December 20, 2009   53 notes

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What English sounds like to foreigners

Italian singer Adriano Celentano wrote this song in 1972 using a made up language designed to sound like English.

via buzzfeed

Yes, but the dancing

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  1. werebee reblogged this from phantomwise and added:
    I’m a native-born American, English first language, grew up surrounded by that and nothing else because wow I am very...
  2. permanentlyjetlagged reblogged this from charmingpplincardigans and added:
    reblogged so i can find it later, i have too many likes XD
  3. phantomwise reblogged this from charmingpplincardigans and added:
    I speak English fluently, at times even better than Swedish, but the first time I listen to a song, I STILL hear...
  4. charmingpplincardigans reblogged this from yksisarvinen and added:
    I think I’ve heard Chuck Berry sing that song. ;) That’s an interesting thing to bring up though. I listen to a pretty...
  5. oh-noo reblogged this from halflightlife
  6. romulus267 reblogged this from crooooooooow
  7. not-applicable reblogged this from superseventies and added:
    Did not do a bad job of it either, sounds like english to me as well. In case anyone wants to watch this and the video...
  8. godiminbadshaperightnow reblogged this from oldtobegin
  9. oldtobegin reblogged this from crooooooooow and added:
    this song is fucking awesome!
  10. crooooooooow reblogged this from godfatherofsol
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  13. clonio reblogged this from lacontessa and added:
    …the student asks to the professor “… why you wrote a song with some strange words that do not say anything ..?” He...
  14. superseventies reblogged this from lacontessa and added:
    onemoretimewithfeeling:
  15. debbipete reblogged this from lacontessa
  16. thedistantone reblogged this from lacontessa and added:
    This is exactly the response that my GF had to this video. And frankly, I’m surprised more people haven’t commented on...
  17. gaymagick reblogged this from lacontessa and added:
    This is amazing. And kind of a good song.
  18. lacontessa reblogged this from onemoretimewithfeeling and added:
    Yes, but the dancing…
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