Stop Massacring English!
We all know English people are awful in French but the French aren't doing much better. We made this series of videos to poke fun at a few words the French typically screw up. French pronunciation of English and vice-versa will never stop being good material. We thought it was funny to take some proper old school films from last century and overdub a bit of comedy. We aren't the first to do this and I hope we aren't the last. Tell us what you think in the comments below.
'Bitch' and 'Beach' are classic candidates for confusion. The French palette it would seem isn't adapted for the longer vowel sound in 'Beach' and typically it comes out more like 'Bitch' which can be unfortunate depending on the situation. Here we find a couple from some B grade film being hijacked for humour's sake. Pretty sure her accent would have been possibly a little different but we did our best.
Surely learning a language like English requires speaking dirty or slang English since we all speak it in real life. We are against massacring English (or any language for that matter) and the best way to do it is learn real English from the street. That includes pronouncing and practicing slang and swearing like a normal Anglophone.
We came up with an iPhone app to help French and anyone learning English how to stop accidentally speaking slang and swearing in English and start cursing properly. That way, you will know when you are saying all words right.
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Dirty Polly - Speak Dirty English like Mega Stars
Audience: People learning English as a second language
Learn to pronounce and speak like the mega stars. 125 real celebrity quotes by people like Paris Hilton, Eminem and Nicki Minaj and 23 other famous people
Who would use this?
People anywhere who want to learn real street English as a second language. We believe this is the first app of its kind that concentrates on what English speakers really say. You won’t learn these phrases with Duolingo or Babbel.
Thank you very much for taking the time to look at Dirty Polly accent coach. We’ve tried to make it as easy as possible for you, everything you might need is listed below including links to image assets, videos and info you might want to include.
What do users have to do?
Choose the mega star you want to learn from, tap the microphone button and say the phrase written above. Dirty Polly will analyse your voice and tell you which words you said incorrectly. Keep trying until you improve your pronunciation of the phrase.
What sort of app is it?
A fun app that seriously teaches English pronunciation using voice recognition. Users immitate125 real celebrity quotes by people like Paris Hilton, Eminem and Nicki Minaj and 23 other famous people. Our speech engine is powered by Nuance who make Siri for the iPhone. Improve your accent by speaking and getting corrected.
Why should anyone care?
Anyone who has learned English from a text book knows that most people don’t use academic language in the street in real life. Learning risqué phrases from celebrities is a fun way to solve that problem and speak like a normal anglophone.
Key Features
• Exclusive to iOS and apple
• 5 dirty English themes that get harder and harder
• 125 daily high usage slang English phrases
• Quote origin information
• Bookmark tricky phrases to practice later
• Level statistics and leaderboard to compare results
• Great for all ages, easy to learn
• Super accurate voice recognition by Nuance
• Improve pronunciation with feedback phrase by phrase
• Absolutely NO ads and NO restricting IAP’s
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- You speak the English phrase into the app
- The app tells you which words you pronounced badly
- You see which words are wrong and try again
- Practice on your own until you get it right
- Super accurate voice recognition
- I can see if I use it a lot my accent will improve
- great to avoid saying things like 'bitch' when you mean 'beach'
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