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what american english sounds like to foreigners
16 Friday Apr 2010
This is hilarious. An Italian parody of a 60s/70s pop song sung entirely in gibberish that is apparently how American English sounds like to non-English speakers. If I were really cruel I’d give this to my students and have them try to work out the lyrics.
You can see the subtitled version below the links, but watch this one first.
funky
08 Friday Jan 2010
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When did the meaning of funky change from being super groovy like James Brown to meaning something gross and smelly? It’s awfully confusing, to say the least.
Which meaning do you use?
~ cartoon from the fabulous Natalie Dee ~
