German Reacts to Arnold Schwarzenegger SUPER BOWL COMMERCIAL | Feli from Germany
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
- The internet is going crazy for the State Farm Super Bowl commercial with Arnold Schwarzenegger that revolves all around his accent and I’ve gotten a lot of messages asking what I thought of it, so let’s take a look!
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I think that part of the reason so many of us Americans love the commercial is that for those of us who grew up with Arnold we don’t see him (or Danny Devito) that much anymore. So just seeing them with references to movies from the 80’s and 90’s are just so nostalgic now.
Very true. Also, Arnold's accent is very iconic in and of itself. I remember lines like "See you at the pahty" and "Considuh this a divohs" from Total Recall, "It's not a tumah" from Kindergarten Cop and "Get to the choppa" from Predator (among many others) that were famous just because of Arnold's voice. If any other actor had said them they would be long forgotten. In the 80's it was very much what we would call a meme today. I remember walking around in school in the 80's quoting lines from Arnold's movies in our best Arnold accents. To see Arnold recognizing that and making a joke out of it was great. Arnold's voice alone makes me nostalgic.
Adorable. Like you said about accents being charming. To me, the humor is not even that he can't say the American "-er," but that he doesn't seem to even hear the difference when various people try to coach him.
I don't think (most) people are so dumb as to believe Arnold doesn't get the joke in real life. Of course he does. Like an SNL skit, he is playing it "over the top," and I loved it.
As for the unusual American "R," that fascinates me precisely because we did NOT get it from our nation's cultural elders, the Brits.
The only other nation where I have ever heard approximately the same harsh "R" is Ireland, and given our extensive Irish immigrant population, I think that was the secret ingrediant, lol.
BTW, after 30+ years speaking German, I still struggle a bit with the "R." It is the single most difficult German sound for me. I am better than halfway there with the gargled R, but not consistent with it.
Imagine my surprise, as I recently started some beginner Dutch lessons, to discover the Dutch "R" is NOTHING like the German, rather strongly rolled, similar to Spanish. WTF, lol
@@michaelanders6161 actually there's a lot of evidence that we did, indeed, get the rhotic r from our national elders, the britts. Their accent evolved away from it along with many other 'American' accent features. I only learned about this fairly recently, so it's fascinating to me. While our accent evolved to what it is over the centuries, so did the British accent.
The Back Stabba line from Arnold that Danny corrects to stabber is the ultimate zinger.
@@vincentlenart1697 thanks for that tidbit. Good to know. Of COURSE British English has also evolved. Easy to forget sometimes, lol. I wonder, then, at the Irish evolution in "R."
What I’ve always loved about Schwarzenegger is that he took what was originally seen by movie studios as a handicap and embraced it, leaned into it, and made it his brand. American moviegoers love him BECAUSE of his distinct accent and if he had worked to conceal it early on, he probably wouldn’t have been as beloved and successful.
It was a little bit similar with Sean Connery. Whatever role he had to play, a russian in Red October or a spaniard in Highlander, he stubbornly maintained his scottish accent.
I would love to find out that Arnold actually refined his accent decades ago, and behind closed doors he sounds as good as Feli, but because his accent IS his brand he still speaks with it publicly. :D
Arnold succeeded for the very reason the so-called critics said he wouldn't - his size, his name and his accent.
@user-xx2hj7xb6b If you ask me, amd no one did, it's because it comes across as genuine. This is me... deal with it. I'm not changing for anyone. And that's something Americans appreciate. He's proud of himself. He doesn't care what we think. It's honest and real. And that comes out in his acting. As corny as it. An sometimes be the fact that he is just himself sells it. John Wayne just played himself in everything. Worked for him. Someone else mentioned Connery.
Hasta la vista, baby.
I live in Texas but I work for an Austrian company near Graz where Arnold is from. I hear variations of this Styrian accent every day of my life. I feel like I work with 100 Arnolds.
May I ask, which company that is? (Maybe as DM, if available.) Greetings from Graz 💚
That's so cool, what kind of work do you do over there?
hahaha I can imagine
I think Arnold doesn't try to get rid of his accent because it has made him RICH! I worked with a very old German man who still had a very distinct German accent but had been in the country for DECADES and when I asked him why after all these years he had such a thick accent his reply was, "it always got me the ladies".....
😂
Im glad you made the comment about it’s ok to have an accent especially if you are not a native speaker. I had 3 years of high school German and moved to live in Worms for 5 years after collage. I worked for the US Department of Defense and was very intimidated to speak German because I knew I had a strong American Accent. Since I lived in a German village I was encouraged to speak German and quickly discovered that my neighbors encouraged me. They were thrilled that I would try and that they didn’t have to speak English to communicate with me. Living in Germany has been one of the highlights of my 76 years of life.
En wommser, wie schee.
I had a similar experience when I was stationed in Germany in the Army, except without the 3 years of high school German. Started learning German on my own when I found out I would spend at least 4 years there. My wife and I had to live off base and our neighbors seemed like they were almost excited that we were trying to learn their language and helped us learn it quicker. Some good memories of my time in Germany.
If someone reduces their calorie intake there, would you call it the Diet of Worms?
@@SWalkerTTU interesting, I've never came acrossthe double meaning of diet so far as in Imperial Diet.
Henry Kissinger made Arnold sound like a native English speaker.
I’m pretty sure Kissinger’s accent was intentional. He canes to the US at age 15.
@@hanknichols6865No, some people naturally retain their "accent".
@@hanknichols6865 you have no clue how difficult it is to lose an accent.
The funny thing is, when he spoke German he had a light American accent .
If you learn a language above 18 (actually after puberty) it's kind of impossible to learn new sounds, cause some doors in the brain are closed. With learning it before 14 and having some movies available, it's much easier for people nowaday like Feli. But neither Henry or Arnold had it. Thei hadn't even had English in school.
