Dreamy finds it hard to understand most folks tbf.
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Dreamy finds it hard to understand most folks tbf.
I'm assuming you have remembered to take out International breaks?
Oh my God, he has an Italian accent?! What the fuck?
Interviewer really did his homework there, brilliant interview.
Impressed with his English. I have some Italian but nowhere near as much.
He even understands Scouse!
I also speak some Italian. Buppa de beppa?
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He was superb!
I found that interview harder than others I’ve seen with him. Obviously his grasp of the language is strong but his delivery was surprisingly hard to listen to, imo. I expected better after so long in England.
I didn’t say I couldn’t understand him, I said I was surprised it wasn’t easier. You really have to listen and translate what he’s trying to say. I would imagine a lot players would struggle being coached by him based off that interview.
Ironically I’ve travelled the world and taught thousands of people on very technical topics most of whom English was their second language and I’d put Rafa right up there with some of the hardest to understand.
Infinitely easier to understand than Rafa!
All languages sometimes use what's known as "elision" (the partial or complete omission of particular letter sounds to help spoken language run more fluently) but Spanish does it more than most and this carries over into the way native Spanish speakers speak English (and, I would assume, other languages). For example I also find Arteta quite hard to follow at times.
Thanks for this, It really helps me understand why I find it hard to understand RafaGaffa
"To all the girls, I've loved"
There you go. I also didn’t say I couldn’t understand him. I said I was surprised how poor his spoken English is to understand.
I can't imagine.
Imagine.
He sounds like a bog standard Spaniard speaking English, except he is a much more advanced speaker than most.
Chiesa sounds like an Italian. Slot sounds like he might be dutch. It's all very difficult to wrap my head around.
