tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post8207554033290829911..comments2023-10-09T21:49:57.366+09:00Comments on Page F30: What English sounds like to people who don't speak itMehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15083766178887686304noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-41571961946390874462011-03-07T14:23:36.855+09:002011-03-07T14:23:36.855+09:00It is also interesting that some knowledge of Ling...It is also interesting that some knowledge of Linguistics can improve language faking skills.<br><br>Besides accent, one of the most important things for credibly faking a language is to obey its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonotactics" rel="nofollow">phonotactic constraints</a>.<br><br>Once someone gets acquainted with the phonotactic constraints of the target language and tries to Antoniellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15337473013211867995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-90609118755201574412011-03-07T14:23:36.512+09:002011-03-07T14:23:36.512+09:00I don't think I'm the only one, but I, tho...I don't think I'm the only one, but I, though a native English speaker, have briefly experienced moments in which I totally lost comprehension of what people around me were saying, though I could hear them perfectly. They have sounded much like this, and have been enlightening experiences.David Freiberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11935377386148650832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-15093736525756153382009-12-21T13:46:49.868+09:002009-12-21T13:46:49.868+09:00It is also interesting that some knowledge of Ling...It is also interesting that some knowledge of Linguistics can improve language faking skills.<br /><br />Besides accent, one of the most important things for credibly faking a language is to obey its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonotactics" rel="nofollow">phonotactic constraints</a>.<br /><br />Once someone gets acquainted with the phonotactic constraints of the target language and Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15337473013211867995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-48343820846904873512009-12-17T10:37:58.286+09:002009-12-17T10:37:58.286+09:00I don't think I'm the only one, but I, tho...I don't think I'm the only one, but I, though a native English speaker, have briefly experienced moments in which I totally lost comprehension of what people around me were saying, though I could hear them perfectly. They have sounded much like this, and have been enlightening experiences.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11935377386148650832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-23988879663345746092009-12-17T09:08:09.164+09:002009-12-17T09:08:09.164+09:00Very interesting. I've always been curious how...Very interesting. I've always been curious how English sounds like to the billions of people who don't speak it.<br /><br />I don't know if you've already seen these, but here's a video on the topic:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C5EZmyJ9ik<br /><br />...the video responses feature people with varying abilities of English (from not speaking it at all to speaking Matthttp://matthewschwartz.webs.comnoreply@blogger.com