In the 90s I worked for a sound effects company in Hollywood.
We did a lot of ADR work (Audio Dialog Replacement) with actors.
The actors would come to the studio and rerecord their movie dialog and the sound editors would later replace the audio originally recorded with the cleaner studio version.
My boss had to work in the studio with Arnold Schwarzenegger on a Schwarzenegger film.
Schwarzenegger’s character in the film bent down, and picked up the wrist of a man on the ground.
Schwarzenegger’s line was, “This man has no pulse”
My boss kept telling Arnold, “No Arnold, the word is ‘Pulse’ .. Phhaaa-ulse”
Arnold kept pronouncing the word ‘Pulse’ like the english word ‘Balls” and it sounded like,
“This man has no balls”
My German relatives love this story.
They should have left it as "balls." I doubt the quality of the film would have been hurt any and everyone would have remembered it, which is half the battle in Hollywood.
@@georgeorwell2703 Agreed. Working for that sound effects co in Hollywood just made me think of how illogical and inconsistent they all are. There was once a scene in a film where a 1973 Mercedes drove through the desert. They actually went out and rented a 1973 Mercedes and recorded the sounds of the car driving and braking at different speeds. Just insanity in the name of ‘art’.
It's impressive really how much of a movie goes through ADR. How bad so much of it is on shoot day. Getting it from a controlled studio setting let's the guys in mix really dial it in. I'm actually shocked anyone tried to get Arnold to say anything differently than he did. That's Arnold. It's like trying to get Jackie Chan to pronounce things like a native. That ruins it. Their accent is part of who they are.
I interacted with Arnold quite a bit when he was Governor. His accent is actually much more subtle in person. He kinda "turns it on" when speaking publicly. It's a big part of his persona, so I get it. He's a super sweet man, from what I gleaned over a few dozen interactions.
I love his videos from home when he's in the hot tub with a cigar just chilling and calls his goats over for some pets. Dude is chill as hell. Seems like a really just decent person.
You can't prove that his accent was somehow less despicable when he was governor.
Arnold Schwarzenegger comes from Styria. The stretched vowels and long "ah"s are typical in the dialect from that region.
Arnold really is just a styrian man speaking english. The thing with him is he now has a strong accent in both languages.
He sounds austrian when he speaks english and he sounds american when he speaks german. A thing not many americans know. :D
That is possibly the funniest comment on this video! It all evens out in the end, doesn’t it?
I think that happens to most of us expats. I lived in Germany for my first 20 years of life, and been living in the US for several decades. I have an accent in both English and German now.
As a styrian, I confirm that!
Is there German voiceover in his movies?
@@vahanara every English movie gets dubbed, and Arnold does not speak his own characters. It's usually Thomas Dannenberg who speaks it. Germans wouldn't understand Arnold anyway, due to his strong dialect and accent.
Arnold was dubbed in Germany for decades by German actor Thomas Danneberg, because an action hero with a strong Austrian accent would have sounded ridiculous. Fun fact: Thomas Danneberg also lent his German voice to Sly Stallone, John Travolta and Dan Aykroyd, and so masterfully different that Arnold and Sly could even speak to each other in the same film. Together with Manfred Lehmann (voice of Bruce Willis), he was instrumental in the success of Hollywood action films of the 80s and 90s in Germany.
The Austrians also dub him over even if he is speaking German because his accent is considered to be a hillbilly style of accent in the country. At least according to my Austrian friends.
@@queenofdramatech
The Viennese consider literally any accent but their own a Hillbilly accent, just like the Parisians in France. Though to be fair, eastern Styrian is one of the harder ones to comprehend for language learners because it's kind of extreme in some aspects.
@@Alias_Anybody My friend is a proud Tyrolian!
@@queenofdramatech
Tyrol is even more rural than Styria.
@@Alias_Anybody I know. My friend lives in Vienna and can be fiercely proud of his heritage. He may have a SLIGHT bias. Lol.
Liebe Feli - I studied broadcasting in college and learned that sometimes embracing your difference is key to standing out in a crowded field. Arnold knew he'd never sound American, so he's having fun with his unique sound - he's one of us!
After WWII, America hired PennDutch and Indiana German speakers to translate. The German-speaking population in Europe found it quaint and endearing.
And we’re laughing at the humorous situation, not at him.
@@JustMe-dc6ksExactly. We have that issue with Americans even. Someone from way deep in Cajun or Creole... I'm struggling to grab vague topics out so I know if I need to smile and nod or be sad. Even some people from Boston have just impossibly thick accents or just overload with the local slang.
The thing is, we love Arnold and we love his Austrian accent! And having his old sidekick Danny DeVito pop in at the end is the chef's kiss!
Arnold is a good action hero, but he's even more talented in comedic roles.
Jingle all the way is one of my favorite Christmas movies.
"Put that cookie down!" is so funny the way Arnold says it in the scene.
>more talented in comedic roles.
he probably can become the new Leslie Nielson
It's the audience expectation of him being a straight man, like Leslie Nielson. Expectation is the mother of comedy.
Stallone could never do comedy.
Or when he does both as in Kindergarten Cop. “It’s not a toomah!”
Servas from Vienna! Arnie is from a part of Styria which has a very striking Austrian dialect of its own. Bussi und Baba!
Had he been born 25 kilometers further southeast he'd never have made it to Hollywood, as in that part of Styria people used to sound more like barking dogs rather than talking humans 😂 their vocal folds simply are unable to speak a real language, be it english or german lol 😅😅😅
Styrka doesn't even have one dialect there's at least 3 😂. Hi from Graz.
That's like Doric in Scotland. In Brave the one dudes kid spoke in that and no one, even them could understand him. Which is reasonably accurate to life. If you squint your ears real hard you can start to pick it out but man is it hard. Kinda weird how there are these little regions all over with a super specific accent. Was that part of Austria kind of isolated for a time in the past allowing their accent to diverge from the rest of the country a bit? That's usually how these things happen.
