Michael & Alicia Fassbender ~ A Loving Couple Thread

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#271
I can´t really comment on German because I have never learned that:smile1: I asked my husband who learned German in school many years ago and he tried to explain to me the difference Swedish/German.
It´s the same language family: German, Swedish, English: but not so much in commom, for me it´s hard with the word order.

You are right BagBerry, in swedish we have a lot of consonant combination that are VERY hard to learn: tj ,stj ,skj, sj ....... this is a few example that can drive you nuts :graucho:
I know because I meet a lot of children from other countries and they think this is so difficult.
 
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SusanBeach said:
I can´t really comment on German because I have never learned that:smile1: I asked my husband who learned German in school many years ago and he tried to explain to me the difference Swedish/German.
It´s the same language family: German, Swedish, English: but not so much in commom, for me it´s hard with the word order.

You are right BagBerry, in swedish we have a lot of consonant combination that are VERY hard to learn: tj ,stj ,skj, sj ....... this is a few example that can drive you nuts :graucho:
I know because I meet a lot of children from other countries and they think this is so difficult.
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Yeah, almost all Scandinavian languages are Germanic as well as German and Dutch. Therefore people from these countries have it easier to understand certain aspects of the language. We, for example, have it easier to understand Afrikaans because it originates from Dutch.

But the word order is similar from what I have seen, isn't it? It's not as static as in English or French, right? In German and Swedish you can build the sentence as you like as long as it still makes sense. Recently I've read a funny post on tumblr about how you can't interrupt a German because you don't know enough about what they wanna say until you know the verb. I found that funny because it's so true.

I call them the "spit noises" because that's how it sounds to me. Another mean thing with Swedish is that certain letter combinations get pronounced differently such as 'sk'. Sometimes it's like 'sch' then 'sk' and then it's something else and you never know which one it is until you know the language pretty well.
Rumour has it they wanna offer a Swedish course here at the university next year. If it happens I'm gonna take it because it'll be fun. And it's what we call a "minority language" and this gives you advantages on the job market (at least with what I wanna do).
 
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Kyoko Karenina said:
And no, I am not fully appreciating the difference in European and American cultures, because mostly what I end up talking about pertains to Hollywood, or showbiz, which is its own culture entirely. Kind of like the Vatican, lol.
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It doesn't seem to me that the Vatican City State has a different culture... :D
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Well, I've seen one post other than mine that was deleted that didn't break the rules. I know because I read the rules before I posted, after I saw that deleted comment. In fact, a copy of the rules was my very second post. So I'm quite familiar with the rules, thanks. And there is no rule about libelous language (that phrase is never specifically used, probably because this is a gossip forum so it would be hard to prove libel), and the only rule pertaining to other posters is "don't be mean". Clearly, "meanness" subjective. But again, okay.
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"Don't be mean"... Right. Well,I'd say this is a good rule.
I've seen only three posts being deleted here. All these posts were deleted during the same day. The first post was mean (and libelous).That person was mean again and her post was deleted again. "Meanness" is not always subjective... The account was deactivated too. I've never seen people censored just for a negative opinion.There're other regular posters who don't like her. It's not a problem at all.
 
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/m...rtrayed-denmarks-queen-is-screen-royalty.html
No one does tragedy like Alicia Vikander,” Mr. Kent added. “No one does pain and struggle like she does. It’s partly her eyes, which are these big, doelike wells of emotion and sadness. You feel that she’s got all this thought process going on behind them.”
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This tweet made me laugh,I've found it again: :laugh:
https://twitter.com/josekicksass/status/603357933532016640?s=09
Mark my words: Alicia Vikander will become the best new screen cryer. Her tears are like beautiful pearl-shaped heartbreak #TestamentofYouth
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mollie12 said:
I don't think her English accent in Testament of Youth is perfect. She definitely drops a few Swedish vowels here and there. But it's not distracting either. And judging by interviews, she's continued to improve.
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Maybe not perfect, but how many people speak perfect English anyway, including English people, lol. There's a massive variety of accents in the British Isles coupled with people who just don't enunciate very well. But her accent is entirely authentic and I maintain that most English people would categorize her as English hearing her speak.
 
