Question:
What does english sound like to non-native speakers?
bionicleis2cool117
2008-11-14 15:38:41 UTC
To the USA Chinese sounds like Wo jiao wang jiaming ding ting niang huo huan ming and remidns one of the syllable 'ing', German sounds like ig roog taroog nutzen mein schvasch rutzen and reminds one of a hound barking, japanese sounds like ichi ni san shi go roku, Italian sounds like chio raveli matanio io io io io and makes us think of art and pasta, sowhat does english sound like to non-native speakers?
Eight answers:
homey G
2008-11-14 15:52:02 UTC
english sounds like

(real British english)

sounds like

heyloww hoowws aww uuuu

and reminds me of tea and buscuitss :)

hahaha :)
youngman
2016-09-30 10:05:56 UTC
i do no longer disagree with like each of what you suggested... French is gentle and great sounding, Spanish is likewise fairly gentle and great sounding even with the actuality that throughout a various way. chinese language has tones so, in speech, the way it sounds to interior of sight English audio device is somewhat merely their tones. In songs they do no longer pay as plenty attentions to tones, and it somewhat is amazingly eye-catching. i don't understand approximately eastern. i understand that non-English audio device locate the yank accessory nicer sounding then British. some words are very great and others are no longer. frequently although, i might say it is not gentle and great or difficult and vicious and that it somewhat is extremely inbetween.
2008-11-14 15:43:16 UTC
depends what accent you are speaking in, posh english is vastly different from a strong newcastle accent for example, listen to the sounds but try not to take in the words so much, get somebody to babble on to you
2008-11-14 15:45:34 UTC
Non-english speaking people think that english-speaking Americans sound like idiots because the American language is wrought with poor grammar and varied vocabulary pretexts. And if you want non-english speaking people to laugh even harder just show them how an American writes and constructs sentences.
Don Plankton
2008-11-14 17:38:39 UTC
i'm mexican and it sounds like you speak with your mouth closed and with a big potato in it, and without separation after each word, i mean:

jelojowaryufaintanksaniu
2008-11-14 15:42:44 UTC
Throaty and slowww, slightly barbaric and loud.
2008-11-14 15:42:56 UTC
Katie R: Yes it is.
2008-11-14 15:41:51 UTC
thats an awesome question


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