As an American, this isn’t about finding the (German/Austrian) accent funny -it’s really more about celebration/appreciation of Arnold. Particularly for a couple of generations of American guys, Arnold is a cultural touchstone, and anything referencing his body of work is a nostalgia bomb. It is a bit funny - but we are very much laughing with, not at Arnie.
Also - he’s well known for having a great sense of humor, so him doing this is totally on brand, and is just another thing we appreciate.
And an American absolutely would pronounce the ‘r’ in chopper in distress. You can pronounce the letter quickly (take no more time than ‘choppah’ without rolling the r for a long time - this isn’t French or Spanish.
I’m Australian and we have the ‘A’ sound at the end of our words.
We say chopper, neighbour, concealer, labour and back stabber the same as Arnold does 😊
The same as we do in South Africa..
I think that the reason so many Americans found this so funny has more to do with our familiarity with and love for Arnold himself and his movies. Part of the hilarity is definitely not just the accent, but the over the top dramatization of his action films and the themes of iconic 80s movies. At one point many of us have ran around the house as kids pretending to be him in one of his movies, mimicking the heightened drama and the accent. The same is true of actors like Sylvester Stallone, Keanu Reeves, and Bruce Willis. All of whom had very distinct, memorable ways of speaking coupled with their over the top, ridiculous action films. It's nostalgic comedy for sure.
For sure. It wasn't just the "baaa" but the easter eggs throughout the ad. Throw in Jake and the behind-the-scenes stuff, instant classic.
It's growing up with Arnold's pronunciation evolution over the years. When he was the Governator he said Californ-ee-a instead of Californya. More recently I've heard him say it closer to Californya. I've known other immigrants whose English got remarkably better over 10-20 years. Jean-Claude Van Damme didn't speak much in his first movies either.
Ol’ Arnie is a national treasure in the US. We love him as much or more than any native born American actor. Even when we poke fun at his accent it is with great love and reverence.
it is not cool to poke fun at other people's accents. That is like poking fun at people who are fat, old or have a different skin color than you do.
@@gulliverthegullible6667 Arnold would likely tell you it's not cool to be offended by trivial things and weakness isn't a virtue. It's unique, not a problem or handicap.
tell that to maria shriver
@@Viconius accents may very well be a problem if you get discriminated and mocked for it. I don't really give a shit what some privileged tough guy like Schwarzenegger says. I guess he does not have a problem with having an accent. I furthermore guess you don't know what it is like to speak with an accent that stands out. It does not feel good.
@@gulliverthegullible6667I get your point. The funny thing is, most of the time the people that are mocking you are not able to speak a foreign language at all. Always remember that you are the hero here. All the best for you.
I absolutely absolutely adore love this commercial so much! I really love the fact that he hasn't lost his accent! Yes in the original clip he had a thicker accent, but I am so glad he doesn't sound like us! I love it when people speak English with their native accent! It sounds so freaking beautiful! / I think a part of why you don't find it as funny is also the fact that you really didn't watch his movies. A lot of us have been in love with all of his work for our entire lives. I've enjoyed watching his movie since I was nine years old and I'm 45 now. So I have an emotional parasocial connection to him that you may not have. That could also be part of it.
Well... Arnold is an absolute LEGEND here. He is one of those actors who you just can't replace. He has always been the "KING" of one-liners (that everyone knows) and everyone here grew up with him. Anything that comes out of this man's mouth is funny to "us." Great video, thanks for posting.
Funny because we love him. Not funny in a malicious way. (Lot of people here seeming to not grasp just how much we love Arnold. Americans would protect him with our lives.)
Feli, I think it's that his accent has been so iconic for so long it's endearing. It's noteworthy to a culture that is so media/movie centeric. At least for us old-folks, it provides a bit of stability in a constantly changing world. You can't make fun of anything... ever... but Arnold says you can! We forget we CAN laugh at ourselves.
I think we live it so much because he should have failed because of that. But he leaned into it and turned it into a selling point. And because it was genuine and honest... that came through in his characters, even when they were corny. It's a very American thing to do... not take what people say will make you fail, doubling down on yourself and winning despite their claims. We love that. Underdog story. And he has always been a really cool, decent person as well which just makes us love him that much more. He's got a great sense of humor and literally no one imitates his accent maliciously. It's because it's so dang awesome.
In college, I had a summer job where I worked with an old woman whose favorite word was "paranotic." I thought she was misusing paranoid, but when I went to the college library and looked up the word, I found that:
1) She was speaking old English, and
2) Paranotic means frenzied, hyper stimulated and nervous.
Kudos to you for taking that extra effort.
Cool word. Now, how to work it into everyday conversation...
This reminds me of the Bill Burr skit talking about how Arnold is a great man. That he immigrated to a new country, became famous by lifting weights, became a successful actor when no one could understand him, married into our version of royalty, and became a governor. It is funny as delivered by Bill, but Arnold certainly is a man who has defied the odds at every turn.
Yes! She should review that bit.
Austrian from Styria (Steiermark) here. Barely have I heard anyone with a thicker accent than Arnold - not even the people in my tiny alpine village sound like that. He definitely turns it up a notch for the cameras
I'm pretty sure an American probably WOULD yell "Chopper!" with the hard R. And as a Texan, I've noticed we hit Rs even harder than non-southerner Americans.
I think it's a western thing. From Texas westward I think we do hit our Rs harder. I'm in California and I agree we would also yell "chopper" with the hard R.
after predator 1987 its pronounced "choppah"
Southerners love using the hard R
And in yelling it, the r would be extended "chopperrrrrrrr".
