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Clever. I wonder if the illusion is broken if you actually speak Korean. I would definitely notice if someone chopped and reassembled random words in English.

by madrona 14y ago

DanBC 14y ago
I have trouble when I'm in American and I order water. I need to soften the t to a d, and drawl the word. I almost always understand Americans, apart from a few movies where they speak rapidly with background noise. Here's an example of what it's like: (http://youtu.be/q-cAnFbEXY0 http://youtu.be/q-cAnFbEXY0) - it's almost recognisable, but not quite. So, mashing together sounds to create fake words can create something tantalisingly close to what I'm expecting to hear. Mashing a bunch of random words together usually doesn't work, but putting a Markov chain in the again creates something that gives the initial feeling of "this is not nonsense". And for most songs you probably could sting random words together without so many people noticing; random sentences would probably be fine.
- RegEx 14y ago
  Here's another (extremely catchy) "What American English sounds like to non-English speakers" attempt. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZXcRqFmFa8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZXcRqFmFa8
- dpark 14y ago
  > I have trouble when I'm in American and I order water. I need to soften the t to a d, and drawl the word. Where are you from? (i.e. What kind of accent do you have?) I find it strange that you'd have to enunciate less to be understood ordering water. If you pronounce "water" with a British accent (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/water#English http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/water#English), Americans should generally not have trouble understanding you.
  - DanBC 14y ago
    I'm English, with a reasonable English accent. I'm not kidding, "water" is never understood, across a lot of California.
    - dpark 14y ago
      Interesting. I've never seen that before, but I can't imagine why you'd make something like that up, so this must just be a gap in my experience.
philwelch 14y ago
It looks like the black squares always pass through to the right, which means the actual verses just play out in full. You do get into weird loops of "Oppa Gangnam Style" and "Hey Sexy Lady", but you could do the same thing with any hook.

Clever. I wonder if the illusion is broken if you actually speak Korean. I would definitely notice if someone chopped and reassembled random words in English.

by madrona 14y ago

Clever. I wonder if the illusion is broken if you actually speak Korean. I would definitely notice if someone chopped and reassembled random words in English.

DanBC 14y ago

I have trouble when I'm in American and I order water. I need to soften the t to a d, and drawl the word. I almost always understand Americans, apart from a few movies where they speak rapidly with background noise. Here's an example of what it's like: (http://youtu.be/q-cAnFbEXY0 http://youtu.be/q-cAnFbEXY0) - it's almost recognisable, but not quite. So, mashing together sounds to create fake words can create something tantalisingly close to what I'm expecting to hear. Mashing a bunch of random words together usually doesn't work, but putting a Markov chain in the again creates something that gives the initial feeling of "this is not nonsense". And for most songs you probably could sting random words together without so many people noticing; random sentences would probably be fine.

RegEx 14y ago
Here's another (extremely catchy) "What American English sounds like to non-English speakers" attempt. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZXcRqFmFa8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZXcRqFmFa8
dpark 14y ago
> I have trouble when I'm in American and I order water. I need to soften the t to a d, and drawl the word. Where are you from? (i.e. What kind of accent do you have?) I find it strange that you'd have to enunciate less to be understood ordering water. If you pronounce "water" with a British accent (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/water#English http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/water#English), Americans should generally not have trouble understanding you.
- DanBC 14y ago
  I'm English, with a reasonable English accent. I'm not kidding, "water" is never understood, across a lot of California.
  - dpark 14y ago
    Interesting. I've never seen that before, but I can't imagine why you'd make something like that up, so this must just be a gap in my experience.

philwelch 14y ago

It looks like the black squares always pass through to the right, which means the actual verses just play out in full. You do get into weird loops of "Oppa Gangnam Style" and "Hey Sexy Lady", but you could do the same thing with any hook.