🗒｜pronunciation

[muted heath]

I'm convinced. Can't pick an underlying accent.

Unless it's Polish or eastern European, but the thing is the American accent is made of those nations accents.

[pliant aurora]

@muted heathhttps://voca.ro/1gMfU7qmNUKe

speaking my mother tongue here, swedish

[muted heath]

You sound like me, because i come from the swedish area of usa

[pliant aurora]

are u swedish?

or just from minnesota? lol

[muted heath]

2nd

[pliant aurora]

ah okay

[muted heath]

So you know what i mean

[finite sapphire]

polish is not like this

although ok maybe a bit

but if you listen to my mp3 from the past that i posted here, you'd notice the real polish accent lol

i honestly should try again and post something again, will think about this...

[muted heath]

I won't find your clip so far back.

My accent is made of: (polish, irish by parents)+(scandanavian by birth region)+(us by early education)+(Australian/English by primary secondary schooling+ longest residential)

[finite sapphire]

where does the polish part of your accent come from, like were your ancestors polish

[muted heath]

Mother

[finite sapphire]

ok my bad, you probably meant that both irish and polish were your parents

[muted heath]

Grandparents

[muted heath]

Yes

[finite sapphire]

Maybe you will not find my clip, but i managed to myself

#🗒｜pronunciation message

[muted heath]

That's were we are

[finite sapphire]

yeah i mean, that was supposed to be a link to the message...

h ttps://discord.com/channels/801609515391778826/852828327231750154/1138865244404461608

the same thing

[muted heath]

I heard it

[finite sapphire]

ah

very bad?

tbh now that i listened to it again, am unclear sometimes, at least two times

[muted heath]

Yes, you have the same short of underlying sound as negative10. But i often think Polish and swedish are closely related sound wise, not necessarily language wise ofc. You have the strong sound of North Eastern Europe,

[finite sapphire]

umm, you kind of made me terrified a bit cuz to the question "very bad?" you went with "Yes", but I agree cuz this all could be way more clear

[muted heath]

The yes was related to my previous message. You managed to squeeze in your message in front of my yes. I take to long to type.

It was
I heard it. Yes,....

[finite sapphire]

ah okay I see, what a relief then, solace filled my heart and all that

[muted heath]

All is as it was. Time has resumed as normal.

[finite sapphire]

To be honest I never really practised my accent, I am trying to make this clear based on what I heard in podcasts that I have been listening to for years now

Like this is not the most visible accent I had I think... when I hear other polish natives speaking english, they sound different than me, not very, but there is a difference in thickness lol

[pliant aurora]

doesn't sound anything like my recording

haha

[finite sapphire]

it kinda does for me but

idk

[pliant aurora]

not sure what sounds alike haha

[finite sapphire]

wait whats your native

[pliant aurora]

swedish

[finite sapphire]

ah yeah, i see

[pliant aurora]

swedes dont have that slavic nasality

[finite sapphire]

were I so nasal to you

[pliant aurora]

and ur recording sounds distinctly slavic

not super nasal

but slavic for sure

it sounds good but clearly slavic

[muted heath]

I think everyone has the sound of their own voice. Added to this is how they pronounce letters and syllables in their own language and local accent. When we try to learn a new language be that English, Japanese, Polish, Chinese, Spanish, we attempt out best to pronounce the way the native speakers do. But until we learn to pronounce each word, we still can be identified as not native. If the learned language has a small population, then the pronunciation differences in the population will be small and it will potentially be easier to sound native quicker. With a language with a large population, the difference will be greater and more varied, so it will be harder to lock in on a consistent set of pronunciation (the accent).

[pliant aurora]

i think you're making it more complicated than it needs to be

there's a term for it, vowel sounds

an accent is just a set of vowel sounds consistent to a majority of speakers in a specific region, that's it

if you record their voices and run it through speech analysis software

soimethingl ike praat

[muted heath]

I talk too much 🙅‍♀️

[pliant aurora]

u will see their frequency is almost identical regardless if it's a woman or a man

deep voice or not

[finite sapphire]

why vowel tho, sometimes consonants also differ, like british "city" vs american "city" which sounds almost like "cidy"

[pliant aurora]

not vowel, vowel sound

it's different

https://www.ipachart.com/

literally just frequency

i also dont agree with big population = more accents

sweden has more distinct accents than the US for sure

not only more i nquantity, but more DISTINCT as well

if you go on twitch and watch a random american gamer, you won't be able to accurately guess where he's from

even if you are american

[pliant aurora]

an isnane amount of young americans have teh exact same accent even if they live in different states

and i can prove this, when i posted my voice on askanamerican on reddit

everyone said i sound like their neighbour

some lived in texas, some lived in new york, some in california

[finite sapphire]

they sound like, vomiting

[muted heath]

Accent is a regional blend. Be that a town, state, country or continent. I won't deny there is a common sound across America or England or Australia, but as one travels through them the subtle difference become noticable of one travels further from ones base location.

[finite sapphire]

I kinda wondered a bit what you meant by that nasality. And honestly, the more I think about this, the more I get you, cuz in my recordings this is not the highest nasality yet, but if I recall how my friends sound like in english, polish natives, they have higher nasality than me, by far, and yeah true

[pliant aurora]

@finite sapphireyeah haha, just imitate what you think a russian sounds like

and you will see what i mean

seems it's only common in polish tho

[finite sapphire]

oh yeah

polish preserved a lot from old slavic

even the grammar polish has is more "slavic" than russian, we still stick to 7 cases, while russians switched to 6

[muted heath]

Nice chatting @finite sapphire @pliant aurora , but it's 3am so 🛏️👨‍🦯 for me

See ya later

[finite sapphire]

yes thanks Peo and thanks negative programmer

good night

[sonic creek]

minecraft accent

[muted heath]

It's a fine accent for speaking English. I can't place it, but that's not important. Could say maybe it sounds Canadian. Def not uk, aus, nz. As for sounding like a foreigner, ig that depends on what country, state, town you are in.... Pretty much 99% of the world, and that applies to everyone. Good work

Your English is very good also.

[pliant aurora]

I think you sound like ur from NY or new jersey @river lance

also its weird, where are people saying this? do you live in the US?

some minor things stand out as... not sounding completely native

but def very very close

[full patrol]

Any tips on improving my th sound?

