How English sounds to non-English speakers

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  • Опубліковано 7 жов 2011
  • Read the script for 'Skwerl' here: brianandkarl.tumblr.com/post/1...
    'Skwerl'. A short film in fake English. As seen on QI.
    A film by Brian & Karl: www.brianandkarl.com
    / brianandkarl
    Screenplay: Karl Eccleston and Brian Fairbairn
    Directed by Brian Fairbairn
    Starring: Karl Eccleston and Fiona Pepper
    Sound and lighting: Thomas Jordan
    Brian Fairbairn and Karl Eccleston are a London-based filmmaking duo.
    Made for Kino Sydney #47.
    June 2011
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  • @j.s.ospina9861
    @j.s.ospina9861 5 місяців тому +9294

    The little singular words like "today", "good", and "sure" are enough to gaslight me into thinking this is actual english

    • @yaasupreme8080
      @yaasupreme8080 4 місяці тому +184

      Lol and “I mean” bc really , I mean I thought I understood 😂😂😂

    • @johnnyversaci7091
      @johnnyversaci7091 4 місяці тому +159

      “Chads a long way from the rainbow seasonal”really hit me

    • @rawcoustic1718
      @rawcoustic1718 4 місяці тому +23

      ​@@johnnyversaci7091lmao i heard that too

    • @verdun16
      @verdun16 4 місяці тому +5

      And yeah

    • @iscavish
      @iscavish 3 місяці тому +33

      EXACTLY I WAS TRYING WO HARD TO UNDERSTAND
      I was like "dude I thought I was fluent WHYYYYYY youtube showed this to meeee"

  • @supernova_g
    @supernova_g Рік тому +35911

    Imagine an english teacher putting this as a listening final test...

    • @NikkusNam
      @NikkusNam Рік тому +1354

      Haha, pure evil, that would be hilarious

    • @Potatoes38
      @Potatoes38 Рік тому +181

      YEEEESS

    • @Kookaburra-Gaming
      @Kookaburra-Gaming Рік тому +281

      Wait, they didn't?

    • @pxolqopt3597
      @pxolqopt3597 Рік тому +729

      The practice: "Hi, my name is Bob and I like potatoes"
      The test:

    • @jsmith1811
      @jsmith1811 Рік тому +508

      I'm an English teacher and you have given me a pretty damn good idea.

  • @giganerd896
    @giganerd896 3 місяці тому +916

    I love how "you fucking asshole" and "shut up" were clear as day

    • @MarisuSedai
      @MarisuSedai Місяць тому +53

      It’s universal basic.

    • @carlosmendoza1177
      @carlosmendoza1177 Місяць тому

      This means that non-native english speakers understand when someone says "you fucking asshole" and "shut up"

    • @lukek1949
      @lukek1949 28 днів тому +20

      Lol! When a non-English speaker watches a movie, they understand these words!

  • @vaunniethayer1484
    @vaunniethayer1484 4 місяці тому +1005

    I am a retired speech therapist. I have listened to more gibberish than most people. Listening to this was fun for me. My analytical side kicks in and I start to dissect. “What’s going on here? What sounds am I hearing? What sounds might be missing? What is the context of the conversation and what can intonation tell me?” The first thing I noticed was the lack of consonants. I worked for many years with children from 3 years to 10. Listening to this reminded me of a three year old who spoke only in vowels, but all the intonation was there, for example, having them the sing the ABC song. I knew what they were saying because of the context, which only highlighted what was missing. Another thing I noticed was how slurred the words sounded, words sliding into one another without definite boundaries. I love listening to other languages that I don’t know. You can sense the rhythms, some sound very staccato and others like waves lightly going up and down.

    • @hatemeig
      @hatemeig 4 місяці тому +40

      there's so many words in this comment that it sounds like the video

    • @MayArif-hv1cg
      @MayArif-hv1cg 3 місяці тому +58

      literacy is dead for this gen​@@hatemeig

    • @javacrow_
      @javacrow_ 3 місяці тому +44

      Bro cant even read a paragraph

    • @yublydubly
      @yublydubly 3 місяці тому +3

      Yayaya

    • @TikkyTakMoo
      @TikkyTakMoo 3 місяці тому +36

      I actually enjoyed that analysis.. thanks

  • @QuitTrippin
    @QuitTrippin 4 роки тому +19962

    Me trying to socialize after quarantine

    • @swaglord8512
      @swaglord8512 4 роки тому +23

      ahaha

    • @MrBuscemii
      @MrBuscemii 4 роки тому +11

      So Punny wtf u have the exact same pic as my friend

    • @QuitTrippin
      @QuitTrippin 4 роки тому +9

      XOne_ hes a thief!!!

    • @januzairamli4426
      @januzairamli4426 4 роки тому +4

      So Punny that's how I felt while I was talking to my friends on Zoom

    • @joexer1
      @joexer1 4 роки тому +3

      If you're living in a cave with no access to the internet maybe

  • @olliesworld4474
    @olliesworld4474 Рік тому +16759

    huge respect for them not dying of laughter while arguing in gibberish 💀

    • @binxbolling
      @binxbolling 10 місяців тому +184

      If they did, it wouldn't be in the final video.

    • @DanielMemeSmith
      @DanielMemeSmith 10 місяців тому +255

      ​@@binxbollingthat's how bloopers work bruh 💀

    • @Rodri1er
      @Rodri1er 10 місяців тому +148

      I thought they spoke actual English and then did something with the audio

    • @rajay.gaming
      @rajay.gaming 10 місяців тому +16

      @@Rodri1ersame

    • @lilwoodiewood3457
      @lilwoodiewood3457 9 місяців тому +9

      what their actors if they couldnt do that then they wouldnt be respectable this is neutral

  • @letsfindabetteryou5971
    @letsfindabetteryou5971 4 місяці тому +471

    It's should be criminal to not have subtitles in a video like this

    • @TheUniverso_sky
      @TheUniverso_sky 3 місяці тому +7

      In real life we don't have that

    • @ClassicalPan
      @ClassicalPan 3 місяці тому +21

      They weren't actually saying anything.

