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Thread: Do Palestinians speak Arabic and English with a Greek accent?

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    Default Do Palestinians speak Arabic and English with a Greek accent?

    Some girl on a Facebook group, a Jewish girl who has traveled to Palestine, thinks they do.

    I informed her there is NO possible way this could be true. Greek in fact sounds a lot like Spanish when spoken, while Palestine has had no Greek influence since the Arab conquest.

    It is highly implausible. This sounds much like other Arabic dialects and I do not hear a single bit of similarity.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNjfM10g4pQ
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA9HywaUroU

    Now compare to Greek... it sounds like incomprehensible Spanish, with some vague "East Euro" sound mixed into it. The accent in English sounds Spanish too.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfT3td7iuBo
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o8NcTiXGYI

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    The Greek mother in the first video is an islander, by the way. The daughter is likely only half Greek from that mother.

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    No, it doesn't have a Greek accent.
    In order to have a Greek accent, you have to have same sounds in your language, and only Spanish is remotely close.
    Quote Originally Posted by peaceandfriendship View Post
    BTW - you having a picture of Pyrrhus as your avatar is the Albanian equivalent of Michael Jackson bleaching his skin white.

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    I think yes , sham area ... syria , palestine and lebanon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sikeliot View Post
    The Greek mother in the first video is an islander, by the way. The daughter is likely only half Greek from that mother.
    They both look Palestinian.

    I don't see how Palestinians might have a Greek accent, although both Arabic and Hebrew have been influenced by Greek.

    But they do sound somehow closer to Greek than Morocco arabic for example, or it might be my imagination.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Queen B View Post
    No, it doesn't have a Greek accent.
    In order to have a Greek accent, you have to have same sounds in your language, and only Spanish is remotely close.
    Yes. I don't think Palestinians sound Greek when speaking English either. I do however think Maltese accents (both in Maltese and English) sound somewhat Levantine Arabic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raine View Post
    They both look Palestinian.
    The daughter cannot be proven to be full Greek, but the mother does not look Palestinian.

    Everyone is Greek according to you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sikeliot View Post
    The daughter cannot be proven to be full Greek, but the mother does not look Palestinian.
    They sound Cypriot with some foreign accent that I can't place it anywhere.

    You're such a good provocateur

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raine View Post
    They sound Cypriot with some foreign accent that I can't place it anywhere.

    You're such a good provocateur
    They might be Pontic or Cypriot. All I know is the accent does not sound Palestinian at all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sikeliot View Post
    They might be Pontic or Cypriot. All I know is the accent does not sound Palestinian at all.
    Cypriot.
    The ''Oh Panaia mou'' in the start gives it away.

    Anyway, nowhere near Palestinian .
    Quote Originally Posted by peaceandfriendship View Post
    BTW - you having a picture of Pyrrhus as your avatar is the Albanian equivalent of Michael Jackson bleaching his skin white.

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