Thursday, December 17, 2009

Prisencolinen Sinainciusol [What English Sounds like to Foreigners]




This crazy song was written by Adriano Celantano in 1972 to show English-speakers what they sound like to un-comprehending foreigners. If you kind of zone out and let your mind go, you might actually mistake it for English. That’s because the song is composed of English phonemes (the sounds that make up our language) that have been jumbled up into jibberish.

There's that Shazam iPhone app that can recognize music, and it actually got this: Prisencolinen Sinainciusol by Adriano Celentano.

14 comments:

Galspanic said...

Why'd they go through all that effort just to make such a simple point? What was the point exactly?

Pretty cool song, though.

Mr. Pony said...

Waaaait a minute, is this the equivalent of a kid from Texas pulling his eyes back with his palms and saying, "Hooooo! Ching chong ching chong! Ahhh SOOOOO!"

Litcube said...

That's awesome dancing. I now long for the 70s.

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Mr. Pony said...

what in the fucking fucking hell

Litcube said...

I can't stop watching this.

Litcube said...

Did Madonna try to revive some of the dance moves of the 70s during her Ray of Light era? A lot of these movements seem similar to what she was doing then.

Litcube said...

It's a slow day at work.

Litcube said...

I need this song. I want to F with its EQ.

Fugu said...

OS-X provides! There's mp3 and an mp4 versions in the google group. ^_^

Litcube said...

Thanks, dude. Did you record direct from the vid?

Fugu said...

Direct from the vid. Glad it worked... I half remembered the google group thing not liking mp3s.

On a related note, Pony, since you've got the p.o.t. e-mail address: how about getting a shared piecesofthings dropbox going? You guys think that might be useful?

Mr. Pony said...

Done! The two of you have invites, as well as a bunch of other people. If you didn't get one, let me know, I may have gotten your address wrong. The Dropbox is here.

Fugu said...

Coooool. I'm sure this will be useful for something important, someday. Thanks!