@@valhallaOO7 You are exactly right. I live in the US state of Georgia (northern part) and we would definitely pronounce the "r" exactly as you said, very distinctly. If I yelled "chopper" it would come out exactly as you said, with a long, extended "errrrrr". I can see someone from the American Northeast with the hard Northern accent, say a stereotypical Bostonian, dropping the 'r' and pronounce it more like Arnold does.
I don’t think it’s a matter of it being “easier”. Check out the Arnold episode on Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend. Arnold talks about how he used to have an accent coach to lose it. He then stopped, especially after garnering success; i.e. he and America embraced it. His voice and accent are iconic!
I remember that Kevin Costner was mocked for speaking Robin Hood with an american accent.
@@HalfEye79 That was because pretty much everyone *else* in the movie had a British accent. So Costner's inability to affect one stood out badly
@@nctpti2073
That, too, is the reason, Arnold`s accent is so popular.
@@HalfEye79 Well yes... plus the ton of raw charisma. Pretty impressed with him as a statesman in a lot of statements he has put out in the last few years, too.
Yes, he was on an old Johnny Carson interview and had less of an accent due to his coaching lessons.
Arnold's accent is so recognized that when he was governor & news ran a sound bit with him, many of us would actually pay attention to what he said as he didn't blend into the background noise...such a relief after the previous governor. I can always hear the 'r' at the end of those words, possibly because I grew up around a lot of accents. In fact, we had a bar called the Wonder Bar, & it wasn't unusual to hear someone call it the Wunderbar with the German accent. Not only was it a play on the name, but we actually kind of meant it. Really enjoyed your review
Arnold has always been wildly hilarious to me. If he tries to be funny, he is almost always making fun of himself. I love his humility. He's larger than life to start, and still has giant self-awareness. This commercial seems exactly like something I would expect from him.
Also, your American pronunciation is phenomenal. But your enunciation is so good, I understand you no matter what language you speak.
...I thought that was a pretty good commercial...and very Arnold
... Since I'm a big I Love Lucy fan. I just found out last week. That Lucille Ball was the person that gave Arnold his first acting part on one of her TV shows. And Arnold credits her with starting his career ... And encouraged him throughout his career.
...pretty good credentials
Great that Lucy introduced us to this great actor.
Lucille Ball was also instrumental in getting Star Trek on the air. It was expensive to produce - two pilots! - and she made sure Desilu Studios provided the funding, against the wishes of some other board members. I think its really underappreciated today just how much influence Lucille Ball has had on Hollywood and how her decisions continue to impact the media landscape today.
I never knew that.
Jackie Gleason, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz revolutionized easier television - from radio with motion to sitcoms and dramatic forms.
Arnold was a home Masseuse in an episode of one of Lucille's later series.
Nope, as a former Vietnam veteran who hailed a lot of helicopters everybody always yelled "choppER" and helicopters are very loud. Decades ago (I've lived eighty of them) people in different regions of the USA spoke with regional and even city accents (I could tell what N.Y.C. borough someone was from by their accent). And most famously President John F. Kennedy spoke with a Bostonian accent where during the Cuban Missile Crisis he would pronounce "Cuba" as CubAR". I thought Arnold's State Farm commercial was the best of them all as for entertainment and getting State Farm's message across. Entertaining video.
"Decades ago (I've lived eighty of them)..." 800 years......Impressive! 😜
When 900 years old you reach, look this good you will not...
Cubah, I'm from Boston. Also, like the Burroughs in NYC there's differences from Boston and Providence which are only 40 miles apart.
I disagree.. JFK pronounced "Cuba" as "Cuber" not "Cubar." And "Asia" as "Asier."
@@gramo63 I'm too lazy to fact check, maybe he learned to pronounce his R's at Harvard. The rest of us Bostonians struggle with tem.
Love your positive energy you're such a good UA-camr, very happy to have found your channel! May the algorithm reward you, always 😅
5:01 - Having a musical background really helps, indeed. Especially for me, learning Mandarin, the fact that my ears are finely tuned to pitch transients made tonality a lot easier to pick up.
One particular kind of musical background was especially useful for Mandarin tonality: working with analog synthesizers, where you can apply somewhat-similar pitch transients to musical sounds.
There were a few words in Portuguese that absolutely killed me when I lived there. Grandma and grandpa are spelled the exact same way. Avo. The distinction is based on a subtle rise or fall on the o. And it wasn't until my 2nd year there when I was really appreciating the rhythmic and melodic way you speak Portuguese that I picked up on it and could finally pronounce and understand it. A lot of languages have those sort of musical ideas embedded in them. Even English uses rising tonality to denote question or concern.
The hook for me is Ahnold’s ability to not take himself so seriously. Like you said, there’s an accent there, and THAT’s great! Noldi turns that distinctiveness into a huge plus! Diese Werbung ist einfach zupa! 🙂
Zupa? Das ist Suppe auf polnisch😂
Self-irony is also a very Austrian thing! 😅 🇦🇹
@@meilstoneAnd DEFINITELY not a Swiss thing!
Writing his name like that so subtly was comedy gold.
And regarding it being voted #1? I think that’s more a reflection of how much affection we have for HIM here… bc he has so much, well, American “I can do anything and be anybody I WANT to be here”…. Hmm… I think it’s more that, than anything else.
Exactly this, Arnie is a national (American) treasure.
Oh 100%. It's because people told him you can't because of you. So he doubled down on him and used that difference to stand out and win. That's one of the most American attitudes ever. It's the essence of the American Dream. Don't be ashamed of who you are. Be you and go do what you want to do. It made him come across as genuine, honest, having a good sense of his own worth. All highly respected values. And on top of that his incredibly good natured sense of humor about it took it from admiration to endearing. We love Arnold for not being afraid to just be himself.
Absolutely love your take, accents are beautiful and interesting. To be able to communicate in multiple languages is so cool. Loving your channel. Making my first trip to Munich in June. Can’t wait!
Arnold has a hilarious delivery of lines because of his accent as well.
