Nobody can question Albert Einstein’s (1879-1955) accent. Unfortunately, Turkish people and many other English as a Second Language people (ESL / L2) feels its a problem.
When I first heard Einstein voice I was disappointed. After a time, I thought again and I disappointed again. But this time, just for myself. He was my childhood hero and I always imagine him talking like sarcastic fluent and small witty jokes. Somehow, I believed that smart people are fluent assholes. But he wasn’t. He is quite gentile and speak English with heavy local accent like everyone who is self-confident. I mean after all these years, he gave me another lesson. Thank you Albert, sleep in science.
There are another life lessons from Albert Einstein. If you’d like to read.
- I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
- It’s not that I’m so smart; it’s just that I stay with problems longer.
- Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.
- Imagination is Powerful: “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions. Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
- Make Mistakes: “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
- I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
- Create Value: “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”
- Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
- Knowledge Comes From Experience: “Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience.”
- Learn the Rules and Then Play Better: “You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
Noah Edelson
Einstein was sarcastic and had much wry, dark humor that is easily discernible in his various quotes. He wasn’t a fluent English speaker or writer, though.. he only moved the the USA when he was 54- Hitler had put a $100000 bounty on his life and the Nazis had seized his bank account, so it was time to move on. :) He didn’t have much reason to learn English before that- German was the language of science at that point. (He did pick up a bit of French, Latin, and English before fleeing from the Nazis, but not enough to be fluent. ) He would get other people to translate his German to English for him.. a benefit of being
Ozgur Serdar
Such a beautiful addition thank you. :D