Alizee's English?

[Människöpesten]

twilight makes me angry.

[Tchaikovsky]

Originally Posted by Människöpesten

twilight makes me angry.

See post #53

[Deepwaters]

Originally Posted by Rictor

Those are exactly the reasons why. But it makes sense now that I put everything together. And Lilly has mentioned on several occasions that she likes "nice" guys. I don't think it's just "nice" that she likes. She's probably into really bitch assed dudes. Think about it - Jeremy basically looks like an emo pansy, but for some reason this is like the new wave of guys that do in fact attract girls. I find it amazing though that there aren't even too many real men out there anymore. Too many guys bowing down to the almighty vagina.

Is this meant to be taken seriously?

FTR, I've never seen or read Twilight and so can't really comment on it. I just am not surprised that Alizée likes it because it's reputedly romantic and about supernatural stuff, which strikes me as a good combination for attracting her interest.

[User22]

....I am away for 2 days and you turn this amazing thread into a Twilight thread

[lefty12357]

Originally Posted by Aaronius31

....I am away for 2 days and you turn this amazing thread into a Twilight thread

Ha Ha yeah ! The "Introduce Yourself" thread was going off topic into a discussion about Alizée's English, so I sort of steered that conversation over to this "Alizée's English" thread. Seems like a smart thing to do, right? Wrong ! Because now it almost immediately turned this thread into a Twilight thread. We are hopeless at staying on topic at AAm.

[Marquis<3Alizée]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo please no talk about Twilight here I hate everything about Twilight!!!!

[Deepwaters]

Well, what is there to say about Alizée's command of English? She's not fluent, but she speaks the language moderately well, and her French accent is adorable. There. Done. Nothing more to say.

So naturally it spins off into other subjects, such as her taste in literature, television, and men.

[lefty12357]

Actually, all kidding aside, Lizbel asked the following question:

I have a question : do you think that Alizée's accent is good in English ? Some critics say that it's awful, but I don't think it's so terrible. And, another question ^^ : what do you think of the english songs' lyrics ('I'm not twenty", "Limelight"...).

I thought it was a good question that could spark a bit of discussion. Seeing as how Lizbel is French, I suppose she might like to get our take on it from the point of view of native English speakers.

[Marquis<3Alizée]

Originally Posted by Lizbel

Twilight is popular in France, a lot of girls love the films and books (not me, I didn't even read or watch one of them. I love vampire stories, so I'm happy to see they are popular thanks to Twilight, but... because of Twilight there are a lot of "Dark kiss" books.
Does Alizée like Twilight ? If I remember she said that she does.

Nooooo not Alizée.Hey what the heck it's a chick flick of course she's going to like it haha.

[Deepwaters]

Originally Posted by lefty12357

I thought it was a good question that could spark a bit of discussion. Seeing as how Lizbel is French, I suppose she might like to get our take on it from the point of view of native English speakers.

Ah, tu as raison. Very well, I'll be serious for a moment.

I agree with Lizbel. Alizée's accent is certainly noticeable but it's not "awful." In fact, when you consider how widely English pronunciation varies among native Anglophones, the only way that a foreign accent should be considered "awful" in my opinion is if one can't be understood. I can understand Alizée's English without difficulty. I find it easier to understand her than I do someone from London's East End who is speaking rapidly.

As for the lyrics of the English songs in Alizée's albums, I am not really happy with any of them to be honest. Limelight is the best in that it avoids the pure awkwardness of some of the expressions in I'm Not Twenty and I'm Fed Up. But it's still not that good. (The music of Limelight is excellent, though.) It's very difficult to write poetry (which is what song lyrics are) in a foreign language.

In the future, if Alizée wishes to sing songs of her own (not covers) in English, I would suggest that she get an English-speaking poet to write them. Me, for example.