Which nationality speaks the worst English?

Question

Which nationality speaks the worst English?

Answer 1

Americans .. because they have all kinds of accents there (Asian, Italian, Indian, Arab) =D

Answer 2

The Germans, they always make it sound so brutal with their guttural sounds.

BUT =

The Italians always make it sound humorous.

The French make it sound romantic.

@ no offence meant.

Answer 3

Sri Lankens totally get me laughing with their compulsive head movements whenever they say something....far worse than Pakistanis.

I really hate New York /Yiddish accent. ......just the thought of it grates on my brain.

I find the Dutch/English accent pretty annoying too,its worse than German/English.

Answer 4

OMG - I would say definitely Indians and Chinese.  I think Indians have the worst accents (no offense - trust me on that - I am one).  Chinese have the worst grammar, which compounded by their accent is real bad.

Indians who are at call centers, their English is decent - their accent HORRIBLE! They are made to pick an western name because most of the world cannot say their Indian names. This it to make it easier on the western clientele.  

@ Tumb Raider - I loved your youtube clips, they made me laugh and smile as I have heard English spoken like that by Egyptians.  It is endearing.

Answer 5

Indians and Asians,

Answer 6

Indians and Chinese that are state educated and have a deep accent

What worse is when you get through on the phone to an Indian speaking call centre and the female has changed her name to Anne and the guy to David- when you know your talking to Mohammed Iqbal sharif Omar Ali and Leila Maha Roohi

I just ask them what the real name is - you see they most probably found that people cant say the names correctly so they changed them.

Answer 7

Not sure, I have deal with all kinds of nationalities and I always come across people that makes me think this is it, then the next day a worse one comes.

Answer 8

I don't think they speak the worst English but it is really funny and i hadn't noticed till i watched these 2 clips that how they speak English was funny.  

Watch the first clip all the way through it gets to the point and worth it.  

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YVubYwzRfV...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TrfBPGFYdR...

Answer 9

Well Hamish the sheep lover does make a good point, that we Americans have atrocious English.  But at least other English speaking ppl can understand it, unlike most of the Scots, Irish, and some of the Cornish persons I have heard over in the "Old Country".

However, we have completely done a poor job of instructing our children in English in this country, my wife and I both know it so we are doing what we can.  We are raising a child who speaks it better than we do, which means we have to work REALLY hard to kill all the bad English she hears at school.