{"id":32139,"date":"2013-01-11T07:32:09","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T14:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/11\/what-english-sounds-like-to-non-english-speakers.html"},"modified":"2013-01-11T07:32:09","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T14:32:09","slug":"what-english-sounds-like-to-non-english-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/11\/what-english-sounds-like-to-non-english-speakers.html","title":{"rendered":"*What English sounds like to non-English speakers""},"content":{"rendered":"

An interesting\/amusing set of videos (apparently there's a lot of this sort of thing out on YouTube). \u00a0The musical numbers are best, in some ways, because so many rock\/pop tunes are almost incomprehensible even if you know the language, let alone if you're just spouting random English phonemes.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Leland Kruse<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What does English sound like to people who can't speak English?\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat English Sounds like to People in other Countries | AMOG<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs a neat little exercise, I have compiled a list of videos to show what English sounds like to people around the world. As English speakers, we have a lot of fun imitating what certain languages soun…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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An interesting\/amusing set of videos (apparently there's a lot of this sort of thing out on YouTube). \u00a0The musical numbers are best, in some ways, because so many rock\/pop tunes are almost incomprehensible even if you know the language, let alone if you're just spouting random English phonemes. 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