Cow that can speak Arabic...
Posted on 03/05/2014 6:16:34 PM PST by Perdogg
Finnish YouTube user might not know how to speak many languages, but she sure sounds like she can.
In a video uploaded on Monday 19-year-old Sara mimics what different dialects sound like to her. As she moves from language to language, she makes absolutely no sense yet sounds as if she speaks it fluently.
For full disclosure, I wouldn't be able to fact-check most of the languages she speaks anyway. It's only when she gets to her American-English impression that her talent is confirmed.
"Yeah, I mean, uh," she starts in her American accent, sounding as if she's a native Californian (no offense California). She then drops some gibberish that sounds like, "Trevor-mis-underpairing-like-monin-fair. Follow me, like a pending friend-tricket. Balone-a-value precise-y. Hello?"
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Here Japanese sounded Russian.
"Though the subject of the video is controversial -- many people take offense at their language being re-created or just completely butchered -- it's remarkable what a positive reaction there has been to it, mostly because of the wide range of nationalities she covers."
I'd say the fact that she's extremely attractive may have something to do with it too.
Also, her facial expression after she says the American-style "hello?" reveals that she understands perfectly well what she's saying in that case at least.
I thought (and still do) that they were somewhat telepathic.
/johnny
You do know how to tell a Finnish extrovert?
He looks at your shoes when talking to you rather than his own.
An Argentinian friend once broke into some fake Chinese. The laugh was that it sounds the same to her as it does to this American.
Are we sure that woman is Finnish? She isn’t blonde.
Hilarious and talented for even coming up with the idea.
Fins are not Scandinavian - they are closer to Hungarians than they are to Swedes.
/johnny
I wuld like to have herd her go through her repertoire but she only got in a little before the announcer dude cut her off. YAHoO videos are ALL about the advertising. The “content” is just a teaser.
Speaking of how languages sound, I’ve watched a number of Swedish movies recently. The me Swedish sounds very much like English, if you don’t pay attention to the words.
Certainly much more so than German, French or Spanish.
Swedes can party.
Yes, I have red hair. No, I'm not related to Loki.
/johnny
Sid Caesar was an absolute master at this.
Anytime anybody takes an effort to slam a language that resembles a constant need to get rid of some glob in the throat, i.e., any dialect derivative of Arabic or Persian, is worth watching with a cup of coffee.
The unedited video is at the bottom of the article.
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