Commercial in funny English

[Dominique De Bast]

A famous fast food joint made a commercial in France. They speak French and translate in English their own way.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v0j1XC9SBxI

[Melvin England]

"Thank you for ecouting me!" Love it !

[Janice Glesser]

I had a hard time hearing the difference between the French and the English. A few English words I could hear but most sounded French. That's the first commercial I've ever seen that was in two languages.

[Dominique De Bast]

It would be intersting to know if there is a difference in the perception between British and American ears. To me (and if course for all French speaking people), the parts in English are easily and obviousely noticeable. I didn't realize it could not be the case for an English speaking audience 😀

[Melvin England]

Even with me being English, I had to listen very carefully to understand what was being said...in English! The reason is that the gentleman spoke with a very French accent which is difficult to listen to and understand when one is not used to it. Also, I suspect the French language, of which I can speak a little, is spoken quicker by a French man, than English is spoken by an English man. Therefore, he is speaking English much quicker, too. I think we speak our language slower.
I assume it is the same when an English person speaks French. The accent is different and we would speak French slower than a French person would.

[Dominique De Bast]

That's very intersting, Melvin. Many foreigners told me that "they speak too quicly on French TV". I thought that it was a feeling because people were listening to a Foreign language and that they woould have said the same about say German or Spanish tv (the BBC is an exception as people speak a very clear English accent, different from the one spoken in real live), so maybe there is a difference in the speed. I also thought people from the UK would have understood French speakers (in English) more easily as they would have been more used to the French accent but that may be wrong.

[Brian Fretwell]

A definite case of the old "Parlez vous Franglais" there. 🙂

As for accents and language I was at Harpenden last year and Dominique started talking to someone in French - it took me a few seconds to realiase that he had changed from English!!!

[Dominique De Bast]

😂😂😂😂😂

[Melvin England]

I think, Dominique, having worked in a job where I was in contact with many different nationalities every day, it is the strength of the accent that can be the difference between understanding someone, or not. It became quite easy to guess which country a person came from where English was not their first language, but I could, for example, understand French person #1 easily, but have difficulty understanding French person #2..... simply because of an accent.