    • @0minmini0
      @0minmini0 2 місяці тому +1

      Fr

    • @menacingish6686
      @menacingish6686 Місяць тому +4

      @@ClassicalPanthere were occasional words. i heard "elton john" at some part. its just jumbled nonsense

    • @aprillmao4152
      @aprillmao4152 4 дні тому

      @@ClassicalPanthey were in some parts

  • @frankierosario6981
    @frankierosario6981 3 місяці тому +513

    i love how the swears are clear as day 🤣

    • @Jaymo00
      @Jaymo00 3 місяці тому +38

      Hahaha i noticed that too! Interestingly, swears are usually some the first things people learn in a new language.

    • @renkoay1266
      @renkoay1266 3 місяці тому +8

      @@Jaymo00 I am not surprised, one of my friend asked me to teach him swear words in my mother tongue.

    • @supersolomob422
      @supersolomob422 2 місяці тому

      Forgot the quotes oops
      Edit: when UA-cam deletes your comment because you forgot the quotes

  • @squanchy5496
    @squanchy5496 2 роки тому +34903

    They're speaking doctors hand writing

  • @lemonofcake
    @lemonofcake 4 місяці тому +3758

    This is like when someone’s having a conversation in another room and you’re not really tuning into it but still hearing their words

    • @romystumpy1197
      @romystumpy1197 3 місяці тому +43

      Yes exactly

    • @Sammie551
      @Sammie551 3 місяці тому +23

      Underrated comment

    • @AggahYahahha
      @AggahYahahha 3 місяці тому +4

      Fr

    • @hillbillyhippy369
      @hillbillyhippy369 Місяць тому +2

      Yup

    • @As_Asa_PhD
      @As_Asa_PhD Місяць тому

      I like doing that with music. What I hear is usually much more interesting than what is actually playing.

  • @DarthTingleBinks
    @DarthTingleBinks 3 місяці тому +255

    It's the way they speak it that makes it sound like English. The cadence, and the tone, the emotion. Everything. Helps that they put real words in there occasionally, or write gibberish that sounds like real words when said quickly.

    • @ClassicalPan
      @ClassicalPan 3 місяці тому +5

      Specifically, English spoken by an American.

    • @akaviral5476
      @akaviral5476 Місяць тому +2

      That's the point. There are words many would hear in a movie and latch onto, like the filler words that are constantly used, or the cussing because those are fun to learn. It's the perspective of the equivalent of someone hearing Japanese after watching many, many animes. Like.. it's the point of the video and for so long, people don't understand the point of the video or simply say the obvious.

    • @DarthTingleBinks
      @DarthTingleBinks Місяць тому +1

      @@akaviral5476 If I'm stating the obvious, it's because I, as someone who only speaks English, still think it sounds like English, despite knowing none of it means anything. And that's pretty cool, honestly.

  • @BIackhole
    @BIackhole 4 місяці тому +230

    As a Turkish, this was the language that i was using when i was prentending like "I'm singing an english song" when i was a child.

  • @limp6129
    @limp6129 3 роки тому +31107

    This is the audio equivalent of not being able to punch properly in dreams

    • @samgyeopsal569
      @samgyeopsal569 3 роки тому +1411

      I died yesterday in my dream because I got in a fight but was punching like a toddler and I felt so uncomfortable and powerless

    • @bigbirdmusic8199
      @bigbirdmusic8199 3 роки тому +810

      i always feel like im fighting underwater and the dude im fighting is flash fuckin gordon

    • @leemsvg
      @leemsvg 3 роки тому +120

      Mf this how I punch in real life

    • @yazmurata.4311
      @yazmurata.4311 3 роки тому +208

      @@samgyeopsal569 hate when that happens, but one time I don't know how I was able to punch properly after many weak attempts

    • @synecabaker7480
      @synecabaker7480 3 роки тому +272

      That or not being able to run properly in dreams

  • @julymyers3314
    @julymyers3314 7 років тому +35639

    My brain is so confused... it's like it can _almost_ understand but not quite and it doesn't know what to do.

    • @PistolFx
      @PistolFx 7 років тому +245

      July Myers use captions

    • @sofiaromero177
      @sofiaromero177 7 років тому +74

      July Myers SAME

    • @edithengman9668
      @edithengman9668 7 років тому +631

      that's exactly how it feels for us who don't speak english when we hear it.

    • @pradeekshadoor4012
      @pradeekshadoor4012 7 років тому +95

      +Edith Engman but you are speaking in english

    • @edithengman9668
      @edithengman9668 7 років тому +261

      +Pradeeksh Adoor haha I know, but I mean how it feels in the beginning when you know just a few words...

  • @Tarnished-bn5gq
    @Tarnished-bn5gq 4 місяці тому +120

    This is so well made. You can almost make out what they’re saying but there’s also just enough of a dissonance for you not to know what they’re saying.

    • @true_peach
      @true_peach Місяць тому +3

      It's SO GOOD! Still getting views after 12 Years, love that too.

  • @Ellajade07
    @Ellajade07 4 місяці тому +106

    The fake arguments that happen in my head when I don’t Listen to music while cleaning up:

    • @beesinpyjamas9617
      @beesinpyjamas9617 19 днів тому

      idk its clear to me, he pour alonged for loris day then tried to say he can saw that long for her to the rat chad seasonal (which is a long way from the rain wall seasonal)
      then he admits he rapped the part again, AND racked the kate crap trown
      he wanted her to explain to him why she displayed the joe drink all around the maspertation town while he formassed the poat for crene
      it was too far for him to bring up the joe drink and masperation town like that so she got rightfully mad
      then it all comes out, that he chose foreen and all, and bleeped the chase per trene

  • @quickmaff9349
    @quickmaff9349 4 роки тому +39042

    This what people sound like when I take my glasses off

  • @Travigameis
    @Travigameis 8 років тому +9065

    This fucking video I swear. Every time I watch it I can feel my brain going "Whats happening? I feel like I should understand this but I don't. I don't like it."

    • @AnimationBoss1
      @AnimationBoss1 8 років тому +41

      +Travalon LITERALLY ME

    • @TheMusicUser
      @TheMusicUser 8 років тому +101

      +Travalon Otherwise known as "How people sound when they mumble."

