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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
This has been bothering me for some time...
I'm not sure if I'm accented, but what's with my English? I always hear myself speaking perfect Standard AmE, but when I record, it sounds odd in some manners. What kind of English is that? Is it fluent? What to improve? Exercise tips?
Please, check it.
http://koti.mbnet.fi/nlitment/read.mp3
That's the first segment from Wikipedia's article of "banana".
In case you are about to ask, I'm from Finland. My real native tongue is Russian, as both of my parents speak it. My secondary pseudo-native tongue is Finnish, because I learned it since I actually live here, and of course, am fluent in it. My English... I learned it from the TV, actually. Cartoon Network, movies, everything on TV is in English - American English.
--"nlitement"
Please, check it.
http://koti.mbnet.fi/nlitment/read.mp3
That's the first segment from Wikipedia's article of "banana".
In case you are about to ask, I'm from Finland. My real native tongue is Russian, as both of my parents speak it. My secondary pseudo-native tongue is Finnish, because I learned it since I actually live here, and of course, am fluent in it. My English... I learned it from the TV, actually. Cartoon Network, movies, everything on TV is in English - American English.
--"nlitement"
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Hi, I'd say you speak with a sort of crossed American/north European accent (sorry I'm not familiar with a Finnish accent, I probably would have guessed at Norwegian/US). I like it though! There is a Smirnoff Ice ad in the UK at the moment as part of their 'Uri World' campaign and it reminds me of the actor's voice - but yours is a bit more US.
- Hi, I'd say you speak with a sort of crossed American/north European accent (sorry I'm not familiar with a Finnish accent, I probably would have guessed at Norwegian/US).
- I like it though!
- There is a Smirnoff Ice ad in the UK at the moment as part of their 'Uri World' campaign and it reminds me of the actor's voice - but yours is a bit more US.
- I think it is virtually impossible to lose all traces of a native accent - even people who move to other countries for 20/30+years still have a lot of their original accent.
- It is rare for anyone to pick up a totally natural 'other' accent without professional training (and plenty of professional actors mangle accents horribly) or living there as a young child.
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Hi,
I'd say you speak with a sort of crossed American/north European accent (sorry I'm not familiar with a Finnish accent, I probably would have guessed at Norwegian/US). I like it though! There is a Smirnoff Ice ad in the UK at the moment as part of their 'Uri World' campaign and it reminds me of the actor's voice - but yours is a bit more US.
I think it is virtually impossible
I'd say you speak with a sort of crossed American/north European accent (sorry I'm not familiar with a Finnish accent, I probably would have guessed at Norwegian/US). I like it though! There is a Smirnoff Ice ad in the UK at the moment as part of their 'Uri World' campaign and it reminds me of the actor's voice - but yours is a bit more US.
I think it is virtually impossible
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Can you give me some tips, then?
What should I train on? What do I do incorrectly?
What should I train on? What do I do incorrectly?
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Can others understand you? If they can you do not really have a problem. You can pronounce every word correctly, but still sound foreign. Very few people can sound like a native speaker, at least not for long periods. I think that speaking (and I am not referring here to using the right words but simply to articulation) a foreign language is a bit like playing a musical instrument. You can learn t
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Hi!
Thanks for the responses
Analyzing... I think my vowels are fine. But it seems that: L, D, T, lots or "rlrlrdt
Thanks for the responses
Analyzing... I think my vowels are fine. But it seems that: L, D, T, lots or "rlrlrdt
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