[clear mason]

Th on its own or in full words / sentences

[full patrol]

for instance "length" "teeth"

they don't sound that bad when i say them but i feel like im doing smt wrong

[full patrol]

words like that

[clear mason]

Maybe try a tongue twisters like "
Three thin thieves thought a thousand thoughts" they help with practising the sound but if youre still not sure then you can watch some videos on how to make the sound properly

[full patrol]

Will do

[muted heath]

Tio of tongue on back of upper teeth. Blow and drop tongue down off the teeth.

[full patrol]

That did it

Thankss

[muted heath]

That man said, that that that that that man had written was wrong.

[woven lotus]

guys, what do ya’ll think abt the singaporean accent, i mean have ya’ll heard it b4, it’s pretty flat

[woven lotus]

keep saying “the” repeatedly for practice. Either that or when u need to say a word w the Th sound, curve your toungue and overlap your teeth. Act no need to curve, just put your toungue at the bottom of your front teeth. Hope this helpes ;)

[full patrol]

i was friends with a girl from there

its not very heavy

but it was obv she was a foreigner

[muted heath]

My team leader is from Singapore ,... Had the accent omg 🙅‍♀️🙅‍♀️🙅‍♀️

[woven lotus]

I too from sg!

It’s pretty flat right

[muted heath]

Does it not depend on ethnicity?

[woven lotus]

The earth isn’t even flat Bruh

[full patrol]

Correct

its a donut

[woven lotus]

Do u take geography?

[meager tartan]

has tried it a thousand times, i can make the sound but it sounds so try-hardy, quiet, and just weird

[muted heath]

Death by a thousand ths.

[meager tartan]

just reading it makes me stutter in every th

lol

[full patrol]

@sacred badger

[sacred badger]

Done

Ty 4 the ping

[full patrol]

Anytime mate

[gloomy pier]

Hi, how sound the word di-ver-sity. The di sound as i or e

[warped cloak]

I

[muted heath]

d(eye)versity@gloomy pier

[muted heath]

You have a very smooth sounding British accent, and i would have no clue that you came from any other part of the world based only on your voice. You bring up images of the actor Hugh Grant and his type of voice.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXEF7RjDyow&pp=ygUKSHVnaCBncmFudA%3D%3D

Also sorry of reminiscent of that British voice being used in a moderated way in Australia. It has a little bit of north east Australian accent on it (feeling 5%)

[mild veldt]

Hlo

[opaque bay]

Are you a linguist by any chance?

[muted heath]

A large part of my work is with communication, legal, business process and documentation. But i would but not say i was a linguist.

[opaque bay]

I see

Where are you from if I may ask?

@muted heath

[muted heath]

Australia@opaque bay

[unborn drum]

Hello There,

also my microphone's not really good so pls bear with that weird noises

[unborn drum]

also, can u guys guess my nationality from my accent.

[odd helm]

indo?

[fallen creek]

As a non-native speaker who is not very knowledgeable I'd say your pronunciation is very good, I'd say you're definitely near-native. If you keep practicing I think people may start thinking you are actually native. The only thing that I noticed is that the overall flow of the audio is kinda off (there are pauses in between thoughts and sometimes within thoughts) [All right,,well,,its been a while since ive been learning English as my,,second language] I think that if you improve your flow even if it costs speed, you will sound more natural.

native speakers may be able to spot things that I didnt though. Either way, Id say you are very near-native

[sacred badger]

Wording is also very important

How you describe things can indicate that this person is actually really good

[muted heath]

As @fallen creek said, i think your pauses and some of the syllables in words are accented in alignment with your natural accent. Because you asked, I'll guess a South East Asian country, perhap Malaysia. (But your prob going to say Europe) 🙅‍♀️🧜‍♀️

[fallen creek]

Here is my latest recording btw, any feedback would be greatly appreciated

https://vocaroo.com/1hQvNrQve6uh

[unborn drum]

Noted 💯

[unborn drum]

Not from Malaysia.
Also not from Europe

[fallen creek]

very difficult to pinpoint where you're from and that in itself should be seen as a compliment. I'd say that you're from an Arabic speaking country but i really have no clue

[unborn drum]

I really like your accent. It's more like your own natural way of talking I guess.. clearly very understandable..

[unborn drum]

Not even from any of those Arabic speaking countries. 💯

[sacred badger]

U sound European

Where r u from

[fallen creek]

Brazil actually

[sacred badger]

Ooh south America was gonna be my 2nd guess

Was gonna say spain

Your accent/pronunciation is not something to be really heavily critiqued

However

You seem to repeat yourself a lot

My pronunciation, the way i speak English, etc

You've been dwelling on that point for far too long,

I would just say, this is a recording to compare my pronunciation with the previous one, this is my current pronunciation, my goal by doing all of this is to improve, your freedback would be appreciated.

[fallen creek]

indeed putting aside pronunciation, I also feel like I need to work on my speaking in itself

now that I think about it, I do that in my native language too lmao

[sacred badger]

I do that too

But i learned to stop repeating myself

I only repeat a point if it wasn't understood the first time, the move on

Dwelling on a single part can bore the listener and interrupt their focus

The flow of listening to your thoughts

Its hard to keep up with someone who's not sharing his thoughts very smoothly, as in a very clean sequence.

[fallen creek]

that is true actually my wife sometimes gets vexxed because it can also come across as if you are underestimating the listeners intelligence as if the listener is dumb and needs to be told the same thing multiple times

[unborn drum]

@sacred badger are you a native English speaker?

[sacred badger]

That's actually not a bad take

Yeah, that is true

[sacred badger]

Nope

[unborn drum]

What's your thoughts on my audio..
I'm just curious coz u sound like a very knowledgeable person.. about these language stuff

[sacred badger]

Not fully American, can notice the asian or European accent kicking in, ur flow is nice, though u tend to pause a lot at the wrong sentences (probably due to how fast u talk) i can understand everything you said

Overall listening to u wouldn't be a problem to me

My only advice is for you to speak slower so that you feel more in control of what you're saying

If you pause a lot it means that you're either talking too fast, or you don't have enough vocabulary to include in your speech.

Just try to synchronize both your thoughts and speech

Too much water and it'll spill, too little water and it won't be enough

[unborn drum]

I would say both lol.. I speak too fast. Also I just started learning English like I'm a beginner

Not enough vocabulary

[unborn drum]

💯 accurate...

