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How English sounds to non-speakers

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Lakeseayesno
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Mexico
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 Message 9 of 11
30 August 2013 at 7:00pm | IP Logged 
That was incredible. I heard the first few lines and went "...why can't I parse these phrases?", then read the story of the song and went "oh". Thank you for posting it.
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nicozerpa
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 Message 10 of 11
30 August 2013 at 9:23pm | IP Logged 
Amazing. If I had watched this video a few years ago, when my listening skills were not
as good as they are now, I wouldn't have realized that it's not real English.
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LearnerChaotic
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Studies: French

 
 Message 11 of 11
03 September 2013 at 2:19am | IP Logged 
The "Fake Languages!" video was funny. The English sounded like a California "surfer
dude" accent. Very nasal, and with the end-of-statement up-talk. I hope that not all
English accents are quite so nasal! (The problem with doing a fake English accent is
deciding which one to copy. The internet has so many to choose from.)


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