One time, a French kid at summer camp told me that Americans sound like ducks when they speak English.
I took this tragic news in stride and carried on with the rest of my life.
But deep down inside, I couldn't help but wonder if non-English speakers heard loud, obnoxious quacks coming out of our mouths whenever we spoke.
Years later (aka this morning), I came across a TikTok by 24-year-old Diego Rivas that finally answered my question!
In the video, Rivas speaks gibberish in an American accent, and he does not sound like a duck — thus proving that Pierre was wrong all along!
Rivas was born in Venezuela, but has lived in Texas for most of his life. "I speak Spanish, Portuguese, French and, of course, English," he told BuzzFeed. "I love languages in general and I would love to learn German, Arabic, and Vietnamese."
