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#16 (permalink) Tue Feb 07, 2012 21:37 pm Have a half an idea |
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Hello there, you really made me laugh with imitating other accents. You seem to be good at mimic them. Maybe the French one sounds like more Italian! Probably I should have asked you another way. How could I reduce my original accent in order to seem to have a neutral or kinda American one?
The reason why I do not intend to pick up a distinguished British accent is, I spent roughly 2 years in the UK, where I lost my interest in it. Generally I do believe that, in most cases it is easier to understand Americans than British people. They just usually speak on a slower pace I like lot of accents to name a few South British, Londoner, Californian, Chicago accent. So I love several dialects and accents too, but I'd like to go for a certain one. I think it's not necessarily needed to use slangs like: ain't Could you give me some feedback about my accent please? What would you guess I am from?
Greetings from abroad.
Ps: Agree with your statement, English has a wide range of vocabulary and this language is quick to adopt foreign borrowed words just to mention a few: entrepreneur, moustache, alligator or bizarre.
Anyway I'm pleased to meet you here on the forum. |
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#17 (permalink) Tue Feb 07, 2012 21:39 pm Have a half an idea |
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Hello there, you really made me laugh with imitating other accents. Maybe the French one sounds like more Italian! Probably I should have asked you another way. How could I reduce my original accent in order to seem to have a neutral or kinda American accent?
The reason why I do not intend to pick up a distinguished British accent is, I spent roughly 2 years in the UK, where I lost my interest in it. Generally I do believe that, in most cases it is easier to understand Americans than British people. They just usually speak on a slower I like lot of accents to name a few South British, Londoner, Californian, Chicago accent. So I love several dialects and accents too, but I'd like to go for a certain one. I think it's not necessarily needed to use slangs like: ain't Could you give me some feedback about my accent please? What would you guess I am from?
Greetings from abroad.
Ps: Agree with your statement, English has a wide range of vocabulary and this language is quick to adopt foreign borrowed words to mention a few: entrepreneur, moustache, alligator or bizarre.
Anyway I'm pleased to meet you here on the forum. |
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Take_It_Easy I'm here quite often ;-)
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#18 (permalink) Tue Feb 07, 2012 21:39 pm Have a half an idea |
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| I guess I can see your point. I think we are always more interested in what sounds unusual or exotic to our ears. Are you really in NYC? You should get a lot of exposure to different accents up there! |
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#19 (permalink) Tue Feb 07, 2012 21:42 pm Have a half an idea |
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Take_It_Easy I'm here quite often ;-)
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#20 (permalink) Tue Feb 07, 2012 21:46 pm Have a half an idea |
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Finally managed to make it work! I don't live in NYC! What made you to think I'm there? I just wondered if you could guess where I'm from. Maybe I should 've given you more clue, in other words speak more! |
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#21 (permalink) Tue Feb 07, 2012 21:49 pm Have a half an idea |
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| Luschen wrote: |
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I reckon you've addressed this question to me. No, I'm ashamed to admit that I have never even been to NYC. (On second though I've been watching a lot of Law and Order lately, so you can say I practically live there:))) ) But I really like its nickname, hence my "location" here. I also like the name they gave to Baltimore - "Charm City".
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