misterheadstrong:

masters-degree-in-sass:

qqmoarz:

This is what happens when white guys listen to Indian music

this is my favorite fucking video on the internet 

oh my god my heart is bursting reblog forever and ever until eternity

keelah-kawaii:

[SCREAMS ANGRILY AS I SNAP MY CONTROLLER IN HALF] I LOVE VIDEO GAMES I’M HAVING SO MUCH FUN

moonjellybeans:

shameglobe:

bombulum:

What does English sound like to foreign ears?

We’ve all heard examples of fake Chinese or German from speakers who lack familiarity with either language. While typically cringe-worthy, these examples do raise interesting questions regarding our own language. What does English sound like to non-English speakers? After more than 40 years, Adriano Celentano’s “Prisencolinensinainciusol” remains one of the most illuminating examples. 

The entire song is nonsense verse, neither English nor Italian, but the sounds are meant to resemble English. Linguist Mark Liberman wrote an interesting post about this sort of thing over at Language Log discussing yaourter, the French word for an attempt to speak or sing in a foreign language that one doesn’t know all that well. This often involves trying to sing a foreign song with nonsense or random words filling in the blanks. Liberman shares this wonderful quote from a random Internet user:

Just for the story, in France, when we don’t speak English and we want to imitate the sound, we call it “yaourter”(to yoghourt), the imitation sounds like a very nasal language, kind of like a baby crying. It mostly imitates the “cowboy” accent.

jesus christ this is actually reALLY FRUSTRATING IT SOUNDS LIKE ENGLISH BUT IT DOESNT MAKE WORDS

This is really fascinating…I’ve seen it on my dash a number of times, but I just gotta reblog because yeah, IT SOUNDS LIKE ENGLISH BUT IT’S NOT! It’s so neat!

teamrierra:

viqueen:

I tried to scroll past this. I really did.

It took me a second to get this

timeywimeyponds:

a simple guide to becoming my friend
1. find my ask
2. type a message
3. send it
ok you’re done we’re friends good job

thedarklordsay10:

priestlyandtish:

drunkenspeecheson-sobriety:

reblogging again because it’s absolutely incredible

important as fuck

can i put this on my refrigerator

120-cell:

Bitch is clearly borderline.

alienswithankhs:

notanangryvegan:

SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THESE STORMS HAVE A HIGH RISK OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. FOUR CONFIRMED TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN MARYLAND YESTERDAY. IF IT CAN HAPPEN IN MY STATE, IT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE. HAIL, DAMAGING WINGS, SEVERE LIGHTNING AND FLOODING ARE ALSO A RISK. PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES, FLOODING, ETC. THESE STORMS ARE KNOWN TO CAUSE DAMAGE. STAY SAFE.

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