When I was in high school, I asked an exchange student what American English sounded like to someone who didn’t understand the words. She said, “Sort of like pigs.”
For some reason, I wasn’t completely satisfied with this answer. Fortunately, I found this video instead.
The song is total gibberish, but it’s intended to represent the sound patterns and intonation of US English. Trippy.
13 September 2011 at 5:13 pm
That is too funny! It really does sound like they're singing in American English!
13 September 2011 at 6:33 pm
Sounds like Bill Cosby when he does his vocal Jazz impressions.
13 September 2011 at 10:36 pm
Or says anything.
Actually, I woke up thinking: This would be really easy to do with Markov chains, but using sounds instead of words.
14 September 2011 at 11:09 am
This must be what it's like to have Wernicke’s aphasia.