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nqzero | 3 years ago

Is this English: Yes

(riffing off the "Is this Arabic" that was posted a few days ago - it's a lot easier in english, ie if the speaker says ti's english, it's english)

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dsr_|3 years ago

More precisely:

Is this English? Cool cool, it finna be.

wolverine876|3 years ago

What do you think that says, and in what dialect?

If the intended dialect and meaning are what I think, the definition of 'finna' and the overall usage are wrong.

hinkley|3 years ago

With English it’s not a case of “if” but “when”.

slim|3 years ago

I won't miss his is a unique occasion to post this arabic meme (one has to spend his karma) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1e62d6wHIU

Explanation to get around HN guidelines : The guy says : "Hey Morsi [ndlr. common male name in Egypt], Is this English ?". It started when Modamed Morsi was president of Egypt and spoke in incomprehensible English. Since most arabic speaking people are notoriously bad at English, it became a meme used when someone says something incomprehensible in any language