I'll keep that in mind dude

Thankyou so much..

[sacred badger]

Np

[finite sapphire]

lol

[fallen creek]

If I just listened to this without any other context I could never tell you're non-native. Are you even non-native to begin with? sounds excellent

[unborn drum]

Is it just me. Or is the British accent really hard to understand ?
Man u sound like a British guy.. I don't really know why I have a hard time understanding British English.

[fallen creek]

When it comes to improving your pronunciation is shadowing really the best method out there?

[finite sapphire]

it works

depending on the person of course, it is certainly the best to build the flow of thoughts and speech and thinking in the target language

[muted heath]

Not exactly shadowing, but pretty much the same. Find your target voice, play a sentence, say it, repeat until your happy, move into next sentence.

Shadowing requires a lot of thinking and only gives one chance with hard words as you are moving through continuous speech.

@fallen creek

[muted heath]

G'day

[unborn drum]

Shadowing is what I'm doing to reduce my native accent and put on some American accents..
It helps. Perhaps a little bit.

[muted heath]

So where ARE you from then @unborn drum

As your name says... Let them know...

[unborn drum]

Not that I don't wanna say it.
But I'd rather be anonymous here😊

[muted heath]

Because we all live next door?

[unborn drum]

I know this statement didn't make any sense

[muted heath]

Tell me and delete

[unborn drum]

Just kidding... I'm from India..

[muted heath]

Del

Ete

[unborn drum]

Why ?

No lol..

[muted heath]

First steps into fame and fortune

[unborn drum]

Where are you from ?
Are u a native?

[unborn drum]

Wdym ?

[muted heath]

Aus

[muted heath]

Now that you are not anonymous anymore, you can travel the world and be rich and famous

[unborn drum]

I was just kidding dude. I'm not anonymous. A lot of people already know where I'm from whom I had talked about in VC.

[muted heath]

I'm also kidding, but i didn't know where you were from

🧜‍♀️

[unborn drum]

Since you are a native. Any tips on how to improve English skills?

[muted heath]

Just use it, and keep reading about the difficult stuff

Tip for me also, learning other languages

[unborn drum]

Apart from reading, writing, speaking and shadowing

[muted heath]

My biggest problem with language is vocabulary. I don't generally know enough words to join in any random conversation. So improving vocabulary is always #1, .. i swear by flash cards.

[unborn drum]

True.. but how do we know that we have enough vocabulary now... just go ahead and talk about random stuff now.
Every time we learn new things it still kinda feels like.. that's not it.. u still dont have enough vocabulary to talk about stuffs

[muted heath]

I know i have very low Japanese vocabulary. <600 words. I cannot even join in a hello how are you conversation.

I can see that you have a very good vocabulary in English, but if you join in specialty conversations like biological engineering, it even computer science, the terminology may be absent. Similarly if you are not a cook at home, and decide to talk about cake baking, some of the tools and equipment may be missing from your head. At this point, i suppose you converse, and hard words you just ask to be explained, and hopefully expand memory and knowledge that way.

[full patrol]

I believe that improving your vocabulary occurs naturally as you consume more and more English content, along with your pronunciations and so forth

[unborn drum]

Not gonna lie, there was this one time. I was talking with someone and she just started talking about cooking stuff.
And I was like interesting. well I don't know shit about cooking. So I just turned the topic by saying "well I tried cooking once and i almost ended by burning my hands".

[full patrol]

i couldn't have said it better myself

[full patrol]

That works

[unborn drum]

True...

[full patrol]

Don't sweat it jean

keep doing what you're doing

@muted heath silly little question, but am I fluent or advanced? I'm really split on which role I should pick. You've heard me before, so I figured you're the right person to ask

[muted heath]

I wasn't paying attention to how good you were and i wasn't trying to assess you, so i can't rightly say, at this moment

@full patrol

[full patrol]

Understandable

[unborn drum]

Would ask u the same @muted heath

[muted heath]

Idk about myself, fluent or native 🙅‍♀️

[full patrol]

lols

[muted heath]

for all

[full patrol]

https://tenor.com/view/american-psycho-patrick-bateman-sigma-male-gif-26528737

[muted heath]

Speak and be fluent

[full patrol]

being nervous is my biggest problem so far

[unborn drum]

Nah, I'd rather stay a beginner...

[full patrol]

You'll get there one day bud

[unborn drum]

So then people won't expect much from me.. since I have a beginner tag

[full patrol]

lmao

https://tenor.com/view/think-smart-gif-22411928

[unborn drum]

I hope so...

Where u from dude @full patrol ?

[full patrol]

Egypt

born in jordan

living in egypt

[unborn drum]

Wow

[full patrol]

https://tenor.com/view/pizza-time-schmoyoho-spiderman-songify-gregory-brothers-gif-17923524

[unborn drum]

https://tenor.com/view/dj-cat-pizza-gif-12366558

[muted heath]

So i read half of your posts, and you appear to be fluent. Just one mistake that almost demoted my opinion, but it could have been a typo. You definitely use a 104 fullsize keyboard.

[full patrol]

Thats true i do use a fullsize keyboard

Also you said one mistake almost made you change your mind?

what are you referring to exactly?

[unborn drum]

Send a recording

[full patrol]

i sent like 4 before

[unborn drum]

Talk random stuff

[full patrol]

first one was kinda of a mess

[unborn drum]

No do it now

Fresh

[full patrol]

my head hurts like a bitch rn so no chance sadly

[unborn drum]

Ohh ok

[full patrol]

you can check out my old records yk

last one was meh

bunch of minor mistakes

[muted heath]

Alright @unborn drum @full patrol an assessment question, but I'll ask @unborn drum To answer first.

[full patrol]

Alrighty

[muted heath]

Here goes

[unborn drum]

Alright

[muted heath]

There are a pile of note books in the table. They belong to the 5 people standing in the room. All 5 people have the same job. They are each an attorney general in the state they come from. How do i write the possessive form for the people and the note books using the title?

[full patrol]

go on jean

[muted heath]

Edited

The last line

[full patrol]

@unborn drum you here?

