Comments on: it’s kind of like a spanish vampire

By: tom

tom — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:20:55 +0000

Is it just the trill on the R, though? I get the feeling that this pronunciation of “carne” was mandated by Taco Bell. But I think the rest of the accent is fake, too (mainly because I’m pretty I’ve heard this voiceover guy before, and he doesn’t usually have an accent).

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:13:27 +0000

But if a lion could talk, could we understand him?

(True story: Until mid-1999, I thought that Wittgenstein was actually asking "If a line could talk, could we understand it?" Which in my opinion is also a fairly relevant question.)

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:08:37 +0000

Agree with Karen. You wouldn’t trill a single r in the middle of a word. Also, he almost seems to say “da bun” or “deh bun” at the end, revealing that he’s actually from Chicago or Philly.
Also: lions can’t really talk.

By: Karen, SPANISH LINGUIST

Karen, SPANISH LINGUIST — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:49:38 +0000

it should be a flap, not a trill (r, not rr).

By: teofilo

teofilo — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:46:32 +0000

Yup, sounds pretty fake.