I just came across your channel today. I don't know if you have done a vlog on German last names trying to be pronounced in English but definitely have had interesting experiences with those trying to pronounce my last name.
He's the Austrian Oak. He grew up on squats and four gallons of milk per day out in the woods. It's his persona, and always will be. And he will always have a bigger knife than Stallone, even when they're cutting vegetables together. Why we love him.
"Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer"
@@BaikalTii Be-ah. Just saying. 😉
You see his knife? Loved that house tour he did. "Hey, Sly. THIS is a knife." LOL!
More precisely, he is a Styrian oak.
Exactly! ❤✌️
Arnold is very admired by most people everywhere. A man who has re-created himself many times, becoming the greatest body builder, a leading man, governor of California, environmentalist and philanthropist. And someone who doesn't take himself too seriously. Good for Arnold!
Arnold is absolutely beloved around the US and one of his most beloved traits is his accent. There are so many people and so many takes on how he speaks that it's almost a requirement as a comedian to have a Arnold impersonation in one's arsenal. Also beyond them being in Twins, Arnold truly adores Danny and vice versa, they've been very close ever since the movie. Arnie loves him like family.
I too am bilingual, and still have an accent, but when I speak Spanish! And I've been told I have an odd accent in English, not quite Midwest and not quite Texan (born in Ohio, live in Texas on the international border)
When you said that there’s nothing wrong with the way you sound when you’re speaking a language that isn’t your native language - I really appreciated that. It really reminds me to not harp on myself too hard when I can’t quite get the r right in German - which is something I admittedly stress about a lot.
... Which might be the reason for it not to work. If you're not a native speaker you don't have to sound like one. Sooner or later you will get your "r" right.
Maybe you write down 20-30 words with that "r" and read those carefully every single night before go to bed. No learning session: just start with the first word and finish the list. Period. That takes like 2 minutes.
@@mariokrings thanks for the advice! I get pretty inside my own head about it because I’m learning it at an older age - 44. So I always have this doubt that I won’t be able to master it. I could do a lot more relaxing and just enjoy the journey to be honest. Lol
Arnold is a very talented man. His accent has been a source of amusement ever since hitting the shores of the US> He takes it in stride and, I think, enjoys the attention it garners. I don't like football and never have seen the Super Bowl or halftime shows but the commercials have generally been great. This one is a great one for State Farm. Having Danny Devito at the end is awesome. They play well together.
Arnold's accent is an essential part of his brand. It's been part of the canon of impressionists for decades. I feel pretty sure that he could have lost the accent over the years if he'd been so inclined, but then if he had, would he still have such a high profile in the American public's consciousness after all this time? Just a thought. Best wishes.
I remember Mick Jagger made a comment one time after he was in the US for a while. He said he went back to England to maintain his British accent.
Love this! When my Austrian great grandparents came to Ellis island and they were waiting for the official to call their name “Hei San bear ga” instead he called their name “Heiss in Burger” , and they almost missed it because it wasn’t what they were expecting to hear!
But they finally remembered their own name? 😂
What a wonderful name! The author of the famous equation for time-dependent quantum mechanics, not the meth-maker in Albuquerque.
Classic story. Maybe someone in the future will use this in a movie. Thanks for sharing.
My family went to Epcot when I was a kid, in the 1980s. We visited the German area, and ate at a restaurant. All of the staff were native Germans. You arrived, gave your name, and waited to be called when your table was ready. Our family name is Neumann. (Not Newman, which is a more common spelling in this country. Neumann, which is the German spelling.). The restaurant staff called our name "Noi-mahn" and we stood up and they showed us to our table- because we were familiar with the German pronunciation "Noi-mahn" even though we Americans pronounce our name the American way, "New-man" even though we retained the German spelling. Several other people waiting for tables seemed confused when the staff called their name with a German accent, or a German pronunciation of their names.
Oh damn that has to be one of the best mispronounced names I've ever seen. I almost would have adopted that version and run with it.
I’m always amazed that you practically speak American English like a native. Impressive.
Yes.. sounds like California (?)
Not every German sounds like,, A. Schwarzenegger,, 🤔😁😁
Try some ger.Voices..
"Lotte-Pauken" or. "Jennifer Rostock - Kaleidoskop" (ger. Language can Sound nice, too...)
She really does.She sounds just like an american,from the midwest.
If someone start leaning a foreign language at a young age, there's a good chance they won't have a foreign sounding accent. I'm guessing she was in her early to mid teens when she learned English.
@@antred11 In Germany in most schools it is mandatory to learn a second language starting when you are 10/11 y.o. - in 4th or 5th grade (depends on area you live and school). In most cases this second language is English. Every German Bundesland (state) has it's own system, but in the area I grew up in, you have three subjects that are most important from this age until you finish secondary school ("high school"): German, Math and your second language.
i find that i always wave back to you at the end of the videos.
This commercial brought back so many memories in my travels to Germany, Switzerland, and Czech Republic. My friends wanted to learn english and these words came up often (ending in ...er). "Birthday" was our favorite, they just couldn't say it. Could it be that the german "Ö" sound gets in the way of making the american "er" sound (from the front of the mouth and slightly puckered lips)? I enjoy your channel and keep it coming!
Baw-ston hasn't heard an 'r' pronounced in 150 years! 🤣😂
Except on tv, 😂
Ahnie? He’s from heah. Somahville past Hahvahd, probably.
One of the funniest things I've heard was someone from Boston on Wheel of Fortune saying "R"
A side note, that State Farm commercial jingle was written by Barry Manilow. Barry Manilow was a commercial jingle writer, who then became a pop star and longest running act in Las Vegas history.
Well... he's been alive forever, and he wrrote the very first song. He is Music, and he writes the songs!
