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Baski Posted 21 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

How to get rid of Indian Accent

0 Hi there, 02br
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00Please suggest me the ways to get rid of Indian Accent. Any tips,suggestions, links will be appreciated. 0-
  

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0 Welcome Baski. The best way to become a fluent speaker in any language is to practise practise practise. You need to speak and listen at every opportunity.

  • 0 Welcome Baski.
  • The best way to become a fluent speaker in any language is to practise practise practise.
  • You need to speak and listen at every opportunity.
  • Try to listen to the accent you want to speak with (BrE or AmE).
  • Have a look at this 05000 for some free sites.
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0 Welcome Baski. The best way to become a fluent speaker in any language is to practise practise practise. You need to speak and listen at every opportunity. Try to listen to the accent you want to speak with (BrE or AmE). Have a look at this 05000 for some free sites. 040pid102212
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0 Thank you Abbie, I live in Los Angeles and obviously I am working on AmE. Thanks for your message and time. 0-
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If i were you, i wouldnt worry about indian accent. My assistant manager is American. She picks on me all the time just because I look like an Indian. Some people act like they cant understand you just because simply they dont like your race. They are just being bitchy. You just have to ignore those kind of Americans. I have lived in American 16 years. I have lived in american longer than i
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I meant to say I have lived in America ( American -> mistyped) about 16+ years. I have lived in America (American-> mistyped) longer than I have lived in India.
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I dont know man ....i guess u probably will have to talk to someone that doesnt have the accent and through the course of time u might get better !
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Some of my friends in India have told me this was a helpful resources for understanding the basic sounds of American English.
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There are phonetic and structural differences between Indian accents and American or British ones. The way Indians join words, the intonation patterns and weak/strong forms are all different. Phonetically Indians do not use long sounds or diphthongs.

All of these elements contribute to confusion between speakers. The best way to overcome these is to study the differences and learn how
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I am also facing the same problem with Bangladeshi accent
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I am from California and a speaker of English and Punjabi. If you are trying to speak in an American accent, you might try to half-pronounce the letters as compared to Indian languages such as Punjabi where every letter is fully pronounced ending with an "ah" sound. If you really want to sound American, don't make the "ah" sound after every letter like they do on the Indian channel. So for exampl
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I'm a Texas born US Citizen. Some people have problems understanding Texans, so I can sympathize.

I've worked in tech for 20+ years and work extensively with east Indians and, according to my Indian friends, have developed a perfect Indian English accent. Here are my suggestions on getting rid of common Indian accent issues:

In general, don't move your lower jaw back when spea

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