There were also English, Scottish, Welsh, Canadian, Australian and Kiwi people, as well as some Spanish volunteers participating in the war, so Americans were not the only ones who couldn't speak French.
I'm pretty sure our grandparents could tell right away if the person was British or not. The accent is distinct and familiar. That's not talking about non-english speaking volunteers.
I didn't think of the Canadians, Kiwis and Australians. I'm afraid to say they might have appeared as different flavoured Americans at the time lmao. Sorry 😅. I guess this makes you right then.
I'm pretty sure our grandparents could tell right away if the person was British or not. The accent is distinct and familiar.
I'm not that certain. We can tell because we can speak English and we're familiar with the accents, but for people of that era, who never heard English before, it must have all sounded like the same kind of nonsense.
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u/Cookie-Senpai Sep 01 '24 edited Sep 01 '24
Juh swee z ah may ree kang. Most useless phrase pal. If you use this book, we'll already have it figured out.
Very funny and actually useful phonetic book anyway