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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Accent Problem

Hi,

Basically, I am tamil medium student. I am familiar with english grammer and I can speak english efluently.Right now i am in singapore, my colleagues told me " sometimes we couldn't what you speak.you are speaking english as your language style ,try to change your style/ accent" I don't know how i am speaking, I am pushed to change my speaking style.Pls. anyone help in this.

Rajan
  

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Choose a model -- a person who speaks English well -- a native speaker of English. You can even choose a TV news person or actor. Imitate that person as closely as possible.

— CalifJim

  • Choose a model -- a person who speaks English well -- a native speaker of English.
  • You can even choose a TV news person or actor.
  • Imitate that person as closely as possible.
  • Practice one sentence at a time -- over and over.
  • Think of times when, as a child, you may have made fun of someone by imitating their words and tone of voice exactly!
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Choose a model -- a person who speaks English well -- a native speaker of English. You can even choose a TV news person or actor. Imitate that person as closely as possible. Practice one sentence at a time -- over and over.
Think of times when, as a child, you may have made fun of someone by imitating their words and tone of voice exactly! Sometimes we have to go back to childhood to
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CalifJimChoose a model -- a person who speaks English well -- a native speaker of English. You can even choose a TV news person or actor. Imitate that person as closely as possible. Practice one sentence at a time -- over and over.
can you imitate more than one person?
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You can imitate more than one person if they all have a similar accent.
It would be too confusing to imitate a man from Boston and a woman from Glasgow.
Choose someone of the same *** and age as you and with a pleasant voice and clear pronunciation. Someone like that would be a good model.

CJ
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CalifJimYou can imitate more than one person if they all have a similar accent.
It would be too confusing to imitate a man from Boston and a woman from Glasgow.
Choose someone of the same *** and age as you and with a pleasant voice and clear pronunciation. Someone like that would be a good model.

CJ

Isn't Queen Elizabeth a suitable
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Ha, Queen Elizabeth isn't a good role model speech-wise for anyone. I'd say about 0.00005% of British people speak with that accent and everyone else laughs at them.
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Hi Nona the Brit,

You wrote:
Ha, Queen Elizabeth isn't a good role model speech-wise for anyone. I'd say about 0.00005% of British people speak with that accent and everyone else laughs at them.
Haven't you noticed that HM the Queen speaks very clearly? When she makes a speech everyone understands what she says. Isn't that exactly what every speaker should strive fo
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No actually I wouldn't say she speaks very clearly. Some of the extreme RP pronounciation is quite odd. It is so clipped that some words are hard to understand.

If you think it is beautiful, that's fine. But this accent is the **** of many jokes. It is an extreme upper class accent that has only been spoken by a tiny minority, and even they are turning away from it in droves. You won't fi
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I strongly recommend Jeremy Irons or Clive Owen!!!
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00No actually I wouldn't say she speaks very clearly. Some of the extreme RP pronounciation is quite odd. It is so clipped that some words are hard to understand.02br
00 If you think it is beautiful, that's fine. But this accent is the **** of many jokes. It is an extr
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0 Don't confuse RP with URP - the queen doesn't speak normal RP. 0-
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