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Pennywize Posted 12 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Can you please evaluate my accent
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Hello! Can you listen to little record of my speaking and a piece of reading to say couple words about pronuciation. Do I sound clear? And is my mother tongue obvious? : )
Thank you in advance!
The paragraph I read:
The appearance of our visitor was a surprise to me, since I had expected a typical country practitioner. He was a very tall, thin man, with a long nose like a beak, which jutted out between two keen, gray eyes, set closely together and sparkling brightly from behind a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He was clad in a professional but rather slovenly fashion, for his frock-coat was dingy and his trousers frayed. Though young, his long back was already bowed, and he walked with a forward thrust of his head and a general air of peering benevolence. As he entered his eyes fell upon
Hello! Can you listen to little record of my speaking and a piece of reading to say couple words about pronuciation. Do I sound clear? And is my mother tongue obvious? : )
Thank you in advance!
The paragraph I read:
The appearance of our visitor was a surprise to me, since I had expected a typical country practitioner. He was a very tall, thin man, with a long nose like a beak, which jutted out between two keen, gray eyes, set closely together and sparkling brightly from behind a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He was clad in a professional but rather slovenly fashion, for his frock-coat was dingy and his trousers frayed. Though young, his long back was already bowed, and he walked with a forward thrust of his head and a general air of peering benevolence. As he entered his eyes fell upon
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Hello, pennywize—and welcome to English Forums. Your speech is quite pleasant, and it is obvious that you have been studying British English, which in fact (to these American ears) often overrides your Slavic accent. Your pronunciation is quite clear and generally accurate, though you seem to have learned mispronunciation of some words, like 'dingy', 'beak' and 'though'.
- Hello, pennywize—and welcome to English Forums.
- Your speech is quite pleasant, and it is obvious that you have been studying British English, which in fact (to these American ears) often overrides your Slavic accent.
- Your pronunciation is quite clear and generally accurate, though you seem to have learned mispronunciation of some words, like 'dingy', 'beak' and 'though'.
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Hello, pennywize—and welcome to English Forums.
Your speech is quite pleasant, and it is obvious that you have been studying British English, which in fact (to these American ears) often overrides your Slavic accent. Your pronunciation is quite clear and generally accurate, though you seem to have learned mispronunciation of some words, like 'dingy', 'beak' and 'though'.
Your speech is quite pleasant, and it is obvious that you have been studying British English, which in fact (to these American ears) often overrides your Slavic accent. Your pronunciation is quite clear and generally accurate, though you seem to have learned mispronunciation of some words, like 'dingy', 'beak' and 'though'.
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Thank you a lot for your opinion. You just affirmed my fears concerning my pretended British accent 
. Even my ears find it strange,
. Even my ears find it strange, 0
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