Barry Manilow sang the Dr Pepper commercial song, "It's not a Cola, it's something much, much more" in the mid 1970's. The song itself was written by Randy Newman. Paul McCartney wasn't sure he could write a jingle, but he showed up to watch the commercial being shot in London.
@@patrickburke6789😅😅
I always found it ironic that he didn't write that song. . .
@@patrickburke6789I laughed because I noticed this comment had a response and I knew it was going to be this. I was not disappointed.
I like your take on people speaking with an accent. I admire anyone who can function in a new language, especially one that they learn as an adult.
I also agree that someone with an ear tuned to music is going to pick up subtleties of intonation, stress, and cadence. I'm no musician, but that aspect of language is what I find fascinating.
Even most of the UK don't pronounce the "r" at the end of their words. Example: In the PNW, theater is pronounced "thee-ter," while in southern England, theatre is pronounced "they-a-ta."
Henry Kissinger had a strong German accent but his brother had almost no accent. His brother said it was because Henry rarely talked but was always listening.
Same with the Antentokoumpo bros. Thanassis doesn't have a strong accent, while Giannis sounds just sooo Greek (here in Greece people love him for that 😂).
Sounded normal in Boston
And NYC
Love your explanation about accents❤
This reminds me of a sketch from an episode of 'the Simpsons' where the acting coach is training 'Dirk Richter' (a german character modelled after Arnie) to say the words "up an Atom" but he keeps pronouncing it as "up and at them" thanks to his german accent/dialect.
Weird thing to me was I saw the short version once or twice and had a couple chuckles, but now that I’ve seen it a full second or third time, it actually gets so much funnier, I think because that it’s so over the top that it reminds you Arnold’s just that guy who will go the distance. 😂
Two weeks ago, I fell madly in love with a German girl. Since then, I've been watching 2-3 of your videos on a daily basis. Keep going, great content!
She has a boyfriend and they live together.
@@happykt Do you maybe know her name?
You know she's German if she opens the windows to air the place out - even at your place. I know; my wife is German. It has to happen even if it's freezing outside. There's no discussion.
@@CreatorInTrng At the moment, I feel like I would be just fine living in a place without windows or doors with her. 😂
people who grew up with windows opened them up to air out the house. thats not a german trait at all but a owner of windows trait@@CreatorInTrng
All their movies were EXTREMELY popular in the 80’s and 90’s … Twins and all of Arnold’s movies were huge HITS! And they are awesome to the fams!
For people like me who have grown up watching Arnold in blockbuster movies in 80s and 90s, we think this commercial is a riot! Love it, very funny! The legendary "Get to the Choppa!" is a huge phrase used on T-shirts and also used by stand-up comics.
It’s number one not because of making fun of his accent, but because Arnold is well loved here. He has a great email newsletter called The Pump Club, promoting positivity and healthy living . There is also a lot of nostalgia for his movies. My favorite is his comedies.
And he actively engages with people about it. He's just a cool guy. Exactly the sort anyone could kick back and enjoy a drink with at total ease. He's very intelligent, has done so much he can talk about many topics. Friendly. Funny.
@@mycroft16 That’s my impression too!
Feli; “like a good neighbor State Farm is there.” Me: “Neighbah!” 😆😆😆😆
Me: Liar! State Farm has left California! Making it ironic that the former governor of California is in this commercial.
I recall reading about an incident -- testified in some official hearing involving a Boston accent. Whether the word the teacher pronounced was career or Korea. The student then asked how the teacher pronounced K-o-r-e-a: "career" of course. "Career" was pronounced like Korea, while "Korea" was pronounced like career.
I didn't watch the Super Bowl either, and didn't know about the commercial except for your channel. The first time I heard the commercial I was just listening and processing it, but the second time I heard it I thought it was hilarious.
Classic Arnold going back to his days as a bodybuilder world champion, when he was governor of Kallyforekneeah ( spelled phonetically as Arnold says it ) . He still had an accent, but its become Americanized over time.
I remember him (and others) from the movie Pumping Iron.
Those of us born and raised in Hawaii often speak a pidgin-creole English that also omits the "r" sound. We also change the "th" sound to "d." As in: "No pahk dat cah ova dea!"
I agree with you that I think speaking with an accent is most often endearing, adds spice to life, and Arnold was totally understandable each time he said "neighbor." I think the softer "ah" ending sounds better to the ear, the "bor" sounds too harsh and contrived. I think the commercial is cute and enjoyable bringing a slight smile to my face, but I agree it is not at all uproarious funny. Not offensive but not even close to one of the funniest commercials of all time. Love your channel, Feli! (By the way I am born and bred American from Michigan, so not German or Austrianin the least. I did visit Germany for about 4 or 5 days back in 1989 and loved it for the most part (although I did almost get thrown off a train in the middle of nowhere by German police because they wanted me to pay my train ticket in marks and I only had francs and dollars! After about 45 minutes of getting yelled at they finally accepted francs (I could not magically turn them into marks, and when I changed trains in Brussels from France to head into Germany, there was no time to change currency--I barely made the train as it was. But the rest of my stay was awesome!
My father was from then Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). My parents moved to Canada in the mid 1950's, and the US in early 1960's. They both learned English at the same time. By the mid 1980's before my father passed, my mother spoke with a *slight* accent, but I still had to "translate" what my father was saying for the rest of my family because his accent was still - after 30 years - soooo thick.
Perfect ending with Danny as they have great chemistry. Could not enjoy Arnold’s movies without his accent. Makes my day and year happier Loved his movies and can watch multiple times. Love the commercial.
Agreed. I have seen both the dubbed and not dubbed versions of Herc..I prefer the original audio version. Not because of Arnold's voice exactly, but the guy they used to dub him...just sound wrong.
Nothing beats the old Budweiser commercials from the 90's with the frogs and the ferrett. They are true classics. Funny as all hell.
