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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Judge my accent

Hi there,

I've lived in Canada and I'd like to have my accent evaluated with honesty, and compared to that of people from North America. Thanks

Link:

https://voca.ro/12ZbhrAFRXEr
  

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anonymous I've lived in Canada and I'd like to have my accent evaluated with honesty, and compared to that of people from North America. Thanks I'm an American, Middle Atlantic. You have a mild foreign accent, but I can't tell what it is.

— Anonymous

  • anonymous I've lived in Canada and I'd like to have my accent evaluated with honesty, and compared to that of people from North America.
  • Thanks I'm an American, Middle Atlantic.
  • You have a mild foreign accent, but I can't tell what it is.
  • The main problem I hear is your short "i", which you pronounce as a long "e".
  • All unstressed vowels in English are schwas.
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anonymousI've lived in Canada and I'd like to have my accent evaluated with honesty, and compared to that of people from North America. Thanks

I'm an American, Middle Atlantic. You have a mild foreign accent, but I can't tell what it is. The main problem I hear is your short "i", which you pronounce as a long "e". All unstressed vowels in English are schwas

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I went to the link to take a listen to your short audio clip Here is my honest opinion. For someone with ESL background, your grammar in the short audio is fine. You said you have been to the US and Canada. My immediate question is, do you mean you had lived in these two countries for a while, or you meant you had visited them? Your pace of the speech was deliberately slowed down to mask the

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