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| tritone Senior Member United States reflectionsinpo Joined 5921 days ago 246 posts - 385 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, French | Message 1 of 25 06 December 2011 at 7:33pm | IP Logged | |||||
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As a language learner is it wrong to find foreign accents amusing/funny? I get a kick out of it, and I'm actually disapointed when I meet all the foreigners who speak English really well with little or no accent.
inspired by this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miSYq4aj7ik&feature=related lol 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Chris Ford Groupie United States Joined 4544 days ago 65 posts - 101 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese | Message 2 of 25 06 December 2011 at 8:08pm | IP Logged | |||||
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A lot of people are sensitive about it, which makes sense when you consider how much effort it takes to learn a new language. I think most people would be better off if they could get over that though, because accents are funny, and one of the most interesting things about language learning. Incidentally, that video is hilarious and also adorable :-)
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| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 4857 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 3 of 25 06 December 2011 at 8:36pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Do you like this? How much can you understand?
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| tritone Senior Member United States reflectionsinpo Joined 5921 days ago 246 posts - 385 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, French | Message 4 of 25 06 December 2011 at 8:44pm | IP Logged | |||||
LOL. Yes! Something about it is so heartwarming. : ) ..and I understood everything he said. Well done sir. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Alanjazz Triglot Groupie United States Joined 4616 days ago 65 posts - 129 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese | Message 5 of 25 06 December 2011 at 8:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
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This is more to do with accents in languages other than English... I have to admit, I am slightly embarassed
surrounding this issue on two accounts. The first, is that I find Cuban Spanish hilarious. I studied at college with some Cuban students, and speaking to them in Spanish, I am shocked at how insanely different their slang and accent is from Spain Spanish or Colombian Spanish... their slang sounds like this creole of Brazilian Portuguese and a number of African languages. So, for some reason, this slang, along with the intensity of their S-dropping, makes me laugh. Probably because I feel shocked that is it still the same language. The second, is that I find Québec French to be very cute in a way that some people might see as patronizing. Having studied France French, listening to Québecois is so strange, it sounds like someone from the south of the US having a perfect French vocabulary with some key nouns changed out... I don't know if anyone else has found these accents funny. I guess nothing to be embarrassed about, really... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6398 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 6 of 25 06 December 2011 at 9:00pm | IP Logged | |||||
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| tritone Senior Member United States reflectionsinpo Joined 5921 days ago 246 posts - 385 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, French | Message 7 of 25 06 December 2011 at 9:08pm | IP Logged | |||||
Not just cubans, but all carribean hispanics fit into this category. : )
I am mystified by Quebec french. It's fascinating to me...to the point where I sometimes listen with my mouth wide open in amazement that it's their natural way of speaking. especially the way they pronounce the sound "in" in words like "cochon d'inde", or "pain". and the way they pronounce words like "là" , "ça" , and "pas". 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| alang Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 7022 days ago 563 posts - 757 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 8 of 25 06 December 2011 at 10:19pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Funny! Unbelievably so, that I start to decipher where is the accent from. I am aware some people are sensitive about the subject. It is not in criticizing others, but in jest. I even make fun of myself when I learn and it takes away the self consciousness of being embarrassed.
One funny story I tried to speak English to an Italian man and he wanted me to slow down. I did and he still could not understand. My reply was I am going to speak in Spanish, but with an Italian accent. Suffice it to say, he understood my Spanish and had quite the chuckle with my exaggerated Italian accent. I would think some members unknowingly imitate accents, hoping the other speaker understands them better. It does matter on the situation and intent. Edited by alang on 06 December 2011 at 11:38pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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