    • @ThyHoneyNut
      @ThyHoneyNut 8 років тому +96

      Dude this is weird that you said this. I was about to say the exact same thing. It feels like my brain is telling me I should know this but I dont

    • @paramyrrh9475
      @paramyrrh9475 8 років тому +2

      +Travalon Exactly!

    • @phils-p5656
      @phils-p5656 8 років тому +1

      +ThyHoneyNut LOL

  • @johannan.w1621
    @johannan.w1621 3 місяці тому +52

    This feels so nostalgic. For a non native english speaker this reminds me of childhood when your parents watched a film in the other room But you just focused on playing and heard words you didnt understand in the other room.

  • @Wallnut256
    @Wallnut256 2 місяці тому +57

    1:20 “No, the crustacean is trapped, I mean, why the crest soldiers for the magmaline nation? It’s further gram then they chose it”

    • @vipanshetu
      @vipanshetu Місяць тому +8

      Chose it from magngalone? Mangalore my shit!

    • @beesinpyjamas9617
      @beesinpyjamas9617 19 днів тому +4

      "shit out a car, what way?"

    • @GhostAnimatesStuff
      @GhostAnimatesStuff 2 дні тому +1

      Thank you for the brave service of the Crest Soldiers, they keep our great Magmaline nation safe from those damn crustaceans!

  • @justvibin1087
    @justvibin1087 4 роки тому +4993

    My two brain cells when I'm talking to my crush

    • @UnforgivingDemon
      @UnforgivingDemon 4 роки тому +61

      Will Rogers he is lucky because I only have one.

    • @straangeette
      @straangeette 4 роки тому +4

      Lmfaoo

    • @neenak4848
      @neenak4848 4 роки тому +1

      SamE

    • @adolfhitmaker8639
      @adolfhitmaker8639 4 роки тому +2

      You're gonna make it, bro

    • @getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917
      @getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 4 роки тому +6

      Just relax, take time to know what you want to say in the moment and say it. Sometimes just slowing down is the best way.
      You’re still gunna be nervous, but you can learn to channel that nervousness into an optimal (good) stress.

  • @readyrabb1t854
    @readyrabb1t854 7 років тому +24306

    Damn, Sims really stepped up their fucking graphics.

    • @KaySouldier7
      @KaySouldier7 7 років тому +52

      Ready Rabb1t good one 😂

    • @MakeLuvWorldWide
      @MakeLuvWorldWide 7 років тому +24

      Ready Rabb1t omg

    • @allyzhang669
      @allyzhang669 7 років тому +15

      Chibi Alien then how did u comment? 😂😂jk

    • @kateharrison7554
      @kateharrison7554 7 років тому +14

      Ready Rabb1t HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHA

    • @killermadrid123
      @killermadrid123 7 років тому +30

      I swear you need a reward if you were the first person that wrote this joke 😂😂😂

  • @errmmmmwhatthemorb
    @errmmmmwhatthemorb Місяць тому +10

    as someone with auditory processing issues, this is like, scarily accurate to what i hear in everyday conversations sometimes ngl, like the whole time i was just constructing sentences in my head based off of the sounds and context clues cos thats how i go about comprehending things in real life when i cant properly understand what i hear. seriously watching this felt so much like trying to understand conversation irl; the way i could catch a few recognisable words or phrases but some of them made no sense with the context, certain recognisable, significant phrases really popping out (specifically, the insults and swears), and the way the words all slurred together. massive props to the creators, this is really impressive!! i’ll probably use this video in the future as an example to explain to people what my auditory processing issues are like to experience because this is genuinely the most accurate representation of how it feels. this is a really well-made film and the way the lines were constructed like, linguistically is really interesting

  • @AB-on-YT
    @AB-on-YT 3 місяці тому +42

    When you turn off the captions on a movie

  • @nostalgicnightingale647
    @nostalgicnightingale647 4 роки тому +9907

    So basically we almost sound like Sims to Non english speakers😂

    • @juanmaguijo1106
      @juanmaguijo1106 4 роки тому +186

      Nostalgic Nightingale actually... yes

    • @astralvcid
      @astralvcid 4 роки тому +341

      As a non-english speaker I can confirm it

    • @Ella-sf7pf
      @Ella-sf7pf 4 роки тому +90

      omg am i a sim now

    • @autreUS4
      @autreUS4 4 роки тому +19

      Zoobla Fay wing dore

    • @kelly2856
      @kelly2856 4 роки тому +10

      Omg i was about to comment this lmao

  • @Tivers
    @Tivers 8 років тому +13706

    I know what english sounds like to non speakers. I've played the sims.

  • @Musicisavibechangemymind
    @Musicisavibechangemymind 3 місяці тому +17

    I just realised that this video was made 12 years ago. The cinematography is so ahead of its time for a joke like this-

  • @antkiller7537
    @antkiller7537 3 місяці тому +26

    This makes me really anxious for some reason

  • @mfadhillahbasyar9320
    @mfadhillahbasyar9320 3 роки тому +6996

    Teacher: *The listening test is not that difficult*
    The listening test:

  • @isaackreutz
    @isaackreutz 4 роки тому +19954

    Is this English?
    My brain: Yesn’t

    • @lightonstillwaters6789
      @lightonstillwaters6789 4 роки тому +248

      Vobiously bit this.

    • @vordt4139
      @vordt4139 4 роки тому +69

      ice cream choke KaDeWe ja kokst

    • @b1gbuck
      @b1gbuck 4 роки тому +32

      recycled

    • @rachelmitchell6544
      @rachelmitchell6544 4 роки тому +50

      WHEN I SAY I SCREECHED-

    • @josephwilcox2006
      @josephwilcox2006 4 роки тому +80

      No + yes = nes but yes + no = yo
      EDIT: STOP LIKING MY DUMBASS COMENT ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY and yes Ik it’s only three but it should have zero it’s stupid
      Edit 2: ITS BEEN 8 MONTHS WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP LIKING MY COMMENT ITS STUPID STOP WHY HAVE 40 PEOPLE LIKED IT
      EDIT 3: what is wrong with 72 people my comment is stupid and bad ,don’t like it I’m not joking I’m serious ,dislike it instead

  • @hughgeorgechannel
    @hughgeorgechannel Місяць тому +7

    That acting was tremendous, it conveyed such a beautiful story. I really reaonated with that dedlated feeling the guy must have had at the end after realising he got too carried away by ego or something else, and how the woman must have felt so disappointed. Amazing directing as well, great music, and even the hurried tempo of the meal added to the tension. Amazing

  • @Sovic91
    @Sovic91 Місяць тому +3

    As a former non-English speaker, I can confirm this is somewhat acurate.

