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re: People switching into a foreign accent while speaking English
Posted on 8/6/18 at 4:13 am to Masterag
Posted on 8/6/18 at 4:13 am to Masterag
I think this all depends on the language the word is coming from.
Things like French words? Yeah that’s just pretentious.
Things like Arabic or Spanish words? When talking about food or places for example, perfectly acceptable.
Things like French words? Yeah that’s just pretentious.
Things like Arabic or Spanish words? When talking about food or places for example, perfectly acceptable.
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Posted on 8/6/18 at 6:44 am to Masterag
quote:People from Texas who claim to speak perfect French?
Is there anything more fricking annoying?
Bonjour.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 7:00 am to Masterag
this dude at work is married to a mexican lady. whenever he starts talking about what she cooked he switches to a mexican accent. Everybody knows what an enchilada is mexican without the accent, phil.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 7:04 am to Masterag
When NPR would air reporters covering Latin America, their language became a sign of progressive enlightenment.
We never expect the French to pronounce words relating to the US like cowboys, but damn if anyone ever said Porto Rico. This was the word that the intelligentsia utilized as their signal in demonstrating their cultural awareness. Reporters would say it louder and in full accent. As if saying it like most Americans would somehow deny Puerto Rican's their culture.
We never expect the French to pronounce words relating to the US like cowboys, but damn if anyone ever said Porto Rico. This was the word that the intelligentsia utilized as their signal in demonstrating their cultural awareness. Reporters would say it louder and in full accent. As if saying it like most Americans would somehow deny Puerto Rican's their culture.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 7:05 am to stuntman
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SNL made fun of this years ago; LINK
Posted on 8/6/18 at 11:30 am to rintintin
It’s usually only done for Latin/Spanish
You don’t hear people say: Varshava (Warsaw) or Krakov or Moskva etc.
You don’t hear people say: Varshava (Warsaw) or Krakov or Moskva etc.
This post was edited on 8/6/18 at 11:30 am
Posted on 8/6/18 at 11:38 am to Masterag
Posted on 8/6/18 at 11:47 am to Squid
quote:It's unlikely that you actually pronounce it correctly. You probably say "or-derves" - which is directionally accurate, but still with an "American" accent. That's the whole point of the OP.
But do you expect us to pronounce "hors d'oeuvres" as "horse doovers" because you think pronouncing it correctly is pretentious?
Posted on 8/6/18 at 11:49 am to Masterag
quote:Yes, it's extremely annoying. One, because people use it very selectively. Two, I'm not sure I've ever seen a foreigner do it for English/American words.
People switching into a foreign accent while speaking English
when pronouncing non English words.
Is there anything more fricking annoying?
I literally want to slap them and never speak to them again. Could you be more pretentious?
Posted on 8/6/18 at 11:52 am to Masterag
I say French words with a slight French accent. My mom is a French professor and I grew up talking like that in my house.
I get called on it in Nashville, that's for damn sure
I get called on it in Nashville, that's for damn sure
Posted on 8/6/18 at 11:54 am to OldTigahFot
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Giada does it all the time. I will forgive her, though.
No shot without a BBC
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OldTigahFot
Magic 8 ball says
Posted on 8/6/18 at 12:25 pm to TheCaterpillar
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I say French words with a slight French accent. My mom is a French professor and I grew up talking like that in my house.
To me it's different if you learned phrases or terms with a slight accent or unique phrasing originally. You've emulated what you've heard, so it's pretty natural.
Obama probably didn't learn Pakistan as Pock-ee-stahn, and that's the difference.
A little different (but same concept) - a lot of what I know about soccer I learned from watching English soccer, podcasts by brits, etc. When I think of certain phrases or concepts, they're in that voice, not my own. I don't go around talking about soccer with a british accent, but that phrasing and sometimes how a term sounds is impacted by it. If I think "get in lad!" it's not because I'm trying to be British but because my brain was trained to react that way when picking up the sport. Similarly, none of my southern friends who watch soccer go around saying "I never rated him" about their starting running back.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 12:27 pm to Masterag
I thought this thread was going to be about when Latina news reporters or Democrat strategists do this on TV because that’s annoying.
They’ll be speaking crystal clear normal English then a Hispanic name or town comes up and they sound like Castro for one word.
They’ll be speaking crystal clear normal English then a Hispanic name or town comes up and they sound like Castro for one word.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 12:30 pm to Masterag
I had an instructor several years ago reference the state of Florida in her presentation, this lady was American, no accent what so ever, she then went on to explain that the Spanish intended the word to be pronounced as "Flodida" (rolling her R), and for the rest of the course rolled her R every single time used the word and seemed to go out of her way to use it. Completely pissed me off. If it hadn't been required by my boss to take the class I would have walked.
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