How English Sounds To Foreigners (this guy is hilarious!)

Twitter (I won't call it X) ^ | 05/24/23

[TribalPrincess2U]

Interesting translation.

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/preghero-i-will-pray.html

[Chode]

thx...

[Keyhopper]

I grew up in Hialeah and we had a heavy Cuban population. When I hung out with my cuban friends they enjoyed my speaking in Spanish. They actually found it extremely funny, so I asked them why. They explained while my Spanish was quite good, they just never heard Spanish spoken in redneck.

[libertylover]

they just never heard Spanish spoken in redneck.

Oh, that's good!

[exDemMom]

I’m not convinced.

When I lived in France for a year, someone asked me if some tourists were speaking English. They were not. They were speaking German. The French woman could not tell the difference.

I think that listening to Dutch would give a pretty good idea of what English sounds like to a non-speaker, also. Dutch is the closest to English of any language.

[Drew68]

I think that listening to Dutch would give a pretty good idea of what English sounds like to a non-speaker, also. Dutch is the closest to English of any language.

I was speaking with a Dutchman and every now and then, his Dutch accent sounded like a New York accent. It occurred to me that this may be where New Yorkers developed their unique accent. From when the city was New Amsterdam.

[nutmeg]

Very interesting… I’ll bet you’re right.

[Allegra]

That’s hilarious. I’d never seen that.

[FamiliarFace]

I am just now getting around to reading this thread. That was very funny. Thank you!

[Political Junkie Too]

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-PJ