22.6M views · Mar 3, 2014 · 1:45 · 6 HN recommenders · 7 mentions · discussed 2014–2021
Finnish YouTuber Saara improvises gibberish that mimics how various languages sound to people who do not speak them. The sentences are mostly made up, and the clip went viral.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN points to it as a favorite example of astonishing accent mimicry and fake-language gibberish that sounds real.
“Internet personality Saara turned speaking fake languages into a career with this amazing little clip”HN comment, 2018
“the absolutely astounding Saara from Finland.”
Viral clip of astounding accent mimicry by Saara from Finland.
On the subject of accents, in case you missed her viral video the first-time around, the absolutely astounding Saara from Finland. "What Languages Sound Like To Foreigners" this video
“Internet personality Saara turned speaking fake languages into a career with this amazing little clip”
Amazing clip of fake-language gibberish by an internet personality.
Internet personality Saara turned speaking fake languages into a career with this amazing little clip: this video And her pitch-perfect imitation of 14 different musical genres is equally amazing: this video
“even for languages she doesn't actually speak, she just speaks gibberish”
Shows someone mimicking accents of languages she does not speak.
At least for some people it's easy to pick up accents (even for languages she doesn't actually speak, she just speaks gibberish): this video
“who has an extraordinary ability to mimic accents.”
Non-native speaker with extraordinary ability to mimic accents.
This is a video of Saara who is not a native speaker but who has an extraordinary ability to mimic accents. this video
“sounded like she was speaking those languages!”
Viral clip of gibberish that sounds like real languages.
There's a clip that went viral a while ago where a girl was essentially spouting gibberish in various languages, but it sounded like she was speaking those languages! What Languages Sound Like to Foreigners this video
“it's been long enough since "What Languages Sound Like To Foreigners" that some people here may have missed have missed this.”
Older viral clip on how different languages sound to foreigners.
On not all gibberish being created equal: it's been long enough since "What Languages Sound Like To Foreigners" that some people here may have missed have missed this. this video
“but the others are also worth a listen!”
Modern version of fake-language gibberish, worth a listen.
Modern version: this video "English" starts at around 0:48, but the others are also worth a listen!