Feli, your non-accent is amazing. My mother was from Frankfurt am Main and was an American war bride at age 20. She *never* lost her thick accent and many of my friends couldn't understand much of what she said. Of course i understood and your explanation of the 'r' absence is something i'd never noticed cuz...she was mom.
keep it up, I've been living here in Germany for 2 years, and I''ve found your content insprational
Agree with Feli: "That was the sheep" was the funniest part!
They should have had him look at a medical scan and say "it's not a TUMAH"
"...it's a fraktuah."
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My parents came to Canada from Germany in their 30's. They learned the language but their accent was with them for life.
Arnold is an actor whom has been a huge entertainment icon for the past 45 years. He has always had an accent and when he started out Hollywood executives tried to make him adjust his accent but the roles he got needed the accent and his build so he went from one big movie to the next. Between about 1985-2005 any movie he did grossed more than $100million.
His accent became his trademark. And Americans have adopted him as one of our many immigrants as American is a country made of immigrants and many Americans have German heritage.
So deep inside when we laugh at his depiction it is partly because we know our ancestors were like that and everyday we meet people in the US who have accents, yet we have to work together to finish a job even if it means doing something more than once. So the humor is not just that he doesn’t pronounce his r like an American, it is because we all have many experiences that are relatable.
Also the fact that many Americans loved his films, it reminds them of those films. Danny Deveto was an extra delight to see. That’s why the commercial is perfect.
Arnold's German dubbing voice was Thomas Danneberg. ARNOLD couldn't have done it himself without turning it into a comedy.
Funnily enough Danneberg also dubbed Silvester Stallone. Which threw them into a pickle when "The Expendables" came out and they finally played in the same video.
I cannot watch American TV shows as an American here in Austria, knowing what the people's voices sound like. My brain just goes crazy with that. I can only ever watch something without dubbing or with subtitles. Even though I know many dubbings are made pretty well at trying to synch with the mouth movement...has nothing to do with that. My husband has no problems with any of it, but I have to go do something else and just listen while he watches.
@@CabinFever52 As a German, I can relate...at least since my exchange year in the U.S. almost fifty years ago. In the nineties, I started buying VHS videos from the UK to even be able to see English-language movies in their original versions. And then I was really happy when DVDs and later Blu-ray disks came along, since 99 per cent of those came with the option of choosing the original language track. I honestly haven't watched a movie dubbed in German on purpose ever since (except _Stauffenberg_ with Tom Cruise, since I couldn't bear all those characters speaking English with various accents either, when they were all supposed to be Germans - but that's a rare exception).
@@tillneumann406 🥰
@@CabinFever52 The first time I saw "Beverly Hills Cop" with Eddie Murphy, I was on a school trip to Germany and I went with my host family to the theater, and of course it was dubbed. The funny part was that despite my not being anywhere near fluent in German, I could still get the gist of what was being said and what was going on just due to the plot of the movie itself.
Ironic I just watched the commercial a day before you posted this. Excellent work at explaining all the nuances to both/all the viewers that visit your channel(s). Your perspectives are always great to share for everyone. Because a lot of people are pretty narrow viewed and don't look for things from other perspectives. It is always just 1 way to them. Which is why I dig your balanced view points from different angles. Your age and maturity shows you are a well rounded thinker. A lot of people would be wise to follow in your line of thinking. Be happier people. Keep up the good content and thank you. Tschuss.
Being from California, I'll never forget arriving in the Vienna train station in 2003 and finding what seemed like the whole train station celebrating that Arnold had just been elected the Governor of California. Newspapers, magazines, everything had Arnold's face all over them.
I like you videos a lot ^^ And its good to hear you meantioning that an accent can be kind of charming.
In my experience while learning english your school mates tend to make fun of you when they - at least think - you have more of an accent then they have.
It was only while talking with natives that for them most of the time it is not an issue. Like as you said - you learned another language. And that's cool - no matter what ^^
Btw. I don't think Arnold still has a strong accent. I think it's more of an iconic thing for him which he may be doing on purpose.
According to my wife, who is also a native of Bavaria, Germany, his Austrian accent is so strong that he gets dubbed even for German language versions.
Well, usually not ... sometimes subtiteled though 🙂
@@rresi3421 All I know is what my wife has told me. Now I am curious to watch one of his movies in German to judge for myself :)
Yes he gets dubbed for his films in Austria. It's not his "austrian accent" that's the problem, but he has a very distinctive Styrian dialect, and nowadays also an English-language-accent mixed in, which wouldn't make much sense for most of his roles. It appears he never got a proper theater training for the german language, no "Burgtheaterdeutsch".
@@idnwiwUnlike Christoph Waltz. ;)
It's not bc his accent is too strong it's because he doesn't wanna do the dubbing. He barely does interviews in German anymore. He comes back to graz where he's from and gives interviews to Austrian media in English.
He's got a dialect couch to keep the accent bc it's his trademark.
Love and totally agree with your take on accents😂☺️☺️☺️
I loved the commercial. I love how Arnold can poke fun of himself. When I was a kid, I loved his action movies. Then he started getting into more comedy, and my Mom and I would enjoy watching his movies together. Sadly, Mom is gone now. Arnold will always have a soft spot in my heart because he makes me think of her every time I see him. Thanks for this. ✌️😊
this was my favorite ad from the superbowl lol (this and the dunkings one). i think i love this because of the iconic accent and the nostalgia of growing up with ahnold and devito! twins was one of my favorites growing up. what’s funny is that i even saw it in german (in addition to the original american) because i grew up in berlin lol
Great commercial and Arnold knows how to laugh at himself. Accents are great and should be embraced.
he is making it harder for all German speakers. Now they will get mocked even more.
Estaba estudiando Alemán y es más fácil de pronunciar para mí como Latino que el inglés, el inglés tiene muchos sonidos diferentes y por eso se complica más para escuchar y hablarlo, pero ya hay apps que ayudan en eso. Saludos desde Honduras.
