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Mosca Posted 17 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Where's this ae accent from?
Need help/comments on wherefrom the speaker in this clip might come from??
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Hi, I fixed the clip. You should put the link between Your browser does not properly support audio yet. Listen: [ogg] or [mp3] tags (but without spaces inside the tag) I don't know where he might come from (but definitely either the US or Canada if he's a native speaker).
- Hi, I fixed the clip.
- You should put the link between Your browser does not properly support audio yet.
- Listen: [ogg] or [mp3] tags (but without spaces inside the tag) I don't know where he might come from (but definitely either the US or Canada if he's a native speaker).
- He just seemed to be like a random American guy, but then I listened closely to what he was saying, and I noticed a couple of "werid" things in the last part: He says "oppor-choonity" He aspirates a final T in "great run" He seems to use a different vowel in "got started", in "got", probably too rounded.
- That's my impression, but remember I'm not a native speaker.
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Hey thank, cool you helped out with the clip. Hm, also he doesn't seem to cap the t's. Perhaps CalifJim or someone will comment on it.
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My guess is that one of the following is true.
1) He's not from the U.S., but he learned English very, very early in life.
2) He's from the U.S., but has picked up a tiny bit of the accent of his immigrant parents.
3) He's from the U.S., but has a distinctive, idiosyncratic way of pronouncing certain sounds and of phrasing his words.
He doesn't have any of the major A
1) He's not from the U.S., but he learned English very, very early in life.
2) He's from the U.S., but has picked up a tiny bit of the accent of his immigrant parents.
3) He's from the U.S., but has a distinctive, idiosyncratic way of pronouncing certain sounds and of phrasing his words.
He doesn't have any of the major A
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Thanks, very interesting analysis. I'm trying to listen for the lengthening of the m in time, but cannot hear it (I'm Scandinavinan so perhaps that might be why
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