[unborn drum]

Wait wait wait

[muted heath]

Dm me @full patrol now

[full patrol]

okay

[unborn drum]

I definitely understood the question

[muted heath]

Dm me @unborn drum

[unborn drum]

Ok

[unborn drum]

Is it related to some grammar thingy?

[muted heath]

You asked if you were fluent or advanced, so a pop quiz

[unborn drum]

It's kinda weird for me.. although I can speak a little bit of English.. but I HAVE never learnt any grammar..

[sacred badger]

Oooooo, i want to participate in that too, where do i sign ?

[unborn drum]

Like books ? Since it's 5 ?

Dude I'm bad at this

[muted heath]

Dm me an answer

[muted heath]

Yes

[sacred badger]

An answer for what ?

[unborn drum]

Was that correct ?

[muted heath]

This @sacred badger

[unborn drum]

Adding "s"

[muted heath]

Tell me in dm

[sacred badger]

Is that a puzzle ?

Or a grammar question

Either way i suck at both

😅

[muted heath]

Not a puzzle, just trying to get a grammatical answer without using the answer to ask it.

[sacred badger]

Im gonna be honest, i don't really understand it

Can u explain it differently ?

Your question

[muted heath]

What is the plural possesive form for a bunch of people who have the title attorney general?

@sacred badger

[sacred badger]

Ohh

Where do i answer that ? In dms

[muted heath]

Dm will let others try

[arctic inlet]

@muted heath may I dm you one of my recordings?

[muted heath]

Sure

@arctic inlet

[sacred badger]

Peo should get the english helper role

[arctic inlet]

True lol

[finite sapphire]

too humble for it

just like me

[full patrol]

She's awesome

[tiny falcon]

Could someone judge my accent please? I want to speak smother and not-so stoic like this one too 😅 Because I normally speak like this in real life

[tame anchor]

How do I improve my British accent.

[ebon fossil]

by talking with a british

[feral olive]

Your accent is pretty different from other people, but it's quite unique

[cloud cedar]

Hey guys by any chance is there anyone who is studying computer science or graduate

[tiny falcon]

Is it bad? I think it's Thai accent since I'm Thai

[muted heath]

Listen to channel Radio (BrE) listening practice. Emulate the speakers there.

[muted heath]

🖐️

[full patrol]

Yo peo if you had to guess what accent does eminem have?

[muted heath]

You are raising the inflection of the ending of each noun (/), or at every pause in your sentences. This is giving you a rhythmic sound that is not normal in native accents. Try and limit the up inflection to only very important words in the sentence. Try and keep a steady (--) mid tone otherwise.

[muted heath]

Alaskan

@full patrol

🙅‍♀️

I don't listen to his voice. Just a song or two... Let me see

Sounds east Coast, perhaps a little south but not too far down.

Sort of like Will Smith

I still feel like it's new york and down.

[full patrol]

You're actually so right

Lol

[muted heath]

[full patrol]

Would it be hard getting that accent

?

[muted heath]

My friend had a similar accent. I could only ever do it basically when he was speaking with me. It never stuck in my mind.

[full patrol]

Kinda hard huh

I'll try my best

[muted heath]

I want trying to get it permanently. I suppose if you listen to enough of it you will get it. The are probably a few words that will trigger the accent for you, if you can pick up what they are, that gives the general sound.

[full patrol]

Will I do the shadowing technique when ever I listen to one of eminem's interviews

Well *

Stupid phone

[muted heath]

I'm just listening now to see if there is something i can pick out

[full patrol]

He tends to like skip the rs

[muted heath]

Aint that the truth

[full patrol]

Cracked phone screen 😭

I can barely see what I'm typing

[full patrol]

Also I might be mistaken but I think he doesn't say the g at the end of every word

Like somethin'

[muted heath]

Also very Sylvester Stallone, same accent

[full patrol]

Shadowing is the best way to go about it right?

[muted heath]

Yes, and i do this also.... @full patrol

[full patrol]

I'll absolutely try this when I'm back home

[muted heath]

May i ask your native language?

[full patrol]

Arabic

Half Egyptian half jordanian

[muted heath]

I feel i may have heard your voice. Did you post s recording here?

[full patrol]

Multiple times

Like 4 maybe

[muted heath]

My memory is poor, but i was sure i had

[full patrol]

Gonna send smt new tmrw with some type of accent that i can do

I really have no idea what accent is it

Lol

[full patrol]

You did say that I sounded 65 us 35 native

To be fair though that first record was a mess

[full patrol]

Kinda the same accent from the first record except "better" ig

You'll hear it tomorrow

[full patrol]

So many mistakes 💀I cringed hearing that shit

[muted heath]

Goody

(to the hear it tomorrow)

[full patrol]

Phone is about to die

Catch you later

[muted heath]

Bye

[river lance]

You sound like albert Einstein, it's awesome! xD

[river lance]

9/10. Imitate was mispronounced.

Really good. I'd say instead of I would say is more used I think. 9/10

[tiny falcon]

Thank you! And I wish I could be as smart as him too

[vestal hull]

Hi 👋

[full patrol]

That's not me that's some other guy that I had peo check out because I thought he sounded kinda weird

This sums it up

[river lance]

Ight

[full patrol]

Also he fucked up a bunch of words 💀

[river lance]

Thx for clearing things out

[full patrol]

Any time

You'll hear me today

[river lance]

Send me an audio of yours

Ok

Read my mind

[full patrol]

I have like 4 old ones here

[river lance]

I speak bad English but try my best

[full patrol]

First one was a mess second one was alright third was meh last one was alright

[river lance]

I'll send mine tomorrow coz it's 11.15pm for me

I'll tag ya if find your nick

Stay tuned 😉 😎

[full patrol]

Oki

@river lance

That was the last one

A bit old

[river lance]

U the same?

[full patrol]

?

[river lance]

XD

[full patrol]

Huh

[river lance]

[full patrol]

Bryan what are you trying to say

That's my record

You wanted to hear it

Tell me what you think

[river lance]

...

[full patrol]

💀

Anyway

[full patrol]

What was the point of wanting to hear me just to spam laughing emojis

[river lance]

I just bought a pack

[full patrol]

Cool ig

[river lance]

But I'm laughing coz I heard it already

And I even remembered the time

1.17

[full patrol]

?

