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Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by stavros »

SwiftyBug wrote: post #69
stavros wrote: post #50

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Same in Greek (though we use the Greek word for "rooster", obviously). I've found that Greek and Spanish oddly share many, many idioms.

Greek is one of the bases of most western languages. You'd be surprised by the amount of words that derive from Greek in Portuguese. Here's a thousand of them for starters: https://www.dicio.com.br/palavras-origem-grega/

But it's not just the words, it's the idioms. There isn't much of a basis for voice cracks to be called "roosters" in both languages.

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by 101008 »

SlowBall wrote: post #16

Could be some kind of joke/Easter egg. In spanish "Gallo" is also used to refer to that high pitch that sometimes comes randomly when speaking, more commonly in male teenagers. Which is similar to what's happening here.

I am from Latin America and I never heard it. Is this something used in Spain?

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by make3 »

adamtulinius wrote: post #48

It sounds right if you open it in google translate: https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=es&text=rooster&op=tr... (The original link ends up trying to translate the actual English word "rooster" from Spanish to Danish when I open it. Thanks Google.)

strange, so they're not using the same voice model depending on the page. This model sounds more "mechanical", even though it's definitely better here

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by sudo_raspberry »

JadeNB wrote: post #65
aasasd wrote: post #54

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Considering that the English-language web is almost completely occupied by USians, it would be hilarious if they were required to finally declare that they speak ‘American’ and not ‘English’.

> Considering that the English-language web is almost completely occupied by USians, it would be hilarious if they were required to finally declare that they speak ‘American’ and not ‘English’. For what it's worth, I have always described the language I speak as 'American', and it confuses people no end. ("Don't you mean 'English'?")

I find a similar response whenI say United Statesians either. The sentence "United Statesians speak American" could trigger a few people I know.

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by spockz »

froblesmartin wrote: post #53
C19is20 wrote: post #51

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As a non-native. Isn't it assumed 'english', means uk english, and anything localised is 'australian english....indian english', etc? I've even heard of 'scottish english'.

It really depends on where you are, I think in Europe the English taught at school and considered the regular one is British English, but if you take movies/series/music, the broader one is US English.

I suppose this depends on your school/teacher. Our English teacher went out of her way to always teach proper (British) English and point out any differences with American English sometimes with an history lesson added.

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by beardyw »

C19is20 wrote: post #51
capableweb wrote: post #46

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Also called "Passaggio" if it's on purpose :) As a side-note, "In English" is too broad as the English spoken in the US, Australia and the UK is all different. I always felt it would be better if people specified their location rather than the mother-language when talking about what something is called in English. Same for Spanish as well, as different words mean different things depending on if you're in Spain, Arge…

As a non-native. Isn't it assumed 'english', means uk english, and anything localised is 'australian english....indian english', etc? I've even heard of 'scottish english'.

English has always been gloriously open source, and anyone can fork it. It is not owned by anyone and words mean exactly what you intend them to mean, and no-one can tell you otherwise. And you can spell or pronounce words just how you like, despite what they told you at school.

That said, your social group may set its own expectations, and you may want to fall in line, say in your job application.

So if what you speak is based on English, it's English (in my opinion - and by the way I am English).

Oh, and Shakespeare would have spoken with an accent more like an American than I do. But don't tell film makers, our actors need the work.

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by aasasd »

mkl wrote: post #61
aasasd wrote: post #54

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Considering that the English-language web is almost completely occupied by USians, it would be hilarious if they were required to finally declare that they speak ‘American’ and not ‘English’.

> Considering that the English-language web is almost completely occupied by USians "Almost completely"? Nowhere close. About two thirds of native speakers (maybe a little more of those on the web, but not much), and not even half of all English speakers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-s...

Try searching for any life knowledge on the English web without specifying the country. E.g. home repairs: I'm pretty sure Brits don't live in those funny cardboard houses.

The underlying distribution doesn't matter when there's more activity from one stratum. The same way how it doesn't matter that the ‘average age’ of a Reddit user is in the twenties, when each teen on there posts and comments every ten seconds.

I don't know where Brits, Australians and English-speakers from all other countries are hiding, but they probably just use local communities away from the annoying USians. English web that you find by default is US-centric. English Wikipedia even has a special maintenance plaque for articles that are US-specific and should probably be rewritten someday—could as well just slap a sign like that on the whole English web.

When I see complaints on this very site about Californians assuming by default that everything is in California, I laugh heartily, tingling all over with schadenfreude.

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by happynacho »

101008 wrote: post #72
SlowBall wrote: post #16

Could be some kind of joke/Easter egg. In spanish "Gallo" is also used to refer to that high pitch that sometimes comes randomly when speaking, more commonly in male teenagers. Which is similar to what's happening here.

I am from Latin America and I never heard it. Is this something used in Spain?

At least in Mexico it is used.

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by eddytrex_ »

101008 wrote: post #72
SlowBall wrote: post #16

Could be some kind of joke/Easter egg. In spanish "Gallo" is also used to refer to that high pitch that sometimes comes randomly when speaking, more commonly in male teenagers. Which is similar to what's happening here.

I am from Latin America and I never heard it. Is this something used in Spain?

I have heard "gallito" in Latino America.

Re: Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

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Post by JorgeGT »

stavros wrote: post #50
SlowBall wrote: post #16

Could be some kind of joke/Easter egg. In spanish "Gallo" is also used to refer to that high pitch that sometimes comes randomly when speaking, more commonly in male teenagers. Which is similar to what's happening here.

Same in Greek (though we use the Greek word for "rooster", obviously). I've found that Greek and Spanish oddly share many, many idioms.

And as an Spanish speaker, I've found that, oddly, Greek people "sound" exactly like Spaniards. In the sense that you would swear they are Spanish and yet you don't understand a word, it's uncanny! Is it the same for you guys, the other way around?
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