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Dbutkus Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

I WANT AN AMERICAN ACCENT!

0Any type, Southern, NY, Mid-Western, Hawaiian, I just need an accent so I converse with my American friends about sports and be taken seriously!02br
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00Need drama or speech tutor in Birmingham, UK to help me out!0-
  

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0 Hi,02br 00"be taken seriously"? 02br 00"Drama or speech tutor in Birmingham"? Why?

— Kooyeen

  • 0 Hi,02br 00"be taken seriously"?
  • 02br 00"Drama or speech tutor in Birmingham"?
  • Why?
  • Are you in Birmingham?
  • 02br 02br 00Sorry, I can't understand exaclty what you need, the way I see it, maybe you live in the UK and have a strong kind of British accent that makes you feel a little awkward when you talk with your American friends.
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0 Hi,02br
00"be taken seriously"? Why does it have to do with American accent?02br
00"Drama or speech tutor in Birmingham"? Why? Are you in Birmingham? Are you a native speaker of British English?02br
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00Sorry, I can't understand exaclty what you need, the way I see it, maybe you live in the UK and have a strong kind of British accent that makes yo
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0Hi Kooyeen,02br
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00what's the name of this book?02br
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0Hi!02br
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00I'm learning english too and when I'm staying at home, I hear and watch english sound and movies, without subtitles, so I try to understand the words, the pronunciation ... and it's very funny. Try it. 050010id1
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01cite10Gaia7412cite10Hi Kooyeen,12br
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10what's the name of this book?12br
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00it's American Accent Training, by Ann Cook. It comes with some CDs. I don't know if there are other that could be better, but I know that's a v
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0How fantastic! I have to try it immediately.02br
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00One question: you have said me that the accent in Boston is very difficult ... what do you mean?02br
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00I'm going to stay two days in boston and my friend doesn't speak english at all ... I'm a bit afraid! 05002br
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00How do you pronunce " driver's licence"?02br
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01cite10Gaia7412cite10One question: you have said me that the accent in Boston is very difficult ... what do you mean?12blockquote
10Well, no, I don't think it's difficult to understand (or at least I hope so 05200), it's just that I heard that there are some features in that accent that some Americans find strange, u
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0Thank's Kooyen!02br
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00Meantime I have read a post of nona the brit about an internet site (05100) and I assure you that it's very useful.02br
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00I know how to read IPA transcription, but it is a bit difficult to memorize the pronunciation if you don't have ever hear the word.02br
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00Thanks to your councils I am impr
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01cite10Gaia7412cite10(15310) and I assure you that it's very useful.12blockquote
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00I knew of that website, it's a good one Nona once found out. Well, it's not very useful to me, for example... That tool pronounces words with a British accent and... I'm learning American English! 05001blockqu
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0Hi again!02br
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00You SHOULD correct me! I have thought at the word "tip" at first, but I was not so sure and I tried to make the translation with Google and so I have found "council" ... 05002br
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00Can I use the word tip if I want to describe the amount of money that I want to give at the waiter? 010id6
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0 >> Maybe other non-Italian people wouldn't understand what "councils" means in that context, so I just wanted point that out. 02<<
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00Well, I'm sure everyone understood what he meant because it sounds exactly like the word "counsel" which basically means "advice". However, it sounds slightly archaic or overly formal to use in this situation. 0-
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