Wow im impressed I could understand that without translating. Only had 2 years of spanish like 7 years ago.
But yeah, german sounds are similar to spanish sounds except for little exceptions. Also when you read a word in spanish and german you can pronounce it to 99% accuracy based on how it's written.
You have to have heard most english words in use to know how they are pronounced even though you know how it's written, cause different letters can do a lot of sounds with no consistent rules in most cases.
@@Skyl3t0n Me alegra que hayas entendido todo. Y sí, tienes razón, el inglés casi nunca se pronuncia como está escrito. Algo curioso es que el 28% de palabras del inglés son del Latin y otro 28% del Francés. Ustedes son casi un 50% latinos. Ja, ja. Saludos.
Genial! Los idiomas son maravillosos...es un buén interès a tener.
Vivo en nuevo méxico. el dialecto es español muy antiguo. Yo uso latín si no conozco la verbum en español. "¡Hablas como mi abuela!" la gente dice. Saludos de Albuquerque
I'm patting myself on the back because I was able to read these Spanish posts. Two years of high school Spanish in the 1960s. Loved that class, the teacher, and the language. I can read it much better than I can speak it, though. I love accents. They're so interesting and charming.
I love accents too! My mum is German, and her English is excellent (she went to the Berlitz school when she came to London). I was born in London & have lived here all my life. My partner is Portuguese; his accent has become much softer since we've been together (18 years).
One of our favourite comedies is 'Allo 'Allo based on the German occupation in France during WW2. Instead of speaking different languages everyone speaks with an English/French/German/Italian accent and there are loads of word plays. It's hilarious!
We had an Austrian friend who was married to an Englishman - after 40 years of marriage her accent was still really strong. It varies so much from person to person and is influenced by the people around you as well your natural ability. We're all different!
The fact that he didn't like timeouts scripts helped him obtain his legendary role as the terminator. But my favorite Arnold quote is from Total recall "Alien's build it...!"😂
His accent is almost surely intentional. At this point if he lost his accent he’d lose part of his public personality.
I have to disagree there! I have a few Austrian friends, some with PhDs, that came to the US in their early twenties and all of them (now in their 60s) still have very strong accents after 40yrs of working in the US.
That’s not true. Sure, he has acted in some roles where he exaggerated his accent. But it’s definitely not intentional otherwise. He talked the same way in meetings when he was governor of California
I disagree with this. He was my governor for over 11 years and he spoke publically a lot.
When my Oma immigrated in 1932 she spoke little English. When she passed in 1987 her accent was still thick. Even I had to listen a second time with some words of hers. 😂
I agree that it’s done intentionally. It’s part of his persona. Just like how Holk Hogan’s “hey brother” way of talking is done intentionally as it’s part of his public persona.
Hearing Arnold reminds me of my father who was from Freising. Oh the joy of hearing the sound of the Wakumclena. Or the ever common "Vats ronk wit-chew?" I miss that authentic dialogue.
Well I'm a Californian and while I've seen him only in the Terminator movies, I saw a lot of him as Governator and he had so many endearing qualities in that role. He really tried to be bipartisan and he set up a famous tent outside the Governor's Mansion where he and other pols could drink and smoke cigars and work on compromise legislation because CA bans smoking inside government buildings. He came across then as now: I great big humble nice guy.
Arnold is off the hook. Watched his 3 part Netflix series. The man is priceless
New Yorkers have the opposite pronunciation issue; they tend to add "-er" to a word ending in a vowel. Felicia > Felicier or Felicer
A lotta people from eastern New England do that too. My ma's best friend used to call her Dawnner instead of Donna, and she was from Medfuhd (Medford) Mass. Ahnold would fit right in up heah lol.
And like Arnold, New Yorkers and New England's say "neighbah"
Mr krabs from SpongeBob does it too, he calls a spatula a spatuler
@@christinavlachos2616 Where I'm from in Western Mass, we say neighburr, cuz we have a very rhotic accent. But downstate NY, Long Island, Jersey, and the extended Boston metro area are typically non-rhotic.
@@UhnkNimkm-bg8oq To my Western Masshole ears, he always sounded like a Mainer lol
It was a great commercial. Arnold is awesome!!!
I agree
Those of us up here in Boston have no problems at all with that accent! :)
Hi Feli, this is the first video I don't just like you, but admire you. I, an old linguist, see that you're getting into the right understanding of the usage of a foreign language. It's not the pronunciation only at all - the melody is the base of the meaning! 👍
Fun! (Funny bc Arnold is making fun of himself and the devil at the end) My grandparents were from Austria. And great examples of learning as a child ( my grandmother immigrated as a child) and learning as an adult( my grandfather immigrated in his 20s). My grandfather had a thick accent, though no one had any problems understanding him. He had a good sense of humor.
Do you mean "huma"? 😉
@@tubekulose Probably "yuma".
@@tillneumann406 🙂👍
There are places in the US that use a non-rhotic accent. Places such as Boston and NYC, for instance.
Yes, that was the old Boston accent, but it's kind of dying out. British English, though, is mostly non-rhotic and that had spread from London throughout the country (though some northerner dialects and the Scots and Irish are still rhotic).
@@markweaver1012 All regional acccents are in decline, probably due to things like television and movies. As to England, the West Country is not non-rhotic.
I'm from California, so I have a strongly rhotic accent. I absolutely would pronounce the ending R in chopper when shouting. I tried it several times to check. If anything, the R sound is slightly elongated: rrrr. Not like a Scottish or Spanish rolled R. Harder than that. Think of a dog's growl or a cat's purr. Actually, a lot like what Feli said we wouldn't do. 😄
I'm American-born, British-and-Swedish-descent, and took 24 credit hours of German in college. I thought it wasn't hysterical, but it was one of the most memorable ads. And it struck me as pretty cute.