Viggen Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 ever wondered what english sounds like if you dont speak it...? ...a gem from Adriano Celentano, The American-English sounding lyrics are actually pure gibberish and asked why he wrote that song, "having just recorded an album of songs that meant something, I wanted to do something that meant nothing". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUi6UEQh00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Paulinus Maximus Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 (edited) What the hell was that?? I didn't understand a bloody word!! Edited May 6, 2011 by Gaius Paulinus Maximus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted May 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 What the hell was that?? I didn't understand a bloody word!! ...hehe, that was the point, wasn`t it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 This two are actually British but the language in this song is a bit weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Paulinus Maximus Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 I love the Ting Tings, they're a quality band, here's a more understandable song from their repatoire......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 For the Ancient Romans, the Germanic tongues (and the relatively large Germans) must have been very intimidating: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEuyYDtnDyE&feature=related This is a very sweet McDonalds Commercial with the even more gutteral and intimidating Dutch: guy also known as gaius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywatcher Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Here is one completely done in palindromes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 For the Ancient Romans, the Germanic tongues (and the relatively large Germans) must have been very intimidating: This is a very sweet McDonalds Commercial with the even more gutteral and intimidating Dutch: guy also known as gaius Whah ! The McDo commercial is pure dutch from the Netherlands, with quite a strong accent ! Even someone able to understand dutch (especially the flemish version) has a hard time with that one ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted May 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 here an interview between a flemish (belgian dutch) reporter and an afrikaaner (Charlize Theron from South Afirca), you can really hear good the strong difference between those two and the netherlands dutch, (i think flemish and afrikaans are closer than dutch) Theron starts to reply in afrikaans after 50 seconds or so... I understand afrikaans quite well as i lived several years in SA, and for me flemish is much easier to understand than the dutch from the Netherlands... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fYB9s0Nyzk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostOfClayton Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 ever wondered what english sounds like if you dont speak it...? ...a gem from Adriano Celentano, I'm reminded of this little gem that tries to outline how other languages (especially those with strong Hispanic or Greek roots) sound to English speakers. (Ignore the first 2 seconds about tornados). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 I understand afrikaans quite well as i lived several years in SA, and for me flemish is much easier to understand than the dutch from the Netherlands... Thanks for the link. I love the Netherlands and enjoy the Dutch people. That said, the strong guttural Dutch spoken by a tall and beautiful woman in Amsterdam is very disturbing. I always thought that Dutch should be used in movies as the barbarian Germanic language. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlhbT2kjCro&feature=related guy also knwon as gaius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Clodius Posted May 11, 2011 Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 That was actually pretty good...As a none german speaker and was forced to learn Westerwald I can relate..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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