What English Sounds Like To Non English Speakers

When someone hears a language they re not familiar it sounds well weird.

A short film in fak. Is anyone here a non english speaker. Read the script for skwerl here. Among the english speaking population we often characterize other languages as having a distinctive stereotyped sound.

I m not a neuroscientist nor am i a linguist so this is a layperson s explanation of what english sounds like to non english speakers insofar as i understand it. What does english sound like to non english speakers. For me it sounds great i love the language i love how it sounds though sometimes the propositions and complex phrases are hard to understand and memorize. How english sounds to non english speakers posted on november 5 2013 october 12 2014 by rachel this post could also be titled how a language sounds when you barely know it.

Swedish for example sounds like the swedish chef with his bork bork bork likewise the sound ching chong is used often in a racist manner to characterize the sound of chinese languages to english speakers. I am a non native english speaker and i started learning english since i was 5 years old. After english i love farsi persian farsi is my first language.