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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Is he a native speaker of English?
Hello,
Could you please listen to this recording (http://vocaroo.com/i/s0utslPvFEge) and tell me whether you think he is a native speaker of English or not? Does his speech have any trace of a foreign accent?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Could you please listen to this recording (http://vocaroo.com/i/s0utslPvFEge) and tell me whether you think he is a native speaker of English or not? Does his speech have any trace of a foreign accent?
Thank you in advance for your help.
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His pronunciation is excellent, but I would guess he is not a native speaker. However, it could be that the recording quality is making his speech sound "off", or he is a native speaker with a regional accent I'm not familiar with.
- His pronunciation is excellent, but I would guess he is not a native speaker.
- However, it could be that the recording quality is making his speech sound "off", or he is a native speaker with a regional accent I'm not familiar with.
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His pronunciation is excellent, but I would guess he is not a native speaker. However, it could be that the recording quality is making his speech sound "off", or he is a native speaker with a regional accent I'm not familiar with.
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Thank you for your reply, Blue Jay!
That recording was posted first on an anonymous Japanese forum, and I thought he was a Japanese guy with exceptional skills in pronouncing English, partially because his Japanese writing was too perfect to be non-Japanese, but then he said he was a native speaker of English and insisted that he had correctly pronounced every sound in the recording. I'm
That recording was posted first on an anonymous Japanese forum, and I thought he was a Japanese guy with exceptional skills in pronouncing English, partially because his Japanese writing was too perfect to be non-Japanese, but then he said he was a native speaker of English and insisted that he had correctly pronounced every sound in the recording. I'm
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AnonymousThat person sounds completely American.He sounds American in some places, but not in others. Listen to her and station in the last sentence, for instance. When I hear someone whose accent is inconsistent I tend to assume they are non-native, but I've come across Americans who don't sound typically American, for example Caj
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Blue JayHe sounds American in some places, but not in others. Listen to her and station in the last sentence, for instance.Yes, the word her was a bit wobbly.
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