How English sounds to non-English speakers

'Skwerl'. A short film in fake English. Made for Kino Sydney #47.

Brian Fairbairn has directed a number of stage shows, including a production of 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Karl Eccleston is a writer and language enthusiast.
Fiona Pepper is a Sydney based actor and graduate of WAAPA. She has appeared in short films and plays.
Thom Jordan is a Sydney based actor and filmmaker who regularly works on both sides of the camera.

June 2011

• Category

  Film & Animation

[pupyfanatic44]

I'm pretty sure this is how I sound when I'm trying to sing a song but don't know all the words lol

[Mason Lievense]

So the Sims got it right the first time.

[Jacob Hafey]

My friend showed me this and said it was from his favorite TV show. I thought I was having a stroke.

[cryingangel2515]

sparkler candles are a bad idea if you dont take extra care. our kitchen table has little burn marks from the falling sparks.

[StylinOut]

That's because most people around the world recognize a few common words like "The" or "And" or any curse words. So people naturally pick up on a few words in between. That's probably why they did that. Just like a lot of people in the US understand a few Spanish words here and there.

[StylinOut]

Turn on the captions, you'll get a rough translation that makes no sense at all, lol.

[essennagerry]

i feel like i didn't watched this just now, but dug up a memorie from my childhood... this is exactly all i got from movies back then, now i know english far better :D

[Prinsaice]

yeah kind of what I thought.....slower than other languages with a lot of over Pronunciation

[shedontanks]

They sound Oirish

[scifikoala]

Good lord this video makes me feel like im having a stroke or something

[Shubham Shubhra]

holy shit, i thought they were talking and i couldn'y make out shit, until i read the comments. dumb.

[Pedro Pinto]

only thing i got was: YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!