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It's very funny to see some obvious "non-Austrian" or "non-Swiss" person speaking with a heavy Austro-Bavarian or Alemannic accent.
I've once visited a (German-born) friend of mine who now happens to live in Austria and some of his local friends there were of several African and East Asian backgrounds. They all spoke with a Tyrolean accent which is mostly associated with "mountains", "Lederhosen" or "alpine rednecks" in most of Germany. tzz, stereotypes!
I did not intend to ask which Europeans sound strange speaking English. I intended to ask which Europeans sound strange speaking their native language to other speakers of that language (Example: Which Dutch accent sounds strange to other Dutch speakers).
The accent in the "Dutch" family which is most widely regarded as being funny is not from the Netherlands at all but the Flemish accent from Flanders in Belgium.
You can tell that English skills have improved over the decades in some European nations by listening to the accents of singers from musical groups over the years.
You can tell that English skills have improved over the decades in some European nations by listening to the accents of singers from musical groups over the years.
I listen to dance music mostly produced in Europe. The English skills are pretty good and many times it's hard to pick out an accent. What you will notice are certain peculiar grammar issues. One song the woman singing the chorus is American but the artist is Swiss. One line should have been written "what am I gonna do without you?" Or "What will I do without you". What was written and sung was "What I'm gonna do without you". Makes it sound more like a threat but that wasn't the intended context.
The accent in the "Dutch" family which is most widely regarded as being funny is not from the Netherlands at all but the Flemish accent from Flanders in Belgium.
It's considered funny when you live in The Netherlands .
In Flanders, there're like a gazillion different dialects. I live in Ghent, and when somebody from Alost, hardly 30 kilometers away, starts talking his dialect, I don't understand ten words of it.
But most Flemish people, including myself, speak Tussentaal (literally: "in-between-language"), which is a form of Dutch in between local dialects and standard Dutch (which we only use in more formal situations).
Polish people from the south (silesia) have different accent to the rest of Poland and sometimes its hard to understand, and its heavily influenced by German which makes it even worse lol
It's considered funny when you live in The Netherlands .
In Flanders, there're like a gazillion different dialects. I live in Ghent, and when somebody from Alost, hardly 30 kilometers away, starts talking his dialect, I don't understand ten words of it.
But most Flemish people, including myself, speak Tussentaal (literally: "in-between-language"), which is a form of Dutch in between local dialects and standard Dutch (which we only use in more formal situations).
Sorry. Didn't mean to say that it was actually funny. You're right - it's only that people in NL *think* that way.
(If you knew where I was from, you'd understand that I too am aware of what it means to be referred to as having a funny accent. )
I've started to notice some of the younger ones sounding American. Must be all the US tv programs they have on these days.
No, we listen to american programmes here and we don't have american accents. It is the actual local language, some accents just sound like that, for example, its the same in the middle east.
I did not intend to ask which Europeans sound strange speaking English. I intended to ask which Europeans sound strange speaking their native language to other speakers of that language (Example: Which Dutch accent sounds strange to other Dutch speakers).
Oh ok I understand.
Well in the english that would be these:
* Southern Ireland - cannot speak english properly. It is not tree it is three and it is not haitch it is aitch.
* Liverpool and Manchester.
* Some of those southern London accents - boke. Get a reality check.
* Yorkshire.
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