  • @eliwatson7936
    @eliwatson7936 3 роки тому +4049

    “Are you having a stroke?
    No?
    Would you like to?”

  • @AdamToner
    @AdamToner 4 роки тому +16354

    *They be speaking fluent Doctors Handwriting*

  • @triggereddemoman4178
    @triggereddemoman4178 3 місяці тому +9

    The quality of this video is so good that I was shocked that this came out 12 years ago

    • @KHCoasterKid
      @KHCoasterKid 7 днів тому

      2011 wasn’t exactly the dark ages you know

  • @Texas_guy76
    @Texas_guy76 Місяць тому +9

    The plot was crazy

  • @Itshafsaaa
    @Itshafsaaa 7 років тому +6363

    My brain hurts because the sound is so familiar but I don't understand 😩

    • @larrymansfield9393
      @larrymansfield9393 7 років тому +225

      I know right lol. You hear every third word or so and then it's like they start talking backwards or something haha

    • @wxstednxghts
      @wxstednxghts 7 років тому +9

      Same!

    • @SickTwistedQueen
      @SickTwistedQueen 7 років тому +47

      Idkhafsaaa ; Now you know how non-English speakers feel when trying to speak/listen to English speakers!

    • @g00glechr0me8
      @g00glechr0me8 7 років тому +7

      True...that's why they shoudl all leave English speaking countries.

    • @sourbones1380
      @sourbones1380 7 років тому +7

      Jesus Faith you're kidding, right?

  • @fzzx_4061
    @fzzx_4061 5 місяців тому +2602

    "Sure"
    "Sounds good"
    "How whats your day today"

    • @AlexanderBulatoff
      @AlexanderBulatoff 4 місяці тому +79

      "Here is Lays"

    • @GlidingZephyr
      @GlidingZephyr 3 місяці тому +45

      "Pipe wrench?"
      "Yes, lettuce."
      "Good last week."
      "Not in gas tank."

    • @PersonWhoAsked
      @PersonWhoAsked 3 місяці тому

      one of the clearest lines i heard: "you F***ing *sshole

    • @catngaum
      @catngaum 3 місяці тому +10

      The script might be so messed up 😂

  • @DeJay7
    @DeJay7 3 місяці тому +5

    The script and specifically the execution is super exceptional. For one, it's incredibly hard to intentionally talk respectable gibberish consistently for so long all while acting, and to add another layer of difficulty, they pronounced common words that even very very new non-English speakers know (what, today, swear words, ...) very clearly. So this is genuinely super close to how English sounds to non-English speakers that know the basics. But the execution was CLEAN.

  • @Trollvenn
    @Trollvenn Місяць тому +6

    Reminds me of back then when i didn't understand english and english songs were played in the radio.

  • @monet4057
    @monet4057 3 роки тому +5260

    How the TV sounds when you’re falling asleep

  • @TtheWriter
    @TtheWriter 8 років тому +9155

    Wow, the graphics for "The Sims 5" look freaking AMAZING. :O

  • @TygerHillis
    @TygerHillis Місяць тому +2

    This is what holding in a sneeze feels like. I can almost recognize every word but can’t at the same time

  • @mohammedmia7343
    @mohammedmia7343 4 місяці тому +17

    This is torture. It’s like I’m just barely able to understand what they’re saying 😂

  • @AngelBeeps
    @AngelBeeps 4 роки тому +7387

    The Sims 5 is looking pretty intense.

  • @BentangAlam
    @BentangAlam 3 роки тому +11350

    Before learning English, I legit thought the Sims were talking in English.

    • @quantonian_gamer8468
      @quantonian_gamer8468 3 роки тому +732

      When i got sims 3 when i was younger, my parents thought it was a foreign copy and didn't realize that the language they were speaking was Simoleon

    • @Pvydrow
      @Pvydrow 3 роки тому +619

      @@quantonian_gamer8468 LMAO SIMOLEON IS THE CURRENCY, they actually speak Simlish.

    • @quantonian_gamer8468
      @quantonian_gamer8468 3 роки тому +191

      @@Pvydrow That was it, thank you

    • @OnlyMichaelJackson
      @OnlyMichaelJackson 3 роки тому +28

      LMAO

    • @lill208
      @lill208 3 роки тому +15

      LMFAO!!

  • @danimarie1279
    @danimarie1279 4 місяці тому +7

    This is a trip. I really sounds like i should know what they are saying but im having a stroke.

  • @charliewaterton3263
    @charliewaterton3263 Місяць тому +6

    As a non-english speaker myself, this is exactly what English sounds like to me.

    • @troll707
      @troll707 29 днів тому

      Wow. English is a pretty shitty language

  • @iamspongebobdestroyerofevi5055
    @iamspongebobdestroyerofevi5055 9 років тому +11468

    It feels like I can understand it, but I can't.

    • @robertyeah2259
      @robertyeah2259 9 років тому +326

      I know right?
      I feel like I understand what they're trying to say, but I can't quite decipher it.....

    • @muzza_r
      @muzza_r 9 років тому +129

      Yes - just like watching any American film!

    • @TheBoringOne
      @TheBoringOne 8 років тому +15

      +I AM SPONGEBOB, DESTROYER OF EVIL It's confusing to understand, yet I still feel more than I would in a really sad movie...

    • @acetum_
      @acetum_ 8 років тому +3

      I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE

    • @Kekkitan
      @Kekkitan 8 років тому +6

      +I AM SPONGEBOB, DESTROYER OF EVIL
      I really want to like your comment but it's at 666 and that just contradicts your name too well for me to ruin it.

