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[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

One of my greatest skills is that I can convince a non-French speaker that I'm fluent in French - down to inflections and slang - by slurring a sentence of semi-random phonemes in an appropriately Gaelic-sounding way.

Uuuuhhh... C'in ueone du pas se lumbranhéu dol se né frunitigier au Brenlibop aux, uuuuhhh... frie somién parlesonophe, non?

[–] dukk@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

I did this with many languages. Spoke Hindi, but convinced people I could speak the other related languages (Telegu, Marathi, etc.) by just saying random things in my little fake accent. Usually ended it with some small “sharp” words (like “tittu”, just sounds “sharp”) to really sell it.