[river lance]

So it was like, ight

Not really

[full patrol]

Ight huh

[river lance]

[full patrol]

Cool ig

[river lance]

I like emotions here

Are weeby

[full patrol]

Let's just say I'm gonna take what you just said with a massive grain of salt

[river lance]

[full patrol]

Obviously you don't have a great ear for accents so yeah

[river lance]

Huh?

U wanna get the US?

[full patrol]

I don't wanna go to the us

[river lance]

Nope, wanna get an American axent?

[full patrol]

Yeah

[river lance]

Ight, standard?

[full patrol]

As in?

[river lance]

So I could have a fair pick on ya audio

[river lance]

No Accent within US

Just centered

No weird pronunciation accepted

[full patrol]

In those records I was just speaking but atm I'm trying to get the new York accent

[river lance]

Okok

[full patrol]

That guy you have 9/10 had like 10💀

[river lance]

Really?

[full patrol]

For the record he's a complete random I found on reddit

[full patrol]

Raddit

[river lance]

I heard a sound off

[full patrol]

Twatter

How did you not catch that

[river lance]

But was good 👍

I didn't know what he was aiming so... I based on comprehend

[full patrol]

He sounded like those Arabs who try to imitate the American accent but it just sounds like a bunch of noise

Here Bryan read this

The guy is using like 5 accents at once 😭

[river lance]

I see

Hey u sound great

[full patrol]

There is a lot of stuff that I gotta fix tho

[river lance]

I think I sound pretty bad if we draw a comparison

[full patrol]

I'll be the judge of that

[river lance]

Sure

[river lance]

Ight

[full patrol]

Also peo will definitely be here to judge it

[river lance]

Who

[full patrol]

She's awesome

[river lance]

Native?

[full patrol]

No but I think she lived in a English speaking country

Dw she's really good

[river lance]

How long?

US?

[full patrol]

Ask her when she gets on

[river lance]

Ight

🥲

[full patrol]

Why the long face tiger

[river lance]

https://youtu.be/Sh-zYNZW41w?si=_WLpYtmcbwqFs8pG

This is cringe 😬

That's me speaking as casually as possible

Good way to tell I can't pronounce Teacher

I could nitpick many things on that video myself

Wdu think?

Not so unbearable

I never liked my own videos, unscripted work of shit

I'd like to make some actual good videos, but I'm just not on the content creation boat, need some structure.

@full patrol

I promise, new content will be put up there

Not so shitty

[full patrol]

back

[full patrol]

you sound good buddy

make sure to send smt when peo is on

she'll tell you what u have to work on exactly

[river lance]

I already know

[river lance]

[full patrol]

What is it then?

[river lance]

Let's agree to disagree

[river lance]

. .. tomorrow

[muted heath]

I think, i understand what they may be saying. I feel that you posted the same clip twice in those 4. It confused me also.

[muted heath]

👨‍🦯🪗

[full patrol]

The "alright" part?

I'm quite confused ngl

[muted heath]

Some fades and transitions between the video clips

[full patrol]

Oh I might not send anything today

I have some unattended business

[river lance]

That video is trash

what do u think? XD

I want to be nice to listen to only

Right pronunciation also

I aim for a south semi-centered US accent

I actually love and try to get other users into phonetics

LOL

I am so flattered

Send your voice man/mam'

¿?

ight

Pronunciation study

wish

I'm a enthusiast only

[craggy bluff]

you sound very audible

[river lance]

Meaning?

Nice ?

XD

I can't say I'm where I wanna be though

I say 80% there

[craggy bluff]

every words you have said in that recording are clear

you sound like a native

your accent is my goal

[river lance]

Not all, , but I've a mic that's so smooth at it

I feel so flattered

U guys can do better, I'm sure

I do some pronunciation sessions on the weekend

[craggy bluff]

I'm sure I will have a harder time perfecting my pronunciating since I am asian

[river lance]

What's your L1?

[craggy bluff]

whats that

[river lance]

First Language

L2= Second language

or Language 2

[craggy bluff]

Vietnamese

[river lance]

WOW

cool

[craggy bluff]

why do you seem surprised

lol

[river lance]

is a beautiful Language

[craggy bluff]

thanks

based on your bio I guess you are Spanish

[river lance]

YES MEXICAN

[craggy bluff]

viva mexico woo hoo

[river lance]

VIVA

[full patrol]

bryan

my boy

you were so wrong when you said i sounded better

you sound phenomenal if anything

I'm happy if I sound anything like you 😭

[full patrol]

@muted heath do i sound even remotely close 😭

[river lance]

u can send a new one

[river lance]

thks, Not so great though

[full patrol]

hell no

you sound amazing

[river lance]

You can sound wey better

[full patrol]

you can or you do

[river lance]

I appreciate it

[full patrol]

❤️

[river lance]

nope, if you feel I do better now, u can surpass me

[full patrol]

you sound calm and collected

when i try to record smt i get so fucking nervous its unreal

[river lance]

XD

gay?

[full patrol]

huh

[river lance]

joking

I am gay that's why I sound calm

well, not quite

I'm homosexual

[river lance]

It does not make u sound better though

[full patrol]

how come

[river lance]

...

[full patrol]

when you're calm you can think of shit way more easily

[river lance]

We have to talk In a VC to share something bout that

[full patrol]

sure thing

[full patrol]

oh i get you

i talk abit fast so when im abit more relaxed or "Calm" i pronounce shit abit wrong

[river lance]

Just gotta hit the nail on the head

U can still speak fast, just in the right way

[full patrol]

mmmmkay might record a lil smt off the top of my head

[river lance]

It's my passion, listening to Natives Speakers of English speak so smoothly and still be comprehensible it's just orgasmic

I think once you're able to take that and apply it to your speech u can be sure that most stuff u say WILL be comprehensibe

Coz', if a Native said it that way u can copy and do so too

[full patrol]

okay hold on a min

[river lance]

ight

[muted heath]

You got a fine speaking voice there. English is great. I'm labeling accents from people I've met in the past, and who come into mind when i hear an accent. So I'm going to say you have a Kentucky accent. If I'm wrong, it's been a long time since i ever heard that voice, but it's American. Be happy. (Unless you are trying to sound british that is). Your second clip sort of reminded me of Seinfeld.

