Yes, I speak English.

[oganga111]

i got english language preblem.& what do i have to do to speak batter?some times i speak well.some times i dont. english language is my 2nd language.i want to batter.

[ztevo]

louder because the speaking party is frustrated.

[lovefun2]

Hey, what's wrong with looking at the camera when you're talking? Only watched half the vid as i didn't really follow what you were talking about. Nice legs though!!

[wanellenwa]

i dont understand what your talking about but i like your legs sexy

[truevoiceofsanity]

Don't assume engineering or technical subject induce linear thinking. You might be surprised.

[truevoiceofsanity]

Lol. You are very bad!!!

Do you have an ENGLISH accent when you speak japanese? I'm 95% sure you are probably born in USA.

[Tofuslain]

And now I just read the comment right before mine, and I noticed they said the same thing I did. Sorry for the kind-of-repost-comment.

[Tofuslain]

You have a lot of great points, I like that.

But I just wanted to say, the volume thing...

Well, being that each person is different and we have all experienced different things, ect... not everybody has the same quality of hearing. So automatically when a person does not understand somebody else, I think it may just be social conditioning that leads us to assume that they just cannot hear us, therefore we must speak louder.

[TOKEON]

MAORI AREN'T FROM AUSTRALIA THEY ARE FROM AOTEAROA (new zealand) ABORIGANIES ARE FROM AUSTRALIA,COOL VID BTW

[MiasmaMoon]

Part II (I have a Part I up too, since it's pretty long...) : The problem is that people hear (in my case, look) what we're saying, but don't necessarily look at the hidden meaning between it.

Great idea; I think I'll be giving this experiment a shot pretty soon.

[MiasmaMoon]

Part I: Oh wow! I so totally agree with you! For example, I am a fluent ASL (American Sign Language) signer, and it's basically rude to speak English while there are Deaf people around. In that case, I sign and speak at the same time. However, when I speak in English and sign, the people who I am talking to tend to look ONLY at my hand signs and say, "What...?", even though I had just clearly said what I was signing in English.

[nxOMEGA]

commit suicide asap

[shreddez]

Wow. You are so awesome. Your paradigm is is f'ing great. What a super cool social experiment you are conducting. You must be really smart.

[sant431]

In my opinion undestanding a person in a language that is not one's, is an ability that not every one have, I came to usa speaking only spanish and started working for a person who spoke english only, it amazes me how this person could understand me till I was able to speak some english.

[anticliche321]

lol funny I wish I could do that

[Temptation303]

Lol. I'm not sure what the volume has to do with anything, I think it may be a subconcious response to speaking clearly, possibly because one person doesn't think the other person heard them correctly.. I've done this with my boyfriend a few times. He would say one thing to me in Chinese, and I would respond, and he wouldn't hear me correctly, so I would raise my voice slightly and repeat myself untill he heard me.. *shrugs* I'm not sure.

[west9009]

Great post.  That said, it's not surprising since in general our behaviour is determined by our knowledge and experience. If you grew up in a homogenous culture, the only experience you likely have with a non-comprehending adult is perhaps when they are mentally-challenged or deaf. So rightly or wrongly, some will draw on that experience and behave accordingly.

I think you need to be a bit of a cultural relativist to fully appreciate the futility of it.

[darkpoet1978]

I agree with your argument of perceptions... in Korea and Japan, I have learned to speak in English in terms that my listener has a better chance of understanding.

And oh man, does it annoy me when Koreans speak to me slowly and loudly without using better pronunciation or simpler vocabulary. I wonder if your experiment would work just as well in Korea or Japan or China or Russia...

[adamantlerz]

I love it! I have much respect for you!

[Recalcitrance]

I thank you for the compliment though I rather the attention be put on the content rather than the context. All the same, thank you for watching. I do hope the UK is treating you well this November. YM

[Kimpalace]

I paid more attention to your beauty than what you were saying. YOU ARE STUNNING in the outside and inside.Keep posting!