Fake English

By Miss Cellania in Languages, Video Clips on Oct 13, 2011 at 7:35 am

The dialogue in this short film may sound like English, but it is mostly fake. Commenters who’ve taken English as a second language say this is what our language sounds like to those who don’t yet understand it. It may sound to you like someone who is mocking English. I can tell you from experience that this is the kind of thing a native English speaker hears when her sense of hearing is going downhill. NSFW language -I think. -via The Daily What

Previously: Italian musician Adriano Celentano sings nonsense with an American accent.

Tags: accent, English, fake, gibberish

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Craig
Oct 13th, 2011 at 7:45 am
Maybe my mind is playing tricks on me, but it sounds to me like they’re speaking English. Most, if not all, of the words they’re saying are English words; they’re just arranged into nonsensical sentences.
catherine
Oct 13th, 2011 at 7:56 am
I just finally recovered from two massive ear infections, and OMG this is exactly what everyone sounded like if they weren’t talking to me like I was a foreigner!
E-Sizzle
Oct 13th, 2011 at 9:35 am
Pretty nifty. English has kind of a nice tone I guess.
SethH
Oct 13th, 2011 at 9:52 am
“Bertation” was used, which is interesting when you watch the Serene Branson “suddenly can’t speak English” video:

http://youtu.be/XvkC4t2d9Ok

(Not trying to make fun here. She looks absolutely terrified.)
Alex
Oct 13th, 2011 at 9:54 am
The swear words came through perfectly!
DJ Parker
Oct 13th, 2011 at 10:02 am
When the tension in the scene starts rising, he definitely says: “He rat the cake, crap frown”
Gauldar
Oct 13th, 2011 at 2:07 pm
You can play the game the Sims and get the same idea.
INTPLibrarian
Oct 13th, 2011 at 8:33 pm
That’s pretty cool!

I once had a 5 or 6 year old Brazilian little girl fake-talk English to me… It was basically “ra ra ra ra ra ra” It was fascinating to find out what English sounded like to her!
Mike_0000
Oct 13th, 2011 at 10:40 pm
This is exactly how people sound when you’re on a trip… I bet some of you know what I’m talking about, lol!
comatus
Oct 27th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
If you’re in a room of English speakers and someone a table away is speaking Dutch, this happens. The two languages have the same vowels, mostly, and Dutch elides most of its Germanic chewy consonants. The effect is of rhubarb-brouhaha Englishy noises, with not a word you can latch onto. In the background, you never notice.

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