[river lance]

JAJAJJAJJA, look at the goff ah emoji I just sent

[river lance]

: O

I once talked to a girl from Kentucky and man!, I had an Instant crush, so nice

[finite sapphire]

is kentucky chicken

[river lance]

yes

[finite sapphire]

nice

[finite sapphire]

should have made fried chicken out of her

[full patrol]

😭

@muted heath @river lance

[river lance]

I wish I could hear her again

I fell a simp for her

[muted heath]

I think while you want the eminem new york accent, you probably really need to lose the eminem gangsta character attitude wording, as it hiding what could be a good ny sound. I think slowing down as you did, did not sound all that convincing. A little staged. Sorry for the review.

Think "Matthew" Eminem

[full patrol]

lmao

[full patrol]

should i record smt

with a normal accent

[river lance]

I speak Spanish

[river lance]

Is that the show?

Seinfeld

[muted heath]

Yes, the comedian and his long running show.

Jerry Seinfeld

Yiutube it

[full patrol]

?

[river lance]

I think we could use a couple of phonemes that will get u soundin better

[full patrol]

im all ears buddy

[river lance]

...

[full patrol]

?

[river lance]

lemme think

XD

[river lance]

U say I sound guffy?

[full patrol]

nah

[river lance]

I hear the "o's"

[full patrol]

u talking about me?

[finite sapphire]

it happened to me once in my life too, i mean, the context was totally different, but the idea stays the same

[full patrol]

For the record i never said i sounded like a native or "spectacular" ik i don't sound that amazing

[river lance]

are not pronounced like I'd pronounce em

[full patrol]

Damn bryan you so helpful

[river lance]

Que rico= What a great feeling

[full patrol]

sarcasm

[muted heath]

I just dug up a Seinfeld on ytube, and after listening to a minute or so, just went back and listened to lol clip. You have a que Kentucky voice that sounded nothing like Seinfeld. But then when you got to the but about the other guy and his bad pronunciation, that really went seinfeld... To the point i quickly went back and matched... I guess it's just when you get excited in your story, that's the Seinfeld expression.

[river lance]

oh my

We have "or" having a shwua sound

[full patrol]

@muted heath

[river lance]

u did not used that phoneme

[full patrol]

care to explain this in a record rq

[river lance]

and Exactly was said with E

[river lance]

I will try to, I'm a bit busy

[finite sapphire]

how did you come up with "did not used"

[full patrol]

Are you mocking his grammar 😭

[finite sapphire]

no

[river lance]

I do speak diffently when telling a story

Or a joke

[finite sapphire]

am interrogating, like the way you would interrogate a murderer

[river lance]

[river lance]

: D Did not use

Sorry

[finite sapphire]

dont worry we will not put you on trial

(yet)

[river lance]

I thought of "didn't but did something else"

it is more like igzaklee

a for as in cat

ae

it's a bit weird

[full patrol]

google is wilding

[river lance]

yes sir

just like that

that "t" right there could be droped

that's what I mean as passion

Nope XD LOL

[full patrol]

imma just shoot my self at this point 😭

[river lance]

I mean it's so good but is a small detail

[river lance]

HAHAHHAHAHA

[full patrol]

buddy you gotta be more specfic when you talk over text

[river lance]

Ure just havin the same thoughts as me

[full patrol]

there is so many times where i go like what is he even talking about

[river lance]

hold a moment, I am actually so busy in a call

so I'm half way here

[full patrol]

what is so good 😭

[river lance]

srry

[river lance]

9/10

[full patrol]

that exactly?

[river lance]

yes

[full patrol]

hm

bro

[muted heath]

Maybe it's not Eminem I'm hearing. I think it's just you. With that in mind, I've reimagined your image, but i guess it's just a little thin on content and you are trying to make up works and it's obvious that you are just padding time. This is probably why you are sounding like you are struggling to sound like you genuinely are conversing... But maybe try giving a one minute speech on a topic you know a lot about, as if you had to give a lecture and the lecture was for a well paid business job... Marketing manager ...

My life long belief has always been, you can be anything (make anyone Believe you are something) as long as you believe you belong there. Your voice will change as you imagine different situations you are in. So try the marketing manager job application lecture. See what happens...

[river lance]

OMG

[full patrol]

ay

i'll get on that

RN

[river lance]

To my ear, get these 2 or 3 phonenemes

and u good to go

[muted heath]

Egg sac ly. 🥚

[full patrol]

😭

come to think of it

it does sound like that

dropping the t was a mistake

[muted heath]

I say. .. x saktly

[muted heath]

That's totally fine

[full patrol]

keep it that way eh?

[full patrol]

got it chief

[full patrol]

@muted heath

im gonna go in 5 min

contribute was pronounced WRONG

Electricity is out but I can chat on phone

[muted heath]

Ok. That was much better. A more natural message without the overly exaggerated subcultural overlay (until the end when it went back into that). But with the main message, it is clear that your native accent is very strong and i think your 'cool' voice overlay is potentially giving you a false confidence that you have a strong American accent. I think you have put in place verbal mannerisms to be 'slay', but when this is stripped away and you have a normal conversation, one can now see that you have missed placing as strong an accent on your pronunciation as you would have hoped for.

I guess i would think that what most people want when they say they want a particular accent, is an ability to fit in and not be noticed as being a foreigner in a new land. The biggest benefit of knowing how to speak well with a foreign language is the ability to pull in better job opportunities for more money and a better lifestyle (my view ofc). Don't waste time with the subculture voice. Focus on getting a regular or professional vernacular and get that New York accent applied to your voice. It will be much easier to hear yourself and your progress. Maybe listen to news on https://edition.cnn.com/

[river lance]

: 0

[pallid garnet]

You have minor pronunciation issues and some of your words are mumbled together but overall it is okay. ( pay attention to @muted heath ‘s feedback as I am not able to go in to detail like that. ( kudos to you Peo)

[full patrol]

" i think your 'cool' voice overlay is potentially giving you a false confidence that you have a strong American accent" i don't believe that really yk

[full patrol]

native accent is very strong huh

can't do nothing about it ig

ain't that a kick in the head

[full patrol]

One thing i might ask

how much work do i have to do

from what i just read i have a WHOLE LOTTA work to do

[full patrol]

Also what did you mean by sub culture voice

first time seeing that word ever being used so excuse me

[muted heath]

You can do something about it. It's change the pronunciation of some of the phonemes as Bryan indicated. I think the are just some sounds that you need to translate, to reduce your old accent and increase the desired accent.

