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> Oh, and Shakespeare would have spoken with an accent more like an American than I do. Would you explain what you mean by this, I'm very curious.
AE conserves features of early modern English, like rhoticity.
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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.
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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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?
Langfocus: Why Does Greek Sound Like Spanish?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPMqoHPJzac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pik2R46xobA
And extreme syllable-timed language family (opposite of these) are languages Tagalog, Malay, Indonesian. EVERY syllable is pronounced and it becomes a mouthful but there's a strict cadence that comes from it. Foreign words break it a bit but native words are "ma-ka-ba-la-bu-sa-ng-ah-ga-ta-na..."
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> Oh, and Shakespeare would have spoken with an accent more like an American than I do. Would you explain what you mean by this, I'm very curious.
AE conserves features of early modern English, like rhoticity.
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Probably a person? If you extend the query [0], the pronunciation seems right (not a speaker, though) and it seems to be a different voice. EDIT: A sister comment mentioned it is due to it being the end of a sentence. The bug (?) does indeed persist if the word is at the end of a sentence. [0] https://www.google.com/search?q=rooster+eating+a+pizza+in+sp... [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=pizza+eating+a+rooster+in…
Try clicking the speaker icon (to play audio) a few times, it's alternating the voice/accent/tone (I don't know the term).
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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.
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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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 spe…
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?
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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.
In Mexico high schools we have a class that is called "Greek/Latin Ethimology" (Etimologías Grecolatinas, and most people in high school go through this book: https://www.amazon.com.mx/ETIMOLOGIAS-GRECOLATINAS-DEL-ESPA%... ) There's a huge amount of influence of Greek in Spanish, so I am not surprised idioms are shared as well. (Spanish is kind of amazing in that it has Latin and Greek roots, but also has a lot of Ar…