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Re: Mock languages

Postby Levo » 2008-12-16, 22:00

Formiko wrote:This is Saturday Night Live's reoccurring sketch about Nöni and her partner Nöni. This is supposed to be how Americans view ALL Europeans. This is so funny, I had tears coming out of my eyes!
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/385617/vi ... t_dealers/

I knew Americans were bigott Mono- and even more egolingual but it's true that Nüni and Nuni also hit the top with the pronounciation of Pamela :D

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Re: Mock languages

Postby Boes » 2008-12-20, 22:32

From the 90s sketch show Jiskefet, this is what you get when you translate one of their traditional formats literally from Dutch to German. :P

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Re: Mock languages

Postby Levo » 2008-12-21, 13:42

Varislintu wrote:
Peeves wrote:Here's some Swedes speaking mock Finnish in a video that makes fun of Finns:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op68Gh3BVEc


:o :o :shock: :shock: :shock:

That was so surprisingly good I'm just amazed :lol:. Well, sometimes they "slip" and loose their grip of the imitation, but for the most part it's really good :o! If they have no actual Finnish skills, I'm impressed :yep:.

It's like listening to Sami or Estonian -- you expect to start understanding it any second :lol:. (And they do occasionally use real Finnish words in the clip, which makes it even more funny :P. "Mitä haluan tavata!? Kirjailija itsenäinen, ja Sirkulleko jalkapallo on kaksi kirjaa?!" :lol: :lol: :lol:)

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Re: Mock languages

Postby Peeves » 2008-12-21, 15:06

Varislintu wrote:
Peeves wrote:Here's some Swedes speaking mock Finnish in a video that makes fun of Finns:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op68Gh3BVEc


:o :o :shock: :shock: :shock:

That was so surprisingly good I'm just amazed :lol:. Well, sometimes they "slip" and loose their grip of the imitation, but for the most part it's really good :o! If they have no actual Finnish skills, I'm impressed :yep:.

It's like listening to Sami or Estonian -- you expect to start understanding it any second :lol:. (And they do occasionally use real Finnish words in the clip, which makes it even more funny :P. "Mitä haluan tavata!? Kirjailija itsenäinen, ja Sirkulleko jalkapallo on kaksi kirjaa?!" :lol: :lol: :lol:)


I thought it was funny how they translated "Minä rakastan sinua" (as well as a bunch of non-Finnish gibberish) as "Hej".

What was even funnier, though, was how the comments section turned into an area for Swedes and Finns to flame each other.


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