  • @joeclay9683
    @joeclay9683 8 років тому +4695

    native english speakers are still baffled by this video

    • @buenavelasco2563
      @buenavelasco2563 8 років тому +50

      +joey clay True. Troo. Trew.

    • @SydRainn
      @SydRainn 8 років тому +16

      +Buena Velasco stop that

    • @buenavelasco2563
      @buenavelasco2563 8 років тому +17

      Emil Issac
      LOL Stahp et.

    • @DaydreamAllday
      @DaydreamAllday 8 років тому +35

      +Madoka Kaname gives English speakers an idea to know what it sounds like to someone who doesn't speak English as a first language.

    • @parrisnia72
      @parrisnia72 8 років тому +1

      Exactly haha

  • @garyl6561
    @garyl6561 4 місяці тому +59

    I can still hear words like “today”, “agree”, “sure”, “I mean”. So yea this is still English

    • @kathleenking47
      @kathleenking47 4 місяці тому +2

      I've heard a twilight zone like this
      The words he was hearing, were jumbled up
      He woke up and his neighbor had puppies but he'd say Steels
      And the word DOG
      was WEDNESDAY

    • @filipkogut8533
      @filipkogut8533 2 місяці тому

      If this is English can you tell me what their conversation is about?
      It seems to me you're trying to be smug without realizing what's the video about and that it has to have some English words and some words that sound like English words in order for the speech to sound like the English language...
      I'm guessing you don't speak any language other than English, because people who are at least bilingual don't make such dumb comments.
      I would even make further prediction and say you're American.

    • @filipkogut8533
      @filipkogut8533 2 місяці тому +1

      If this is English tell me what they're talking about.

  • @patrickolah
    @patrickolah 3 місяці тому +9

    Wonder how many people have UA-cam auto playing on their tv and they just walk into the room listening to this and think they’re having a stroke

  • @eradicablelogo3285
    @eradicablelogo3285 7 років тому +31240

    I feel like I can understand what they're saying but I just can't. Help

    • @Sommaa
      @Sommaa 7 років тому +742

      Eradicable logo that's the trick lmao

    • @unexpected2324
      @unexpected2324 7 років тому +219

      Me too

    • @kaiortiz2735
      @kaiortiz2735 7 років тому +118

      Eradicable logo omfg samee

    • @Indrijid
      @Indrijid 7 років тому +682

      They're basically doing what you might do to 'sound' like you're talking in another language, but it's just gibberish. You might get some words in there, but not in any way that makes sense.

    • @spare_cheese
      @spare_cheese 7 років тому +17

      same

  • @tripp2432
    @tripp2432 4 роки тому +5036

    Why is this strangely unsettling like a parallel dimension

    • @kingsammy1105
      @kingsammy1105 4 роки тому +157

      Tripp - music cause you understand the words but cant process what they’re saying

    • @trisle2764
      @trisle2764 4 роки тому +122

      I got the same feeling, it's really weird to not be able to understand your own language

    • @winstonthespartan5593
      @winstonthespartan5593 4 роки тому +46

      Damn we sound like sims?!..

    • @envysaturn1439
      @envysaturn1439 4 роки тому +5

      My stomach sunk

    • @firecat275
      @firecat275 4 роки тому +1

      im feeling strange

  • @MarioFanOnYouTube
    @MarioFanOnYouTube 3 місяці тому +2

    I was born in Greece. This video reminds of myself going to a restaurant with my whole family, we're talking grandparents, uncles, second and third grade relatives and all that. All the (at the time) children were sitting on their own tables and I was sometimes sitting kinda close to the wall where a TV was placed, playing shows that looked, sounded, felt and made no sense to me exactly like this one here. Even with subtitles. It was always such a strange experience.

  • @YousefFarag-pe8xe
    @YousefFarag-pe8xe 4 місяці тому +3

    As a non native English speaker, this brings me back to childhood when i was singing English music and i wasn't know what I'm saying and the meaning of the song

  • @rubyrose3790
    @rubyrose3790 4 роки тому +4259

    This is what the zoom meeting sounds like when I’m not listening.

    • @neozephyrus
      @neozephyrus 4 роки тому +97

      That’s what they sound like even when I’m listening 💀

    • @Jiiimmyneutronn
      @Jiiimmyneutronn 4 роки тому +10

      KON 😭😭😭😭😭😭

    • @mattnelson8407
      @mattnelson8407 4 роки тому +4

      KON is that a little monster I see? We stan! 💗⚔️

    • @dendiepie1547
      @dendiepie1547 4 роки тому +3

      Whaatt so english speaker feel this too (?)

    • @lordmegatronthefifhtlordme3527
      @lordmegatronthefifhtlordme3527 4 роки тому

      KON same!! I don’t know how to get over that!

  • @Reflox1
    @Reflox1 9 років тому +13907

    "Magalon my shit"
    A quote to be remembered for millenias.

  • @santiagodelcastillo3241
    @santiagodelcastillo3241 2 місяці тому +5

    So, there is this mix of Spanish and French called Catalan. And to spanish speakers it produces an effect in which, if we hear Catalan, we can absolutely swear to god it is Spanish and it activates all the parts of the brain related to language but -at the same time - cant comprehend anything or make out a single word. This video reminded me of it, but it's actually much worse.

  • @stuartjacques
    @stuartjacques Місяць тому +1

    I thought I'd had a stroke watching this. I didn't get it at first. It is so well done.

  • @DrBIeed
    @DrBIeed Рік тому +24106

    I love how the swearing is understood universally.

    • @hilman94
      @hilman94 Рік тому +710

      And that's the only english that I can hear in this video 😅

    • @sakineubeng6960
      @sakineubeng6960 Рік тому

      Yeah... Fucking a**hole & sh*t up, i heard that too

    • @tiki_trash
      @tiki_trash Рік тому +120

      I was looking for this comment.

    • @dylancole1910
      @dylancole1910 Рік тому +97

      Because of course it is

    • @SpiritusVulpis
      @SpiritusVulpis Рік тому +152

      In a lot of languages swears are universal and if not they typically can be learned easily

  • @connorleemacfarlane6477
    @connorleemacfarlane6477 3 роки тому +3979

    This is what advertisement sounds like before you fall asleep

    • @MKRex
      @MKRex 3 роки тому +39

      Lol, no lies detected

    • @anubis4791
      @anubis4791 3 роки тому +9

      What any thing sounds like before I fall asleep or I’m just not paying attention

    • @ssharon_kimm
      @ssharon_kimm 3 роки тому +2

      Omg yes...

