Trying to have neutral Accent

[CaseOfInsanity]

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Hi guys

I'm here to get some feedback on my accent

It would be great to be able to have more neutral accent than having people judge you based on how you sound.

Maybe I could also give feedback to the people replying to me.

Cheers

[Beeesneees]

Hello CaseOfInsanity,

It sounds to me as if you are aiming for an American/Canadian accent.

Personally, I like it when people maintain a trace of their own native accent. It adds to the interest. Besides, there are many dialects and accent variations, even within the UK and the US.

What's important is that you are easy to understand.
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Cheers m' dears!

[CaseOfInsanity]

Hi there Beeesneees

Thanks for the reply.

I understand how it can be cool to have an accent as a result of english being the second language.

Though if you are in a situation where having neutral accent is beneficial i.e. Singing, Acting, Public Speaking, etc.

It is almost a requirement to be able to speak with the most neutral accent possible.

I even had a singing teacher ask me if I can work on having a more neutral accent.

was my pronunciation difficult to understand?

Being able to be understood easily is certainly the most important thing.

Cheers

[Beeesneees]

Hello CaseofInsanity,

There are many roles in the theatre which would require a non-standard accent and when it comes to public speaking an interesting accent can actually help maintain interest. Other than that, your comments apply just as much to native English speakers as second language speakers, because regional accents vary so much.

To me, your pronunciation is really clear and well paced in the above message.
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[Alan]

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Hi CaseOfInsanity,

Let me endorse the above comments. Don't work too hard on becoming 'neutral' in the way you speak unless of course you have a special requirement where you need to sound 'neutral' whatever that means. Many years ago when I used to teach in a school in London, I had a student who wanted to acquire what he called a 'flawless accent'. I told him that that was a tall order and could hardly be done in 3 weeks. On another occasion I worked with a BBC producer doing talks in a foreign language for that particular service. His English was red hot and he moved from there to another section of the BBC presenting a programme for the main national service and even changed his name so that people wouldn't know that he wasn't English. I liked the guy and we got on well but do you know I never really got to know him because his personality was divided between sounding English and yet not being a native English speaker. Just a warning.

Alan
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[Aiken]

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Hi CaseOfInsanity,

You spoke fluently. I can catch what you've said.

Please comment on my accent. =]

Regards,
Aiken
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[CaseOfInsanity]

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Hi Aiken,

Thanks for the reply.

Your accent is alright but some of your pronunciations need some work to be done.

I suggest practice speaking each pronunciation symbol correctly.

I've found Rachelsenglish on youtube to be helpful

Cheers

[Stoicescu]

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Hy everybody!

I need a feedback over my pronunciation and my accent, with the purpose of being understable with no efforts for interlocutors and not be irritating. So please listen to my recording and tell me what do you think I can correct.

Dear Alan, what does "red hot English" mean?

I am going to read the beginning of Kitos' story, Gold.

Thanks,
Stoicescu
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[Stoicescu]

Nobody wants to give a feedback to me.. Nobody wants to explain me what a red hot English is.. I will try at oncle Goog(le)!

I did. Oncle redirected me on a page of english-test.net :), from that I understood: red hot means as good as red hot chili peppers!

So, thank you everynobody!
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[Kati Svaby]

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Dear Stoicescu,

I have been surfing in the internet and I bumped into your question. I have a very good Oxford Dictionary. I looked up your word: red-hot

red-hot(adj)

1.(of metal or sth. burning) so hot that it looks red
" Red-hot coals glowed in the fire."

2.showing strong feeling
"her red-hot anger"

3.(infm) new, exciting and of great interest to people
" a red-hot issue "

4.used to describe the person, animal, or team that is considered almost certain to win a race etc.
" The race was won by the red-hot favourite."

Bye: Kati
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