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Thorhath Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Does Standard American English sound more like French or German?

They say that 40% of English’s vocabulary is of French origin, but English is a Germanic language. So, I ask the question,

Does Standard American English sound more like French or German?

I would prefer to hear from people whose first language is not English.
  

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Hi Thorhath, it is interesting to know that 40% of the English vocabulary is from the French language, I could tell some examples: air, age, departement,... But I don't exactly know what you mean with "sound the same"? Do you mean the phonetic?

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  • Hi Thorhath, it is interesting to know that 40% of the English vocabulary is from the French language, I could tell some examples: air, age, departement,...
  • But I don't exactly know what you mean with "sound the same"?
  • Do you mean the phonetic?
  • If so, then I'd say, that French and English don't sound the same, you can certainly tell from the "heavy" French accents native French speakers when speaking English.
  • There must be differences in the pronounciation.
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Hi Thorhath,

it is interesting to know that 40% of the English vocabulary is from the French language, I could tell some examples: air, age, departement,...
But I don't exactly know what you mean with "sound the same"? Do you mean the phonetic? If so, then I'd say, that French and English don't sound the same, you can certainly tell from the "heavy" French accents native French speak
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American English sounds like American English and nothing else.
Some British accents almost sound like German to me, but that's probably because I don't know German.
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