    • @aelingalathynius4594
      @aelingalathynius4594 3 роки тому +13

      ITS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE FALLING ASLEEP IN FROMT OF THE TV

    • @corbiculacc6079
      @corbiculacc6079 3 роки тому +7

      Or all the time to adhd people lol

  • @hak5424
    @hak5424 3 місяці тому +2

    12 years later this video is still so real

  • @gamrkidd
    @gamrkidd 3 місяці тому +4

    It’s April of 2024 when I wrote this comment. UA-cam just randomly recommended it to me. I felt like I’ve watched this before… like maybe over 10 years ago. Crazy half memory I have of this.. but I’ve been speaking English since about 1st grade 1997

    • @Swiiirl
      @Swiiirl 3 місяці тому +1

      Woah

  • @isntitrich000
    @isntitrich000 7 місяців тому +3902

    As a non native English speaker, this brings me back to childhood when I would cry over movies even though I have no idea what’s happening

    • @SandMakesGlass1
      @SandMakesGlass1 4 місяці тому +37

      Aw, me too

    • @maikigr9560
      @maikigr9560 4 місяці тому +101

      Or sing something thinking im singing the english text but im just making up words most of the time.😂

    • @XProductions92
      @XProductions92 4 місяці тому +49

      I had my dad translating everything.. When something gross was said he just told me "it was not important".

    • @turtle-ot2qc
      @turtle-ot2qc 4 місяці тому +5

      ​@@XProductions92 That's really cool

    • @user-mushroom
      @user-mushroom 3 місяці тому +1

      pure emotions

  • @edwinhoffman6078
    @edwinhoffman6078 7 років тому +1155

    all I got was 'yeah sure'

  • @Shimeih
    @Shimeih 3 місяці тому +4

    Sounds like Every time I try to listen in on the neighbors fighting 😂😂

  • @bridgeforthesheep
    @bridgeforthesheep Місяць тому +2

    I love how everything in this entire video is SO dramatic, and then she comes back with a party hat and a sparkling pineapple

  • @orangeheartguy
    @orangeheartguy Рік тому +18610

    As an English speaker, I can attest that I can still hear this when I watch movies without subtitles

    • @saccharine.sentiment8358
      @saccharine.sentiment8358 Рік тому +491

      sameee XD, i cant watch things without subs. i've been so dependent on them, my whole life lol

    • @dean8842
      @dean8842 Рік тому +390

      Yeah, it's called being hard of hearing. I SAID, IT'S CALLED BEING HARD OF HEARING. aheh... Sorry.

    • @1FAM_Gaming
      @1FAM_Gaming Рік тому +154

      @@dean8842 😂😂 I don't think they heard you lol

    • @bacicinvatteneaca
      @bacicinvatteneaca Рік тому +131

      I have no idea why English language movies are mixed so badly compared to dubs.

    • @1FAM_Gaming
      @1FAM_Gaming Рік тому +247

      @Thingaloo I hate how the speaking sounds like mumbled whispers then the music sounds like a live concert

  • @Santi-ev4ky
    @Santi-ev4ky Рік тому +7906

    These actors should win an oscar, imagine memorizing all that gibberish lines and yet not laughing their asses off.

    • @TmoneyBagz1
      @TmoneyBagz1 11 місяців тому +178

      They probably did laugh their asses off many times lol they probably just didn’t show it 🤷‍♂️

    • @FairyCRat
      @FairyCRat 10 місяців тому +14

      ​@@beholdtheman3161that would actually be Scots or Frisian

    • @MsEgwene
      @MsEgwene 10 місяців тому +26

      ​@@beholdtheman3161I can't tell if you're joking, but just in case you aren't: no, this is not Dutch, nor any other language I speak. It also doesn't sound like Dutch, it sounds like English with an American accent, except most of the words are gibberish.

    • @irlandesderio4
      @irlandesderio4 10 місяців тому +15

      ​@@beholdtheman3161no, it's. Not. It's just a fake language to understand what non-english speakers hear ...

    • @PlusVK22
      @PlusVK22 9 місяців тому +5

      I mean there are a lot of cuts so they definitely laughed 😂

  • @kenyaouko7388
    @kenyaouko7388 3 місяці тому +3

    This is how it sounds when you're in a club and you're only getting bits and pieces of the conversation, because the music is way too loud...😂

  • @jh2519
    @jh2519 4 роки тому +17183

    It sounds like a movie that isn't quite loud enough to hear. You know they're speaking English but can't quite tell what they're saying.

    • @mshcsh
      @mshcsh 4 роки тому +756

      wow this is exactly what I was thinking haha. i kept subconsciously trying to listen harder and turn the volume up 😅

    • @breannaallen308
      @breannaallen308 4 роки тому +275

      I keep turning it up louder trying to hear it. I’m convinced my neighbors can hear.

    • @mybuttsmellslikebutterbut207
      @mybuttsmellslikebutterbut207 3 роки тому +143

      They are actually speaking real Shakespearean English.

    • @daedrielsmith
      @daedrielsmith 3 роки тому +14

      Yeah exactly 😮

    • @Cxnvict
      @Cxnvict 3 роки тому +9

      Fr tho

  • @debarshidas8072
    @debarshidas8072 3 роки тому +19397

    So no one's gonna talk about the top-notch acting they did while having to speak gibberish from a script they memorised?

    • @urmomdotcom4039
      @urmomdotcom4039 3 роки тому +113

      Ikr lmaoooo 👏👏👏👏🏆🏆🏆💐💐💐

    • @skiguru99
      @skiguru99 3 роки тому +326

      Or they just making it up as they go

    • @urmomdotcom4039
      @urmomdotcom4039 3 роки тому +128

      @@skiguru99 either way I'm moved 😥 lol

    • @YoqDzewa
      @YoqDzewa 3 роки тому +330

      I hate this pathetic structure of every UA-cam comment.
      _"Are we just going to ignore X?"_
      You can't just say _"i liked X"_ without phrasing it in the accusative bc that doesn't encourage likes.

