foreign accents

[Buzz]

Re: foreign accents

Can't say I've ever heard a Dutch accent, now I am curious.

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[chuft]

Re: foreign accents

;)

[Buzz]

Re: foreign accents

Hmm not a very strong accent at all, to my ears.

Do you have any nice female examples of it? :)

here is one...but the dutchman are quite good english speakers so you don't hear much accent I think...


[youtube]2fYNX0nNgYc[/youtube]

...or you have to ask pooky to do an video then ;)...and pls note that I can't judge the dutch accent in english...I just told about my impressions about their accent for the german language...

[chuft]

Re: foreign accents

:|

[Buzz]

Re: foreign accents

Hmm. A lot of Europeans seem to learn English with a British accent, but these Dutch speakers sound more like an American accent to me.

I must believe what you say...can't really judge it

[chuft]

Re: foreign accents

[LazyTownWW]

Re: foreign accents

Let's see, so this thread is about how an american , brit, canadian, australian etc would judge accents of people who try speaking english...here's my favs:
1)German accent
2)All scandinavian accents
3)Dutch
4)Scottish
5)Irish
6)Welsh - I'm not extremly familiar with this one
7)Slavic accent - seems russian, poles, czecs, bulgarians, serbs etc all speek english with the same accent
8)Italian
9)Greek - sounds kinf of similar to the slavic ones
10)French
11)Arabian, persan and turkish and hebrew all sound the same I guess
12)Indian/punjab/paki
13)Japanise
14)Chinise
Now native english accents:
1)English
2)New Zeeland
3)Australian
4)Northern US
5)Southern US
6)Canadian - hate that one
I'm sure there's more, like Chuft just posted above, especialy in the US, also in England.

[chuft]

Re: foreign accents

:?

[StingX]

Re: foreign accents

Speaking of Dutch, I wonder who LazyTownDutch is on Youtube.

It's me.

[chuft]

Re: foreign accents

:(

[StingX]

Re: foreign accents

Speaking of Dutch, I wonder who LazyTownDutch is on Youtube.

It's me.

I am confused. I thought you lived in the US? How do you know Dutch and why are you uploading Dutch LT songs? I thought Pooky was already doing that.

I can't stand when women do stuff like that.
I have to teach them a lesson to stay in the kitchen by upstaging them.
Especially that damn Pooky....being all liberal....

[yhpets]

Re: foreign accents

http://www.fat-pie.com/anotherepisodeofdevvo.htm

My favorite accent :)

[bungie]

Re: foreign accents

I like German accent while men are speaking - but not female. It just sounds too masculin in some way - don't ask why. For both men and female the british accent seem more easy while listening. French and Italian is sometimes accetable.

Italian (dubbed version - close your eyes plz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCwro-2_KO8#t=11s

French (dubbed version - close your eyes plz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU2XAsBk0Jk#t=1m42s

Romanian (pentru c? mor?ii umbl? repede) in the beginning only
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz7ksIME6tE#t=8s

Another Italian (Interrotte speranza, eterna fede)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXjdrEv4KAM#t=1m10s

UK (Sophie Ellis Bextor interview)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hZkRU2-lRQ

[Buzz]

Re: foreign accents

I like German accent while men are speaking - but not female. It just sounds too masculin in some way - don't ask why. For both men and female the british accent seem more easy while listening. French female is sometimes accetable. Italian is acceptable. Hard to find a favorite.

Italian (dubbed version - close your eyes plz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCwro-2_KO8#t=11s

French (dubbed version - close your eyes plz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU2XAsBk0Jk#t=1m4s

Romanian (pentru c? mor?ii umbl? repede) in the beginning only
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz7ksIME6tE

Another Italian (Interrotte speranza, eterna fede)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXjdrEv4KAM

UK (Sophie Ellis Bextor interview)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hZkRU2-lRQ

thanks for your statement mate but regarding of your YT samples I doubt if you got the sense of this tread...we talk about sounds of forign accent in english language for native speakers...no offence

[bungie]

Re: foreign accents

we talk about sounds of forign accent in english language for native speakers...no offence

Sorry, my bad. I would say Norwegian is terrible. Just listen to it and understand:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27-S24KPOFg#t=3s