Thursday, September 17, 2015

Pardon? I don't understand

Every time I think of languages, I think of accents and how unique they sound depending on where one lives. Even in the same country, one is able to hear many different accents, which sometimes are not totally understood by speakers of the same language. Also, it's not unusual to hear a guy from the US complaining he didn't get what a newcomer from the UK just said. Or Australians joking on how Indians sound like. That shows how rich languages are and how much they constantly change over the years.

However, such misunderstandings, jokes, or I would say, exchanges can be seen all around the world. Brazil and Portugal share not only cultural values, history, food and the passion for soccer. Language is probably the strongest connection between these two lusophone countries. Even so, it has developed so uniquely in each of them that some people say Brazil and Portugal don't speak the same language.

As an accent lover, I decided to record a few videos reproducing some accents around the world. The one below is how an Indian speaking English would sound like.

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