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How do English speakers sound to people who speak other languages?

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  1. bubbles123

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    Straight ally's question got me wondering about this. What does English sound like if you don't speak it?
     
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    This video pretty much answers your question exactly. They structured sentences in a way (using English words?) that is hardly understandable to English speakers.

    It sounds kinda like Dutch (I think). Which makes sense considering they are both Germanic languages.


    [YOUTUBE]Vt4Dfa4fOEY[/YOUTUBE]
     
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    That was a really cool video. I wonder how they figured out how to make it sound English.
     
    #3 bubbles123, Apr 22, 2015
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    At first I thought they were really saying stuff in English, rather than just imitate the sounds of the language, so it was frustrating. As a native Portuguese speaker, I find it easier sometimes to understand German than English.
     
    #4 Weregild, Apr 23, 2015
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    I always wondered what my accent in a different language would sound like to somebody who spoke that language
     
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    No idea, but once while I was getting scanned at the hospital, I heard doctors speaking in the other room, only being able to pick out "s" sounds (there were quite a few). Sort of choppy and breathy, if that makes sense. It helps that the air was on, and I was drifting in and out of sleep.
     
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