it just really pronouncing the "r" and it sounds like American English

Originally Posted by Xei

Very interesting! Thanks for explaining nothing! Cya!

It's jsut what it sounds like to other contries. Like for Italian we think of this:



Chinese is like "Ching chong chang" and BAM, you're speaking Chinese

I read the description for the read. It's an Italian parody of an English singer but it's in gibberish. Basically, if you can't understand the language, this is what Americans sound like.

Also, I made an MP3 of the video because the song is awesome.
_What American English sounds like to non-English speakers_

Originally Posted by Caretaker

Basically, if you can't understand the English language, this is what Americans sound like.

You mad? Lol

I assumed you were jsut being silly

I think the Japanese think we sound loud, obnoxious, and whiny like the english dubbed versions of animes. Especially the adults.

Mjeh, sounds about right. Been a long time since I didn't understand English, though.

Originally Posted by nina

I think the Japanese think we sound loud, obnoxious, and whiny like the english dubbed versions of animes. Especially the adults.

Yes, but most of the world thinks that about Americans.

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You rage, you lose.

Originally Posted by Siиdяed

Yes, but most of the world thinks that about Americans.

LOL that's exactly what I was gonna say.

It's like Americans have no consideration for anybody else. Generally that is. Most tourists are loud, obnoxious and completely oblivious to anybody else.

Originally Posted by tommo

It's like Americans have no consideration for anybody else. Generally that is. Most tourists are loud, obnoxious and completely oblivious to anybody else.

that is quite the generalization there. And i think that goes for most tourists from anywhere...

Originally Posted by erible

that is quite the generalization there. And i think that goes for most tourists from anywhere...

While it is a generalization, I have personally noticed that fair amount of American tourists act like that, at least the male counterpart. And I have worked quite long with tourism related jobs too. Also, I have never noticed Japanese tourists act like that. Distinct cultures. Japanese usually comment that it is easy to blend in here, because Finns are quite laidback, polite and silent... when sober.

Luckily, most of the tourists are quite polite and don't walk around like they owned the land they are visiting.

EDIT: Xei, that video is hilarious.

Originally Posted by erible

that is quite the generalization there. And i think that goes for most tourists from anywhere...

That's why I said generally lol

Meaning, not all American's are like that.

Originally Posted by Unelias

EDIT: Xei, that video is hilarious.

No it's not... it was a Norwegian who invented the first cheese cutter...

I have always wondered about this.

Yeah I have as well actually. I've tried to listen to people talk without actually taking in what they say, or recognising it as words. It's how it used to sounds when sometimes as a young kid I would go to sleep at family gatherings. Right on that cusp of sleep, being very relaxed etc. everyone would just sound like.... sounds.

The sounds seem so comfortably familiar to me, like I can understand what they're saying... yet I don't. So, it's still kind of hard to detach myself from it.

Oh god I hum this 'tune' all the time since I heard it.

Prisencolinensinaincuisol. Orl rait.

Oh yeaaaah spelt it right first time.

EDIT: Oops necrobumbed a topic. I apologise.