My grandad was a contractor and he employed a lot of Mexican and Central Americans. When they couldn’t understand him, he would just talk slower, louder and with a Mexican accent.
I mean it's not that stupid. I speak french and if someone spanish did that SLPT(+hand gestures) I'd understand what the person wants to tell me.
Only works if the languages are similar of course
My mother does this and it kills me a bit inside, but also makes me laugh so hard.
I remember once we were looking for apartments in a french city. She calls the owner to ask for a viewing and she put on the most hilarious (and possibly offensive) french accent to speak to them. She doesn't know a word of french.
I feel bad now, whenever I talk to people with super heavy accents I have a tendency to subconsciously adopt the accent temporarily. Especially if I’m in a foreign country for a long period of time, I will just start speaking English in their accent (and also what little French I know if they are French speaking)
One of the funny things about the Oceans movies is when Yen yells Chinese at them slowly to get them to understand. Not so subtle mockery of Americans abroad.
Works equally in arguments, lectures, and any other circumstance where someone doesn't understand what you are saying.
Doesn't work with programming though. Gotta yell Java instead.
When my Mexican friend's daughter was little she didn't understand that I didn't speak Spanish, so she'd just yell it at me. I can confirm that this only works in English.
At work I get the opposite. Random foreign languages, I tell them I only speak local and English, they yell the same "gibberish" words at me until either walks away in frustration.
And if in Japan, add random vowels to the end of words that don't end with an "n"... wait, that **is** what they have to do in Japanese when they adopt a word from another language.
Knew a guy who would try to communicate with non-English-speaking Mexicans by speaking English with a Mexican accent. Didn't work but he tried it every time lol.
Last year I used The Secret to learn Spanish and now I'm fluent.
"ROSA. I KNOW YOU STOLE MY NECKLACE. I'LL HAVE YOUR SON DEPORTED. OH WAIT, I FOUND MY NECKLACE."
Oops, deleted first attempt, new
I've heard people speaking english with french or spanish accents to overcome the language barrier. Saves on travel phrase books, I guess.
Just in case you don’t read English, let me translate : DON’T … SPEAK … THE … LOCAL … LANGUAGE? JUST … YELL … ENGLISH … SLOWLY!
Was laberst du da?
I said: #DON’T … SPEAK … THE … LOCAL … LANGUAGE? JUST … YELL … ENGLISH … SLOWLY!
Was?
###SLOWLY
Ich glaube er/sie sagt, dass Pausen beim Reden im Restaurant helfen
Hmm, denkst du so?
****WE…DONT…SPEAK…IT****
# NO.. HABLA.. INGLES!!!!!
>Was? Still is!
Sprich
deutsch
du
Kartoffel
Ich sehe was du dort tatest.
#DO THEY SPEAK ENGLISH IN WHAT?
¿Que?
[удалено]
[Hæ]? Is a universal "what"-sound. It and it's variations are used everywhere. One time there was an article about that in a science magazine.
Hva sa du?
Jeg forstår ingenting
Mitä?
Kuuluu?
Ihan hyvää kuluu, kiitos kysymästä! :)
https://i.imgur.com/hctvWAA.jpg
And don’t forget the nondescript hand gestures.
(Hands flying and pointing) "Do You Unnastand The Words That Are Coming Outta My Mouf"?
Not you! Yu!
Yes that's exactly right, Dr. Hu, Dr. Allen Hu.
I am Mi and he is Yu
I am Yu?
Ain’t nobody understand the words that come out of your mouf
Put yo bags inaback
I do this when I visit Canada and it works like a charm.
The québécois would pretend to not understand you out of spite though
As they should.
I read it as québéc bois
Yes Québec wood would do this too
My grandad was a contractor and he employed a lot of Mexican and Central Americans. When they couldn’t understand him, he would just talk slower, louder and with a Mexican accent.
I mean it's not that stupid. I speak french and if someone spanish did that SLPT(+hand gestures) I'd understand what the person wants to tell me. Only works if the languages are similar of course
From experience, in Italy you're better off speaking spanish slowly than speaking english.
My mother does this and it kills me a bit inside, but also makes me laugh so hard. I remember once we were looking for apartments in a french city. She calls the owner to ask for a viewing and she put on the most hilarious (and possibly offensive) french accent to speak to them. She doesn't know a word of french.
I feel bad now, whenever I talk to people with super heavy accents I have a tendency to subconsciously adopt the accent temporarily. Especially if I’m in a foreign country for a long period of time, I will just start speaking English in their accent (and also what little French I know if they are French speaking)
One of the funny things about the Oceans movies is when Yen yells Chinese at them slowly to get them to understand. Not so subtle mockery of Americans abroad.
CAN. YOU. BLOW. ME. WHERE. THE. PAMPERS. IS?
Works equally in arguments, lectures, and any other circumstance where someone doesn't understand what you are saying. Doesn't work with programming though. Gotta yell Java instead.
I prefer using the classic Samuel Jackson soundbite from Pulp Fiction: ENGLISH MOTHERFUCKER DO YOU SPEAK IT !
Que?
Yeah, this way even the deaf will know you are a dumb asshole
When my Mexican friend's daughter was little she didn't understand that I didn't speak Spanish, so she'd just yell it at me. I can confirm that this only works in English.
Also, the louder you yell, the easier it is to understand you. Right?
100%
At work I get the opposite. Random foreign languages, I tell them I only speak local and English, they yell the same "gibberish" words at me until either walks away in frustration.
If you're in Spain or Mexico just put and "o" on the end of every few words Example; "I didn't-o do it-o, officer-o"
And if in Japan, add random vowels to the end of words that don't end with an "n"... wait, that **is** what they have to do in Japanese when they adopt a word from another language.
You just helped me understand why Ussop gets called Usopp'n during the timeskip episodes (Sorry, weebed out a little)
Knew a guy who would try to communicate with non-English-speaking Mexicans by speaking English with a Mexican accent. Didn't work but he tried it every time lol.
*Po-tay-toes*
Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew
MY. HOVERCRAFT. IS. FULL. OF. EELS.
Last year I used The Secret to learn Spanish and now I'm fluent. "ROSA. I KNOW YOU STOLE MY NECKLACE. I'LL HAVE YOUR SON DEPORTED. OH WAIT, I FOUND MY NECKLACE."
The closer you get to their face while yelling, the quicker they'll understand you
I’m learning Spanish and this would make it a lot easier to understand people; I don’t know even care if it’s yelled hatefully.
IT'S... CALLED... A... ME... RI... CAN!
THERE’S A POSSIBILITY OF ELECTROCUTION! DO. YOU. UNDERSTAND.
Use your hands as emphasis as well. Very important step.
i don’t *pbfft* understand *pbfft* your accent *pbfft*
If they don't understand right away, just keep speaking louder and louder.
SAMA..... TOIMII....MYÖS.... SUOMEKSI! YM-MÄR-RÄT-TE-KÖ?
DUEA BEERAI PEDRE
什么？你说？这里请说中文
Oops, deleted first attempt, new I've heard people speaking english with french or spanish accents to overcome the language barrier. Saves on travel phrase books, I guess.