[full patrol]

about those phonemes

do i have to like go through them all

or what

i really have no idea what im messing up atm

"I think you have put in place verbal mannerisms to be 'slay'" Elaborate

i think i get it but just to make sure

[full patrol]

Thats about it?

a couple of phonemes?

[muted heath]

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=subculture

[full patrol]

Oh that

[muted heath]

When you went off the record, you introduced a shitload of swearing into your sentences. Why for?

[full patrol]

Lets just say this is a problem i have to get fixed

i really really don't know why the hell i drop the f bomb so much

listening to hip hop that much is prob the reason

i promise i'll try my best to make it as minimal as possible or stop entirely

[full patrol]

this

Is this really the only thing i have to get right to sound "good"?

i feel like there gotta be more to it yk

[muted heath]

You don't need to stop altogether. Use it in the right setting. Perhaps in English classes or in this server, this is hindering people's ability to give better feedback, to help speed up your accent development.

[full patrol]

I feel like it makes the person listening to you think that you don't have a good grip on the language

i might be wrong

[muted heath]

I use it often as well, but i also have a 'Clark Kent' mode.

[full patrol]

Very classy ay

[full patrol]

So if you had to sum it up

where im i at

in terms of sounding "Good"

the record was kinda rushed cause electricity was gonna die in 5 min so i just did it real quick

[muted heath]

Yes. That is possible, which is why you should use it where others are using it, but not where people don't use it...

It's just fitting in

[full patrol]

Yeah me dropping it like 3 times at the end was abit overkill

[finite sapphire]

it seems interesting for me, like, i do not use swear words at all, almost, neither in my native nor in english, for me it makes me immediately uncomfortable when the speaker is just dropping them very frequently, or frequently to begin with, like i put up with some being used somewhere along the way, but not too often

[full patrol]

You're egyptian right

[finite sapphire]

polish

[full patrol]

i don't sound swear in my native language at all also

oh

the other black cat ig

[river lance]

Either

Negative too=neither

[finite sapphire]

i meant negative

[river lance]

I don't know

I think u Pronunciation good, just a bit missing

Mine is just not there 😕, we actually share couple things in common

[muted heath]

Your English is fine. I'm not familiar with your original accent. I've not heard many people from your country who speak English, so would not be able to say your from wherever (Egypt). But there is an accent nevertheless.

I've said this previously here to others, but there is nothing wrong with speaking English or any other language with an accent that you have grown up with. You will naturally pick up accents from area of the world you eventually live in, and these will modify how you speak over your life time.

I personally have a scandanavian influenced US accent that sounds Canadian to most people of the world I speak to, but at the same time an American would say it's not American, my residential country where i have lived, say it's American, but also say i have an Irish accent at times, which i do. To people from outside my resident country, i have an influenced accent of my resident country. In the end, i just speak, and an not embarrassed by my voice. It's me. It's a good conversation piece when meeting new people.

[river lance]

Phonetic systems are SO similar

[full patrol]

Im trying to fix up my accent bec im afraid i'll get judged for it

kinda petty but anyway

[river lance]

Just show em u speak Arabic

[full patrol]

people here are nice some times too nice other servers im in id get clowned on so hard for my accent

[river lance]

They'll ship their pans

[full patrol]

9/11 jokes 🔥

[river lance]

Shit

Not ship

[finite sapphire]

show them how you can speak with no swearing lol

[river lance]

I'm bad

[full patrol]

some mf said his rating for my accent is 9/11 out of two towers

😭

[river lance]

: ] demonic joke

[full patrol]

I shouldn't sweat it basically

[river lance]

We can fix it 😏

U always care more about understanding than speaking 🔊

[full patrol]

Ik im understandable i wanna sound real nice while doing it

[river lance]

But given that English is literally the lingua franca of the world

Well

No need to sweat it

[river lance]

We'll work on it

[full patrol]

i still have no idea which phonemes you want me to work on 😭

there is like 44 buddy

[river lance]

U do sound nice

[full patrol]

and i sound abysmal some times

[river lance]

Nah

Nobody cares

I sound bad in my own language 🙃 😅 😪

[full patrol]

That makes the two of us pal

[river lance]

I'll do my best to see what you can apply 😌 😉

[finite sapphire]

i listened to those recordings and the swearing makes it so much worse lol

[full patrol]

exactly

why on god's green earth did i drop 4 f bombs at the end

[muted heath]

Speaking Japanese with a thick Australian accent just sounds stupid. I attempt to pronounce my Japanese ass i hear Japanese speak it. There is no difference to you trying to speak English as 350 million people speak English. It's just a way of perfecting the language. I think you are well developed in promising English so that it does not sound Arabic. But there is still an underlying difference. I to would be easily picked up in Japan, as while it does not sound like aussie, it is still just missing localized pronunciation differences that locals will hear. That is so I'm saying i hear in your voice.

[full patrol]

so unnecessary

[finite sapphire]

maybe you had some need to react out the stress and tension you accumulated

[full patrol]

yeah im so damn tensed up when im doing those records

[finite sapphire]

for me i used to learn jp too, and it was quite funny cuz my R's were the most harsh ever, every japanese would immediately feel am slavic or something

but communication is the priority

[full patrol]

I'll check out the phonemes stuff and try to record myself a bit more often to narrow it all down and find out what I mess up the most. Also, a huge flipping thanks to you peo; you've been great to me since I joined this server, always helpful and so thorough with the feedback. Again, massive thanks to ya

that got deleted so quick

[muted heath]

🙅‍♀️

[full patrol]

Uh yes it did

its gone

[muted heath]

prsctice

[muted heath]

Thus

[full patrol]

im supposed to go like that 😭

that sounds so goofy but sure

[muted heath]

[river lance]

[full patrol]

You're the boss, boss

[river lance]

Ure so close I can hear it, but... just a bit of more study that's all, not practice but knowledge 👌

As u said, take my commentary as a grain of salt

[full patrol]

I take that back actually

[river lance]

Nothing I say is the definitive answer, but I do wanna help

[full patrol]

you were so right i was blinded by my ego

[muted heath]

Well 5am. ... 🛏️🧜‍♀️

[full patrol]

