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YouTube Video Demonstrates How Foreign Languages Sound to Nonspeakers
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Posted on 03/05/2014 6:16:34 PM PST by Perdogg
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The young woman is cute. Finnish is a hard language to learn.
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posted on
03/05/2014 6:16:34 PM PST
by
Perdogg
To: Slings and Arrows; SilvieWaldorfMD; SunkenCiv; Impy; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; GOPsterinMA
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posted on
03/05/2014 6:18:09 PM PST
by
Perdogg
(Ted Cruz-Rand Paul 2016)
To: Perdogg
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posted on
03/05/2014 6:22:00 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Perdogg
Here Japanese sounded Russian.
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posted on
03/05/2014 6:23:01 PM PST
by
DManA
To: Perdogg
From the Yahoo MC's comment:
"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.
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posted on
03/05/2014 6:25:16 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
(How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
To: Perdogg
I worked with some Finns once. I don't think I heard a full paragraph from any of them. 6 words in a row was a long speech.
I thought (and still do) that they were somewhat telepathic.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
You do know how to tell a Finnish extrovert?
He looks at your shoes when talking to you rather than his own.
To: Perdogg
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.
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posted on
03/05/2014 6:35:09 PM PST
by
Ray76
(How modern liberals think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaE98w1KZ-c)
To: Perdogg
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posted on
03/05/2014 6:37:36 PM PST
by
Slyfox
(When Jesus sees a momma holding her little baby, it reminds him of his own momma.)
To: Perdogg
Are we sure that woman is Finnish? She isn’t blonde.
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posted on
03/05/2014 6:40:51 PM PST
by
Robwin
To: Perdogg
She hits the Spanish trilled-R dead on. I have never been able to make that sound.
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posted on
03/05/2014 6:43:29 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
To: Perdogg
Hilarious and talented for even coming up with the idea.
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posted on
03/05/2014 6:50:53 PM PST
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: Robwin
Fins are not Scandinavian - they are closer to Hungarians than they are to Swedes.
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posted on
03/05/2014 6:51:44 PM PST
by
Perdogg
(Ted Cruz-Rand Paul 2016)
To: Sherman Logan
I also worked with Swedes. Some of my Swedish friends tell me that I've never met a Swedish extrovert. If Swedish introverts run naked down the halls after a few gallons of glögg, I'm not sure I want to meet an extrovert. I already have 5 grandkids.
/johnny
To: Perdogg
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.
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posted on
03/05/2014 6:59:31 PM PST
by
arthurus
(Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINEhttp://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
To: JRandomFreeper
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.
To: Sherman Logan
It gets worse with more glögg. The next morning, you have to explain that you are already married, as they hand you back the passenger door to the boss's Lexus.
Swedes can party.
Yes, I have red hair. No, I'm not related to Loki.
/johnny
To: Perdogg
Sid Caesar was an absolute master at this.
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posted on
03/05/2014 7:21:27 PM PST
by
Mugwump
To: Perdogg
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.
To: arthurus
The unedited video is at the bottom of the article.
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posted on
03/05/2014 8:26:16 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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