Re: OT: Mismatched phonologies / accents

Quoting taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...>:

> * John Vertical said on 2008-01-25 12:48:17 +0100
> > Speakers of a foreign language are not going to worry about
> > their non-distinctions undoing previous sound changes or
> > producing homophones. In Finlänt, foo önatör, moo karent
> > iksämpöl, vii häv tis ting koolt rälli traivör inklis vits is
> > pööfektli häpi tu tiskaat ool voising tistinksöns änt ö houl
> > pants of atöös, and manitsiis to iiven ket antastuut,
> > okkeisönäli enivei, iiven tispait ool tät. ;)
>
> /me runs around in circles, screams and shouts, with blood
> gushing out of both eyes: "How do I scrub my brain clean!"
>
> For the rest of you, Finns have (in Scandinavia) a reputation
> for extreme skill at completely mangling English *grammar*, and
> to be reminded what they are capable of doing with the
> pronunciation of the poor thing is just too much :)
>
> Bøtt, kånsidering vat Nårvidjens ar keipæbl åf, ai skodn't bi de
> wån tu kåmplein!
Nårvidjens ar måstlig notäbböl får vått dej do to dö intonejtjen, vitch is hard
to reprisent in rajting.

(Mind, that may be only because I make the same errors as they on the segmental
level!)

 Andreas

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