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izquierdista

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5. What doesn't belong on that list?
Wed Feb 29, 2012, 08:33 PM
Feb 2012

He's got the Romance languages down good. And Dutch and German are pretty logical to work on after learning English. But Polish? Since he speaks it with a Chicago accent, I will guess that one of his friends is a Chicagoan who has passed on their odd way of speaking to him. Either that or he spends a lot of time listening to WPNA.

What's interesting to me is the accents these polyglots pick up (myself included) when they learn another language. It's usually not L1, but some locally identifiable dialect or accent that makes native speakers of that language raise an eyebrow.

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The old joke... PSPS Feb 2012 #1
And what do you call an American who speaks several languages? Xipe Totec Feb 2012 #2
What, no Gallego? izquierdista Feb 2012 #3
I love Gallego! Xipe Totec Feb 2012 #4
What doesn't belong on that list? izquierdista Feb 2012 #5
Me sorprenden tus comentarios Xipe Totec Feb 2012 #6
Oh, he has a talent, that's for sure. izquierdista Feb 2012 #8
One thing I've observed, is that Russians love a Mexican accent Xipe Totec Feb 2012 #7
They take pity on me izquierdista Feb 2012 #9
I have a friend who is a Russian Orthodox priest - He's an American Xipe Totec Feb 2012 #10
Just for fun izquierdista Feb 2012 #11
How Americans sound to British people... Xipe Totec Feb 2012 #12
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