Comments on: Pierre speaks nippongo

By: P-A

P-A — Sun, 10 May 2009 16:07:44 +0000

Also french, speaking Japanese (see my blog..). The gentleman does definitely has some instruction to speak with such an accent.
Even my parents who don’t understand a word of the language do speak with such strange intonations.

Well, anything goes I guess to get the message accross.

P-A

By: Danx

Danx — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:03:31 +0000

I’m French, i speak japanese and believe me, that’s immpossible for a french guy to speak japanse with an accent like that lol.
Japanese language’s sounds or not so different than French.
They asked him to speak like that, for sure.

By: Haf

Haf — Sat, 09 May 2009 06:15:44 +0000

Makes my ears wanna shut down.

Well, I guess it’s like that in order to be funny and to give a comedic effect, but I find it rather tragic instead, especially the fact that they even added subtitles to what he’s saying.

By: Ken Y-N

Ken Y-N — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:40:22 +0000

I was going to send you that link! Also, there is a longer version of the CM where the second (or is that the third and the fourth?) of the plastic prostitutes is in an open-top car with another Frenchie.

By: Alec

Alec — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:03:42 +0000

I did an audition once for a Japanese commercial and they asked me to speak with a stronger foreign accent. A foreigner speaking Japanese well isn’t funny enough.

By: L33tminion

L33tminion — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:46:55 +0000

Intentionally exaggerated? ‘Cause I’ve certainly seen heavily French-accented English used for comedic effect.

By: sliders_alpha

sliders_alpha — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:20:43 +0000

he probably never heard japanese before

By: himawari

himawari — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:32:20 +0000

Hahaha yeah, this CM makes me cringe every time it comes on. I thought I was hearing Ikko-san the first time I heard it…