Björk

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Hello,

Can you understand easily when Björk is speaking ?

And if yes tell can you tell me what is your native tongue.

I'm a canadien french who is still learning english and it's not always easy for me to understand what she's saying.

Do you mean her songs? Because she sings in English, Icelandic and her own made up language!

Not when she sings but when she talks in interviews.

I almost never listen to the lyrics when I'm listening music, for a long time when I was hearing music in french I only heard sounds instead of words.

I can understand it.


I'm from London, England, surrounded by different accents - Bjork has a slight London/Estuary English quality to her voice - it's quite common with Danes as well to have those sounds in their speech too, particularly as she spent some time living in the UK, as well.

Am an English speaking American.

Never listened to her in an interview, but I do understand her english language lyric songs perfectly well.

She does have a unique way of framing the English language- Ill say that.

Notions that you can be "violently happy", or if you cross the narrator you might face "an army of me [her]" are rather mind bending to say the least. But I have no problem understanding her words.

Was listening to Crystalline today actually. Didn't catch all the lyrics but that's common with many singers.

I have heard Icelanders including Bjork being interviewed and I can follow their accent and understand them.