Why is it that I understand the insane political ravings of

2nd language speakers understand each other better than they understand native speakers. This isn't something exclusive to French:

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20161028-native-english-speakers-are-the-worlds-worst-communicators

>>68901774
Very interesting. Thanks for the article.

>>68899363

We speak faster when it's our own language.

t. guy with a strong accent, even in french.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s05eQvEKz2Fw

>>68905133
Cher anon, comprends-tu tout ce que je raconte?

For a test, I'll try something in english and slovene so that you can laugh at my terrible accent.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1a0G9v3Wkn6
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1PZq767sPaq

I guess bad english is the most widely spoken language.

>>68905364

Nice one !

In fact, you have to be exposed to a whole variety of accents in order to understand the man in the street.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1Kq81s5HmKK
https://www.e-fabre.com/e-texts/poesie/semenaire.htm

>>68905377
I like your accent

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>>68906484

The english we learn at school is more british english than american english, and most teachers are not english native speakers. I guess that's why we french often suck at english or foreign languages in general.

>>68901774
Interesting

this makes me feel better about the fact that I change the way I speak to be more "easy" when I'm around alot of non-natives

I don't talk like they are stupid but I try to avoid alot of the slang I usually use

>>68906639

Well at least non natives use very little slang if any, the broadness (or lack thereof) of the vocabulary may be an additionnal difficulty.

>>68901774
>And then there’s cultural style, Blattner says. When a Brit reacts to a proposal by saying, “That’s interesting” a fellow Brit might recognise this as understatement for, “That’s rubbish.” But other nationalities would take the word “interesting” on face value, he says.

Why are britbongs such dishonest joyless cunts?

>>68906783
I typically try to reduce my vocabulary down and be literal with the things I am saying and rephrase my statements often. I think I do this with everyone but probably more often if I know someone is learning English.

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>>68906628
>when your English teacher loves British English and despises American English so you use American English

>>68907701
I'm surprised it hasn't become some sort of fusion yet.
You should speak with an Australian accent and use American spelling for maximum trolling.

because he write pretty clear and he speaks like he writes, if you only read zizek you would not think he wasn't native

so it's not fair to just say he's got a heavy accent

>>68905377
Kek, you did the Slovene part better than expected.