Parler francais comme un vache espagnol

[nisse]

I was translating this expression for class, and came across this post on a french translation forum:


I have seen these:
He speaks English like a Spanish cow (this is the most common)
He speaks English like a Grizzly
He speaks English like if he have a d**k in his mouth
He speaks English like chief inspector Clouseau
He speaks English like a fa**ot
He speaks english like a retard with no tongue
... and maybe this means the same:
He speaks English like an American teenager

By the way, in Finland's Swedish "he speaks Swedish like a horse" (han talar svenska som en häst) means that he speaks Swedish very fluently.


I thought the note at the bottom was very interesting.


Are there similar expression in your language?

[Comte Arnau]

Actually, even if parler français comme une vache espagnole translates literally as 'to speak French like a Spanish cow', it's in theory a corruption of parler français comme un basque espagnol, 'to speak French like a Spanish Basque'.