    • @PjKneisel
      @PjKneisel 3 роки тому +217

      @@YoqDzewa are we just going to ignore that you critiqued a silly meme pattern that’s emerged in UA-cam comments?
      You can’t just say “That’s a meme” or ignore it without phrasing it in the accusative bc that doesn’t make you feel superior.

  • @bigbuzzxperience3802
    @bigbuzzxperience3802 3 місяці тому +1

    Brilliant, the acting is superb, and the gibberish feels exactly as when I didn’t understand English,this video is incredibly well done!

  • @user-fj3zv1yt1y
    @user-fj3zv1yt1y 2 місяці тому +3

    "Shit" is the universal English identifier.

  • @PandamicBen
    @PandamicBen 7 років тому +5458

    That moment when your sims couple starts showing negative bubbles

    • @harasxo
      @harasxo 7 років тому +18

      Gi Jose that's how I imagine English to sound like in Sims

    • @thesimulatorgator
      @thesimulatorgator 7 років тому +1

      Gi Jose your UA-cam name is from family guy I'm dying

    • @PandamicBen
      @PandamicBen 7 років тому +1

      TheParanormalGamer//TPG finally someone gets me

    • @nicolemarie6653
      @nicolemarie6653 7 років тому

      Gi Jose LMAO

    • @coolguy2051
      @coolguy2051 7 років тому +1

      Gi Jose
      LMAO! Same tho.😂

  • @benjamincarver2515
    @benjamincarver2515 5 років тому +3444

    “No, crustacean is trap. Why request soldier for the Magdalene nation?”
    Why. Why indeed...

    • @Lizonndo
      @Lizonndo 5 років тому +67

      Benjamin Carver Magdalene might shit?

    • @eugenechoi9146
      @eugenechoi9146 4 роки тому +109

      1:20 😂😂 “...Magdalene my shit!”

    • @Wasserkaktus
      @Wasserkaktus 4 роки тому +75

      This sounds like some sort of science fiction story where a race of arthropod people are at war with humans and use a crustacean as a trap, and there is a request for military support for some sort of theocracy based around Mary Magdalene.

    • @Adelei42069
      @Adelei42069 4 роки тому +5

      Ah, the great mysteries of life...

    • @apu_apustaja
      @apu_apustaja 4 роки тому +7

      @@Wasserkaktus You have no idea how close to the truth you are getting...

  • @DeEmperor1
    @DeEmperor1 4 місяці тому +3

    First time i watched this i kept increasing my volume. I thought i was the one not listening in well

  • @Isadventures
    @Isadventures 4 місяці тому +1

    Plus this sounds like my childhood when my parents was watching TV 😂

  • @axellecourtois5690
    @axellecourtois5690 4 роки тому +2995

    I speak French and this is definitely what English sounds like when I don’t concentrate

    • @ABAlphaBeta
      @ABAlphaBeta 4 роки тому +16

      Ça frappe dur

    • @legrandluan
      @legrandluan 4 роки тому +6

      Pareil

    • @spacesailor8701
      @spacesailor8701 4 роки тому +6

      Vrai !

    • @atomicfart6830
      @atomicfart6830 4 роки тому +14

      Same but I speak Tagalog instead of Français

    • @neekyboo77
      @neekyboo77 4 роки тому +18

      I speak spanish also. If i dont turn on the Spanish antenna in my head, I hear gibberish!

  • @isntitrich000
    @isntitrich000 4 місяці тому +2445

    This is how it feels like when you turn off subtitles even on english shows

    • @academicpresentations6062
      @academicpresentations6062 4 місяці тому +9

      I used to watch X factor USA with subtitles on back in 2013.

    • @xyz91210
      @xyz91210 4 місяці тому +8

      This

    • @AnonamemusHacker-yk2dh
      @AnonamemusHacker-yk2dh 3 місяці тому +25

      I usually just see this on pirated movies without subtitles I can't hear anything up unless I go to the cinema then I hear everything perfectly

    • @FranzineMaickha
      @FranzineMaickha 3 місяці тому +4

      Ril

    • @space_in_space
      @space_in_space 3 місяці тому

      ​@@AnonamemusHacker-yk2dhsi soy

  • @Wallnut256
    @Wallnut256 2 місяці тому +2

    1:00 “So I went to York around the wash today. Oh? Yeah, that Dole’s a real Bunner face. Can’t believe that Mory Elton John”

  • @paulj.umstead2613
    @paulj.umstead2613 7 років тому +2634

    I feel like I'm listening to a conversation from the next room over or something.

  • @mwndjddjdhdbbf8408
    @mwndjddjdhdbbf8408 2 роки тому +22051

    Man, that's exactly what I used to hear when I was younger, before learning English properly. This is actually quite nostalgic ngl

  • @diamondstephens2454
    @diamondstephens2454 Місяць тому +2

    Almost like Dutch, you'd be like I'm supposed to understand what they're saying but yet still sounds foreign lol 😂

  • @deadboii6x636
    @deadboii6x636 3 місяці тому

    This makes my eye twitch just trying to understand. I can name out parts but, this has answered a lifelong question for me.

  • @aleigham6002
    @aleigham6002 4 роки тому +3155

    “magalone my shit” i felt that 😔🙏

  • @thehippie3610
    @thehippie3610 8 років тому +8240

    The fact that I catch one or two words and don't get the rest really bothers me.

    • @ariues
      @ariues 8 років тому +270

      +Zach Mask that's how it is when you hear French or Spanish I'm sure. think about it.

    • @MiguelAbd
      @MiguelAbd 8 років тому +93

      +Zach Mask That's how I used to "understand" English before actually learning the language. And as a Brazilian, portuguese and english are veeery different languages

    • @thehippie3610
      @thehippie3610 8 років тому +3

      Miguel Almeida I bet. I attempted to learn French once...didn't go so well. Had a better time with Italian, slightly, but didn't have anyone to practice with.

