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My girlfriend likes to listen to French music, and I don't speak French, so I'll sometimes sing along with the words that sound almost like English. She natural
by Retra 9y ago
My girlfriend likes to listen to French music, and I don't speak French, so I'll sometimes sing along with the words that sound almost like English. She naturally can't do it because all she can hear is the actual French meanings, not the craziness I come up with.
I've also heard that one of the biggest 'tells' of (American?) English is how the 'r' is pronounced with the tongue unnaturally forced into the back of the throat, so when movies try to create invented languages, they tend to avoid that sound, and it makes it sound more foreign or alien. It's also one of the harder sounds for children to learn.
- mbanzi 9y agoIn italy there is "Canzoni Travisate" (Misheard songs) where somebody subtitles parts of english language songs that could sound like an italian. It's hilarious (to italians..) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtFhej8TvAI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtFhej8TvAI
- bonzini 9y agoI was expecting "l'8 di gennaio"...
- baobrien 9y agoI think that's called a 'rohtic' pronunciation (never studied linguistic) and carried over into the American dialect from an older English dialect. see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoticity_in_English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoticity_in_English
- rimliu 9y agoSome take it to the next level: https://youtu.be/yqVVv97pKGk https://youtu.be/yqVVv97pKGk
- burfog 9y agoHere you go then, French with fake subtitles in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_a256A5RFQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_a256A5RFQ This is an unknown Indian language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3wTY00564Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3wTY00564Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz9pXe4PbRQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz9pXe4PbRQ Dutch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucB84k0G3EU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucB84k0G3EU Korean, at least mostly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5ZfW1XzAgA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5ZfW1XzAgA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvASlcUuCZI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvASlcUuCZI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN_E6HCuE5A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN_E6HCuE5A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHf1bKw_ftI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHf1bKw_ftI Possibly Chinese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK2gdO31pYs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK2gdO31pYs Japanese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwrqzGBNvGY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwrqzGBNvGY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt6RuccJdAo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt6RuccJdAo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcdYbEangV4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcdYbEangV4 Seems like a Germanic or Slavic language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRIn_60Ei6I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRIn_60Ei6I
- taejo 9y agoDutch pronounces <r> in the same way in some contexts (before another consonant or at the end of words) and the first time you hear it you might have a moment of confusion, thinking people are speaking English but you just can't understand it for some reason.