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SusanBeach said:
I wonder when Alicia goes to NY, maybe she already are there but friday she was seen in London.

Looking forward to the premiere and interviews (I hope) with Kit Harington. I have seen Kit only in the GOH so for me it´s interesting see him in a whole new role.
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This might be an unpopular opinion but he does nothing to me in this movie. I'm leaning more toward taron egerton :p
 
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pennylane93 said:
This might be an unpopular opinion but he does nothing to me in this movie. I'm leaning more toward taron egerton :p
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I wasn't overly impressed by Kit either. It was a supporting role but he didn't make the character come alive for me and Alicia acted him off the screen. I'm not sure he has sufficient screen presence for films, well not based on this anyway. I liked Taron though.
 
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pearlyqueen said:
I wasn't overly impressed by Kit either. It was a supporting role but he didn't make the character come alive for me and Alicia acted him off the screen. I'm not sure he has sufficient screen presence for films, well not based on this anyway. I liked Taron though.
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Yep. Well, all of the male characters play second fiddle to alicia and she's the one who carries the movie. At least taron has good chemistry with her, kit just seems so wooden to me
 
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pearlyqueen said:
Maybe not perfect, but how many people speak perfect English anyway, including English people, lol. There's a massive variety of accents in the British Isles coupled with people who just don't enunciate very well. But her accent is entirely authentic and I maintain that most English people would categorize her as English hearing her speak.
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Do you think so? To me she is unmistakably not a native English speaker. The thing that's off about her accent mark her as coming from a Scandinavian or neighbouring European country. It's not really the kind of difference or irregularities you'd hear across English/American regional accents or dialects.

Although I'd rate her and most other Scandinavian actors' English as excellent I've never heard a Scandinavian/German/Dutch actor (other than Joel Kinnamen and Famke Jansen) able to mimic a good English or American accent to the degree that I'd believe them as a native speaker.

Famke Jansen's accent is remarkable. I was surprised to find out she was Dutch but supposedly Dutch is the easiest language to learn if you're a native English speaker and visa versa... so perhaps it's not too surprising.
 
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Singra said:
Do you think so? To me she is unmistakably not a native English speaker. The thing that's off about her accent mark her as coming from a Scandinavian or neighbouring European country. It's not really the kind of difference or irregularities you'd hear across English/American regional accents or dialects.

Although I'd rate her and most other Scandinavian actors' English as excellent I've never heard a Scandinavian/German/Dutch actor (other than Joel Kinnamen and Famke Jansen) able to mimic a good English or American accent to the degree that I'd believe them as a native speaker.

Famke Jansen's accent is remarkable. I was surprised to find out she was Dutch but supposedly Dutch is the easiest language to learn if you're a native English speaker and visa versa... so perhaps it's not too surprising.
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Diane Kruger?!?!
 
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Singra said:
Do you think so? To me she is unmistakably not a native English speaker. The thing that's off about her accent mark her as coming from a Scandinavian or neighbouring European country. It's not really the kind of difference or irregularities you'd hear across English/American regional accents or dialects.

Although I'd rate her and most other Scandinavian actors' English as excellent I've never heard a Scandinavian/German/Dutch actor (other than Joel Kinnamen and Famke Jansen) able to mimic a good English or American accent to the degree that I'd believe them as a native speaker.

Famke Jansen's accent is remarkable. I was surprised to find out she was Dutch but supposedly Dutch is the easiest language to learn if you're a native English speaker and visa versa... so perhaps it's not too surprising.
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Sorry, I don´t know who Famke Jansen is but Joel Kinnamans great English comes from his american father. Joel have double citizenship: Sweden+US :smile1:
 
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