    • @MiguelAbd
      @MiguelAbd 8 років тому

      +Zach Mask My mother speaks French sometimes so I can't understand what she's saying just because I help my father to learn English by speaking the language with him hahahaha

    • @puppylover9873
      @puppylover9873 8 років тому +6

      +Zach Mask welcome to my world,dont get me wrong, 10 years ago i didnt know shit and i can say that this is exactly how it is

  • @FinnishKnight
    @FinnishKnight Місяць тому +3

    He should rename the title to "english learning for english learners"

  • @Nitephall
    @Nitephall 4 місяці тому +1

    I got this effect the other day while listening to an old, poor quality audio recording that had been run through an AI enhancer. I could tell they were speaking some semblance of english but couldn't understand a thing they were saying.

  • @nitsannishri5038
    @nitsannishri5038 4 роки тому +2747

    The dedication to the character while talking absolute nonsense is hilarious😂

    • @Daderid
      @Daderid 4 роки тому +29

      Like the sims, the game. sims 2 was the best

    • @rwooosh_ifgay565
      @rwooosh_ifgay565 4 роки тому +9

      I can hear what shes saying

    • @robotok5405
      @robotok5405 4 роки тому +1

      tough balancing act

    • @buttertoast1146
      @buttertoast1146 4 роки тому

      Character? shut the fuck up

    • @mnaira4873
      @mnaira4873 4 роки тому +1

      They are so good🤣🤣🤣

  • @blindsniper4517
    @blindsniper4517 4 роки тому +3235

    This is definitely how they should have English speakers in movies when the protagonist is a non English speaker so the audience is just as clueless as the protagonist

    • @nimmernomma8830
      @nimmernomma8830 4 роки тому +101

      Thats a great idea

    • @EffortLevelZeroProductions
      @EffortLevelZeroProductions 4 роки тому +108

      Apartiperdact?

    • @nunyafukinbizness2984
      @nunyafukinbizness2984 4 роки тому +68

      @@EffortLevelZeroProductions apartipredact scavern! Kishmergaa!

    • @daerdevvyl4314
      @daerdevvyl4314 4 роки тому +59

      Blind Sniper There was an old British sitcom called _’Allo ‘Allo!_ It was set in France and there was one character that could speak French but badly. The way they portrayed that in English was by having him say things like “Gadd mahrneeng!” I thought it was an interesting way of showing (to English speakers) how badly spoken French would sound to a French speaker.

    • @jirahjashmiermacalino7556
      @jirahjashmiermacalino7556 4 роки тому

      Blind Sniper actually a good idea...huh

  • @flutegal2647
    @flutegal2647 4 місяці тому +2

    This is exactly what I hear without subtitles .. and I’m British.. 😂

    • @raymondcerv1370
      @raymondcerv1370 4 місяці тому

      I guess American Accent is confusing for Europeans who have never been in America.

  • @juanc6393
    @juanc6393 9 днів тому

    The best way to listen to this as a native english speaker is to put it on in the background. Its almost perfect if youre not paying 100% attention

  • @hannahkinton3279
    @hannahkinton3279 7 років тому +7007

    Why do we sound like sims

    • @snoeterfatt939
      @snoeterfatt939 7 років тому +268

      when i was playing sims before i was able to understand english i actually thought sims were speaking english

    • @quillynx499
      @quillynx499 7 років тому +38

      Hannah Kinton Because you do sound like sims. xD

    • @fairyymir
      @fairyymir 7 років тому +1

      ~•Exactly I was thinking the same thing•~

    • @danoqamyasharahla6544
      @danoqamyasharahla6544 7 років тому +47

      lmao we do, and I wonder how many non-English speakers think that Sims are speaking English? lol

    • @theworst2218
      @theworst2218 7 років тому +73

      Because Sims were made to sound like us.

  • @SP_Sour
    @SP_Sour 7 років тому +4858

    My mind autocorrects the gibberish into random words, so it sounds more like a Bad Lip Reading :P

    • @nanan6850
      @nanan6850 7 років тому +2

      Logan Bitter same though!!😂

    • @hx2gmb766
      @hx2gmb766 7 років тому +1

      Logan Bitter IKR

    • @pinkberries3993
      @pinkberries3993 7 років тому +1

      Logan Bitter same

    • @AgarthaFan
      @AgarthaFan 7 років тому +19

      Logan Bitter Yep and I fucking hate it because I desperately wanna know how American English Sounds from another person's perspective

    • @lukejohns5900
      @lukejohns5900 7 років тому +22

      Logan Bitter I thought I heard bonerfest in there somewhere

  • @hasanraghib
    @hasanraghib 3 місяці тому +1

    I would have been trying to understand that for ages if there was any other title than that or comments were off

  • @kennylux
    @kennylux 3 місяці тому

    It's so cool to feel this again as a non-native speaker, English did sound like this to me at some point and now I'm so used to understanding it, really makes me feel I've come a long way

  • @vicentec2606
    @vicentec2606 3 роки тому +4963

    what you've been singing before learning the lyrics to the song:

    • @venusngigi
      @venusngigi 3 роки тому +34

      HAHAHA SO TRUE

    • @SomeGuy-fl1gz
      @SomeGuy-fl1gz 3 роки тому +14

      Vincnte c you are funny and your comment deserve more likes 👍👍

    • @vicentec2606
      @vicentec2606 3 роки тому +10

      @@SomeGuy-fl1gz Thanks

    • @mazadancoseben4818
      @mazadancoseben4818 3 роки тому +7

      I agree
      It is usually like this

    • @kgb6311
      @kgb6311 3 роки тому +3

      vicente c never thought you say huh?

  • @christina3307
    @christina3307 7 років тому +1942

    this is how math sounds to my brain

    • @enriquecortes9171
      @enriquecortes9171 7 років тому +39

      Unfortunately I Agree with you 100%, I don't know what with me and numbers.

    • @skuba16
      @skuba16 7 років тому

      chrischris018 same XD

    • @ZenithGamingVideos
      @ZenithGamingVideos 7 років тому +7

      Yes, this is how math sounds to me haha

    • @beehn7566
      @beehn7566 7 років тому

      chrischris018 tbh

    • @sunnypisces20
      @sunnypisces20 7 років тому

      chrischris018 sameee