Omni-Lingual

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Omni-Lingual

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Just stumbled upon a hilarious video on youtube called Omni-Lingual. To not share with the ZBB would be selfish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI0SNw7-v3w
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The Dutch isn't very good. I'd transcribe what he says in Dutch like this:
[ˈwɑn.əɹ hɛt ˈon.læŋs wɪɹd vɛɹˈnʉwt]
<wanneer het onlangs werd vernieuwd>

But first of all, it should be pronounced more like:
[wɑˈnɪɹ ət ɔnˈlɑŋs wɛɹt vəɹˈniuwt]

And secondly, it's translated wrong, the correct translation being:
<wanneer was het voor het laatst vernieuwd>
[wɑˈnɪːɹ ˈwɑst ˈvɔːɹ ət ˈlast vəɹˈniuwt]
(Note that <het> is almost always [t] or [ət], not [hɛt] as you'd expect.)

The other languages also seem off, but I can't comment much about that.

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That is really not funny.

And it's bad acting.
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The Spanish speaking guy's German pronunciation has a strong accent but would be understandable. However, "Sie sind ernst." doesn't mean "Are you serious". It means "You're being serious." Kiiinda funny. Kiiiiiiinda.

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Very, very old. Also not that funny.

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Wow, tough crowd!

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I demand that you present that video in Mandarin Chinese! :D
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Amusing.

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