Led-Zeppelin Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I've always wondered that. Like how we impersonate asian langauges (no offence but...) by going "[garden tool] weee chaaa nung weee chung woo" how would say, a Chinese person try and mock us by pretending to speak english? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roseiah Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I would suppose that English sounds like what other languages sound like to us. A load of gibberish sounds like a good bet. As to how people would imitate it, I don't really know. It would depend on each individual person and their sense of humour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nenga Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I'd guess English sounds kind of like Chinese sounds to us. Just a bunch of random sounds that sound really weird. (basically what was said above) Ponies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezz Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Well, a lot of people say Swedish sounds like "hurdyburdyhurdyhurdy" sort of :lol: I think I remember someone not speaking English explaining how English sounded to him, I think it was like "sdhsdheusdhsuedhe" haha. [insert birds flying in a circle here]Yes, that sig was annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smi_Mandos Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Haha, there was a Catherine Tate sketch where she was a translator or something and ended up really offending all the different ambassadors in the room... even though I don't particularly like her, this thread brings back memories of that sketch... I remember this on the radio a while back as well, I think the conclusion was that we sound like "Blah blah blah" We're boring? Aw man :roll: Along the coast road, by the headlandThe early lights of winter glow.Ill pour a cup to you my darling.Raise it up --- say cheerio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntm Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 It sounds like English, they just don't understand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misplaced Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 It depends on the language that you are listening to it from. The first thing you will notice are the sounds and sound combinations that are not common in your language. Then, you will try to mesh them together with the sounds you do recognize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddudy Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 it would sound like English but people just wont know what it means thats all rarely ever check forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VjuliusT Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 it would sound like English but people just wont know what it means thats all It sounds like English, they just don't understand it. They answered it, Good job guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armourdilo Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I'd guess it sounds like a long string of gibberish. When I listen to other languages being spoken, that's what it sounds like to me, I don't know where one word starts and one word ends and same goes for them I guess. Too bad we don't speak with spaces... It's what I do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smi_Mandos Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I think the point is that we tend to immitate other languages by making sounds, how those languages sound to us. I'll try and find that Catherine Tate :? sketch..... (here it is... could be a bit offensive but it's just an example, you don't have to watch it... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdf2eLeCLHI) The question is, what sounds would someone who doesn't speak English make to impersonate us? Along the coast road, by the headlandThe early lights of winter glow.Ill pour a cup to you my darling.Raise it up --- say cheerio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying_death_bombs55 Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 The question is, what sounds would someone who doesn't speak English make to impersonate us? git er dun! Sorry, just had to say it. To me Japanese and Chinese just sounds like random gibberish. Ex: zsdghfah sahjgfhavshak sgaj When you mentioned the Dragon Plates I had a sudden vision of a load of gangsters running around in fancy dress yealling "Grim Reaper in da hood!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echofish Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I've been thinking that too. There are some Polish peeps in my school and whenever I hear them talk I can only make out 'schzzshbusschhschczzhschs' sounds. Ultra Unholy,Hearted Machine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorcus1 Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Where is this "someone" from? Is the English you talk about unaccented? Because I've got a few Indian friends who sometimes speak too fast for me - in English. Then there are the Brits, the Aussies, stereotypical American rednecks, and gangsta Americans whose accents are, well, sometime unintelligible. Yeah, I'd imagine some of those accents could be made fun of. My friends and I like to make fun of the british and redneck american accents (imagine a redneck American saying "Noo-kyoo-leer way-pons of mays deestruction") "The best defence is to stay out of range" - French proverbBad luck happens. Learn and get over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteHorn Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 I've been thinking that too. There are some Polish peeps in my school and whenever I hear them talk I can only make out 'schzzshbusschhschczzhschs' sounds. This sound has been described by linguists as the sound made by a caribou as it is being devoured by a hungry lion in a dry bush. I'm from Poland and at least I can make sounds you can't. Schzzshbusschhschczzhschs! @topic: My dad, who can't speak an English word, says that British English speaker sounds like 'excited' all the time (This accent!), but American accent is fine. He knows nothing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubol Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 before i learned english, it sounded(sp?) like chinese for me (no offence) Signature by LittleboyRunescape and impatient people are like ying and yang, they exist as one, they need each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Observer Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Hmm, I guess it sounds like a bunch of words you don't know. Try to think of words that you don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Hmm, I guess it sounds like a bunch of words you don't know. Try to think of words that you don't know. And how are we supposed to do that? Vienna Raszyn Warsaw Klushino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beniscool218 Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 I have a British Latin teacher at my school, who is also my adviser, and he has told me that those in Europe often impersonate us using a Texan accent. Generic southern kind of thing. Click here. If you go there good things will transpire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous1234 Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 I think the point is that we tend to immitate other languages by making sounds, how those languages sound to us. I'll try and find that Catherine Tate sketch..... (here it is... could be a bit offensive but it's just an example, you don't have to watch it... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdf2eLeCLHI) The question is, what sounds would someone who doesn't speak English make to impersonate us? :lol: "This is not my sandwich" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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