What Languages Sound Like To Foreigners on HackerTube: recommended by 6 Hacker News commenters across 6 separate months, 2014–2021.
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Finnish YouTuber Saara improvises gibberish that mimics how various languages sound to people who do not speak them. The sentences are mostly made up, and the clip went viral.
HN points to it as a favorite example of astonishing accent mimicry and fake-language gibberish that sounds real.
“Internet personality Saara turned speaking fake languages into a career with this amazing little clip”
7 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
Internet personality Saara turned speaking fake languages into a career with this amazing little clip: ▶ this video And her pitch-perfect imitation of 14 different musical genres is equally amazing: ▶ this video
in “An Italian Song That Sounds Like English But Is Nonsense” · View on HN
On the subject of accents, in case you missed her viral video the first-time around, the absolutely astounding Saara from Finland. "What Languages Sound Like To Foreigners" ▶ this video
in “How to Master an Accent” · View on HN
Modern version: ▶ this video "English" starts at around 0:48, but the others are also worth a listen!
in “Fakelish – Fake English word generator” · View on HN
On not all gibberish being created equal: it's been long enough since "What Languages Sound Like To Foreigners" that some people here may have missed have missed this. ▶ this video
in “Animal Crossing’s fake language sounds different in Japanese” · View on HN
There's a clip that went viral a while ago where a girl was essentially spouting gibberish in various languages, but it sounded like she was speaking those languages! What Languages Sound Like to Foreigners ▶ this video
in “An Italian Song That Sounds Like English But Is Nonsense” · View on HN
This is a video of Saara who is not a native speaker but who has an extraordinary ability to mimic accents. ▶ this video
in “Radiohead album hides an app that only runs on an '80s computer” · View on HN
At least for some people it's easy to pick up accents (even for languages she doesn't actually speak, she just speaks gibberish): ▶ this video
in “The Benefits of Failing at French” · View on HN