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| zerrubabbel Senior Member United States Joined 4395 days ago 232 posts - 287 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Mandarin | Message 9 of 28 30 April 2013 at 6:24am | IP Logged | ||
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Jackie Chan, in any movie :D Since English is his second language, I would be pretty confident calling him at least a
B2... And thats being rough 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 4925 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 10 of 28 30 April 2013 at 7:27am | IP Logged | ||
Sometimes I wonder how put on the thicker accents of foreign-born actors really are in Hollywood. For a short while in my mid to late 20s, I worked at a messenger shop in LA, that specialized in delivery of film/TV scripts and other items related to that industry. So I got to talk to and even occasionally meet actors/actresses when there were no cameras on them. I got the chance to meet Charo at one point, and I was absolutely flabbergasted that her English was so... not flawless, but so nondescript as opposed to her outlandish TV persona. I suppose seeing her in street clothes and just being an LA resident had some impact, too. Regardless, it was pretty obvious that a lot of her accent was exaggerated for the sake of her act. I suspect there are quite a few actors/entertainers that use their accent in public to enhance their persona. R. == 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 5946 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 11 of 28 30 April 2013 at 10:42am | IP Logged | ||
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Tarzan: English (A1-) - He fails to distinguish between the nominative and the accusative. E.g. Me Tarzan, you Jane.
C3-PO (Star Wars): 6 million languages (B2\C2) Manuel (Fawlty Towers): English (B1) - Played by a native English speaker. The Terminator: English (B1\B2) - Falls down on accent and prosidy. However, it has the ability to mimic C2 English. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4623 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 12 of 28 30 April 2013 at 12:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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The Steven Van Zandt character in "Lilyhammer": we see him go from beginner to (I guess)
around B1-B2 in a very short time. Not too realistic I suppose (It's essentially a black comedy). Bertie Wooster: Probably around A0 in French, judging from his occasional quotations from poetry, literature, etc. Jeeves of course would be C2. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4623 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 13 of 28 30 April 2013 at 12:26pm | IP Logged | ||
Not quite, eigentlich :-) (But effectively a native level speaker, so maybe I'm splitting hairs). Andrew Sachs (But certainly not Spanish). In my early days of learning German, I borrowed a course from the library whose name I've forgotten, and Andrew was the narrator on the tapes; speaking mostly English, but he'd explain certain German words and phrases. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Flarioca Heptaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5677 days ago 635 posts - 816 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Esperanto, French, EnglishC2, Spanish, German, Italian Studies: Catalan, Mandarin | Message 14 of 28 30 April 2013 at 4:51pm | IP Logged | ||
Panoramix speaks Goth with a little accent. C2?
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| fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4510 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese | Message 15 of 28 30 April 2013 at 5:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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Daenerys Targaryen, Stormborn: native C2 in Common Tongue and Valyrian; probably B2/C1 in Dothraki by now.
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| leroc Senior Member United States Joined 4106 days ago 114 posts - 167 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 16 of 28 30 April 2013 at 6:35pm | IP Logged | ||
I always thought that English was Westron; since I can't hear any errors in her Westron she must also have a C2 in that. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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