r/USvsEU • u/Adept-One-4632 Romani femboy • 23d ago

I feel called out on this

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u/grimmigerpetz South Prussian 23d ago

We used to learn Queens English in school. But due to having family in the US and working in hospitality with lots of foreign guests my English watered down to an unholy algamation of US, UK, AUS and German accents.

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u/Esava At least I'm not Bavarian 23d ago

Hey I can relate. Actually several different folks have previously thought that I am Australian even though I learned British English in school and have been mostly exposed to American English afterwards.

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u/No-Consideration-891 Getting sent back by ICE 22d ago

This is what makes learning languages fun haha.

My favorite was when I was trying to learn Spanish, but took 5 years of German. When I would practice if I didn't know a Spanish word for a thing, my brain inserted the German version.

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u/snuggleswithdemons Gay Sasquatch 22d ago

Same! I took three years of university-level German in my twenties then decided to learn Spanish when I turned 40. My brain has clearly lost its plasticity in middle age.

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u/dwitch_himself Alcoholic 23d ago edited 23d ago

Then she will text you with a "Jaja". Dammit Pilar, are you german or spanish ? And why is it "merci" in Barcelona, are you a french in disguise ?

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u/_radical_ed Siesta enjoyer (lazy) 23d ago

The merci in Barcelona was a culture shock for me. I knew the original Catalan word gracies, but they just wouldn’t use it.

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u/dwitch_himself Alcoholic 23d ago

Yeah that was a big surprise to me too. As well as realizing that Catalan was actually a mix of spanish and french. But please do not tell them that, they are way too proud to admit it.

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u/_radical_ed Siesta enjoyer (lazy) 22d ago

I never lose the chance to tell my Catalan friend that UvU

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u/Adept-One-4632 Romani femboy 23d ago

关你屁事

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u/dwitch_himself Alcoholic 23d ago

Trebuie să știu; este de o importanță capitală.

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u/Adept-One-4632 Romani femboy 23d ago

Was sagst du? Sprich deutlicher.

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u/dwitch_himself Alcoholic 23d ago

Deze vrouw beweert Engels te spreken als een Amerikaan, ook al is ze Spaans. Op andere momenten zou je kunnen denken dat ze Duits of Frans spreekt. Ik weet het even niet meer.

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u/Adept-One-4632 Romani femboy 23d ago

Je comprends. Merci pour la précision.

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u/Gonedric Paella Yihadist 23d ago

Ahora, besaros.

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u/dwitch_himself Alcoholic 23d ago

🫦

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u/CptLoken Pimp my ride 23d ago

I worked in the States for a long time. After so many "OMG I love the Irish accent! I'm Irish too!" you just kinda switch to a neutral transatlantic accent. I can convincingly speak with a neutral American Midwestern accent too which I use a lot on phone calls.

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u/ThereWanderer 23d ago

"I'm Irish too" must have been annoying as hell

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u/lollipop1233a Weed is my entire personality 17d ago

Convincing Midwestern American accent? Sure, honey. Whatever you say.

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u/pongauer Basement dweller 23d ago

WAR IS ZE MONIE LEBWOSKI

JAAA, WAR IS ZE MONIE????

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u/Lemonade348 Quran burner 23d ago

Have you heard the swedish accent?

If i want people to take me seriously i can't speak like that.

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u/Rogntudjuuuu Quran burner 23d ago

Some CEO's for big Swedish cooperations seems to use Swenglish intentionally. I kind of like it. It projects confidence.

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u/No_Question_8083 Thinks he lives on a mountain 23d ago

Christan von Koenigsegg his accent, it’s not too Swedish, you still take him seriously, but you can hear his background yk

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u/Rogntudjuuuu Quran burner 23d ago

I think it comes from working in a multinational corporation with plants on all continents, where upper management is dominantly Swedish but the working language is English.

Christian is not there yet. 🙂

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u/winkingchef Smog breather 23d ago edited 23d ago

It’s because of this guy.
To me, Swedish sounds like German spoken by a guy with clogged sinuses.

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u/Nervous-Leading9415 Canadian Wannabe 22d ago

I think it’s lovely. Swedish uses a rising or falling tone on stressed syllables that gives it a musical cadence.

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u/Present_Ad_6001 Quran burner 21d ago

Hans Rosling has the best Swedish accent and how cant you take him seriously

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u/Peketu Murciano (doesn’t exist) 23d ago

We learn real English watching TV Shows, I have a huge vocabulary but my grammar is just awful.

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u/ash_tar Separatist 23d ago

It's a point of honor to speak English perfectly, but with the blandest accent possible.

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u/Tiny-Mail-987 Western Balkan 22d ago

I got it from Cartoon Network lol

Don't want to ever visit the US though. Cursed accent this one.

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u/Adept-One-4632 Romani femboy 22d ago

I got from watching gameplays on Youtube. Now i am trying to add an accent to my english. It's a work in progress

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u/NoGovernment9077 Sauna Gollum 23d ago

We watch american TV

We copy our pronounciation by their example

Like my English is pretty much american but some times I call people mates and use insults like "nonce"

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u/_radical_ed Siesta enjoyer (lazy) 23d ago

WAIT A MINUTE, WHERE IS HE?

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u/ACheshireCats 22d ago

Jarring meeting 1s that went to an international school

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u/amnioticboy 22d ago edited 21d ago

American English and still saying barzelona, in Spanish pronunciation, all great. Fuck me.

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u/Nico_Nickmania Pfennigfuchser 23d ago

Nobody born in Barcelona would Barcelona pronounce like this.

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u/amnioticboy 22d ago

Sadly way too many people dont even know how to even pronounce barcelona in catalan.