Drowsy times

[muted heath]

Ciao

[full patrol]

Later

[river lance]

XD

No shit Sherlock homes

[full patrol]

https://tenor.com/view/breaking-bad-jesse-pinkman-sad-jesse-pinkman-sad-breaking-bad-jesse-pinkman-sad-gif-24555445

[river lance]

:hehe_:coffee~1:

[full patrol]

fail

massive fail

[river lance]

[full patrol]

You're getting the chair

[river lance]

[full patrol]

Its 12 am B

Im drowsy

my bed is calling

[river lance]

I mean it 🤷, I do make mistakes also, but I could fix those right away

Ight

[full patrol]

buddy

[river lance]

Goodnight

[full patrol]

yk what

you sound like a native to me so stop with that crap

i ain't hear a single mistake in any of your records

you're good

[finite sapphire]

i was about to intervene again and say it is acually "make mistakes" but i would sound like an mosquito buzzing around your ears lmao

youre both great

idk why you all worry so much

[full patrol]

i don't wanna get clowned on

thats it

nothing more nothing less

and maybe prove to my friend from la that i can sound good

last time he asked me to speak i got so nervous and fucked up so bad so that is that

[finite sapphire]

maybe it is an endless cycle of trying to please someone, and that urge of pleasing someone makes you nervous, and then you wanna please them even more

[full patrol]

i'll work on it little by little

not sweating it is key like peo said

(ik she didn't say that exactly but it sounded like it)

anyway

time to sleep

Catch yall later

[finite sapphire]

you just have to be beginning to feel like a rap god

jk

[full patrol]

im begining to feel like a rap god rap god all my people from the backyard and a laptop

idfk rememer the lyrics

remember

😭

i can rap some of his songs word for word tho

im cool!!!

jk

anyway kitty cat

catch you around

[finite sapphire]

cuz am the real cat kitty, yeah am the real cat kitty, all you other cat kitties are just imitating

[river lance]

U talkin' bout me?

[full patrol]

Yes

[river lance]

That's the thing, u can't hear it

So we need to get to the point where you can

[full patrol]

Meaning it must be minor

[river lance]

Coz I hear it myself

[full patrol]

There is some times where it's obvious

I've been listening and consuming English content for 5 years

[river lance]

That's good

[full patrol]

Just recently I decided to give my accent some attention

[river lance]

Ight

[restive bolt]

https://voca.ro/1askAX1kqNmR

We bought an old house, my boyfriend and I. He’s in charge of the “new” construction – converting the kitchen in to the master bedroom for instance, while I’m on wallpaper removal duty. The previous owner papered EVERY wall and CEILING! Removing it is brutal, but oddly satisfying. The best feeling is getting a long peel, similar to your skin when you’re peeling from a sunburn. I don’t know about you but I kinda make a game of peeling, on the hunt for the longest piece before it rips.Under a corner section of paper in every room is a person’s name and a date. Curiosity got the best of me one night when I Googled one of the names and discovered the person was actually a missing person, the missing date matching the date under the wallpaper! The next day, I made a list of all the names and dates. Sure enough each name was for a missing person with dates to match. We notified the police who naturally sent out the crime scene team. I overhead one tech say “yup, it’s human.” Human? What’s human? “Ma’am, where is the material you removed from the walls already? This isn’t wallpaper you were removing.”

pls don't judge the text choice 😭

I had already read all the texts in the pins here in another English learning server. This was one that was pinned recently there...

I'm hoping I might be able to get some help with the intonation
My native language is Portuguese and English's rhythm is super different comparatively...

[river lance]

True

[willow marten]

Hello everyone. I just sharing. I have already attended online Toastmasters event in every country. From there I could know they spoke English well, not very well. Becauses there are region accent (in case Asia Toastmasters). And Carribean Toastmasters was very good. They are native English speaker and feel like America although they invaded by Britain. I suggest you to join online Toastmasters event on Facebook as a guest.

[muted heath]

@restive bolt The main sound that stuck out, was the 'ee' as in peel, feel and ceiling. You are pronouncing it something like 'A', giving a pale sound for the word.

You are making this sound

It should be this sound

https://www.ipachart.com/

Otherwise all sounds great as is.

[dusk cypress]

@quick fulcrum

[rocky jolt]

hi

long time no see

who want to talk to me?

I am here and ready

[gloomy pier]

how can i pronounce establishment

[muted heath]

Es-tab-lish-ment

[gloomy pier]

thanks a lot dude.

[patent lance]

Hello

[muted heath]

Hello

[patent lance]

How is every thing with you

[muted heath]

Well. And you?

And so endeth the conversation.

🧜‍♀️

[full patrol]

such an enticing convo you two just had

[muted heath]

Story time for beginner English.

[full patrol]

https://tenor.com/view/venom-meme-venom-disrespect-youre-treading-a-thin-line-i-dont-appreciate-the-disrespect-gif-25689785

[full patrol]

Is this a insult 😭 (sorry im abit slow)

actually nvm

[muted heath]

Yawn

[full patrol]

i thought of that while buying smt for my grandma rn

english is kinda tricky sometimes

specially when its ur second

[muted heath]

It's not an insult. It's just a statement about the brief nature of the interaction. It is therefore suitable for reading by beginner English students because it is so simple.

[full patrol]

got it

[trim silo]

How to pronounce further, especially '-ther'

[craggy widget]

Here are 3 English people and 3 Americans saying it, and after each I've copied just the "ther"

I've tried to find examples with increasing speed for each 3

For the first group, the end sounds exactly like the word "the"

For the second, the end is a voiced th-sound + an r-sound. There is not much of a separate vowel to speak of, the r-sound is the core of the syllable. If you're learning anything like general American, try to go from the th-sound to the r-sound with as little of a gap as possible

Whereas in most kinds of England English, you don't need to worry about any r-sounds (unless the next word starts with a vowel), but you do need to make sure the vowel in "fur" is noticeably longer than the one in "ther"

If you're learning something else entirely then ask and I'll see what I know

[trim silo]

thank you!

how to upload my recording

Is like this?

[craggy widget]

You've pronounced the 1st r but not the 2nd (should have both of them, or neither of them), and the th sounded like an l

Something like "furla"

For the th, make sure the tip of your tongue goes to the back side of your top front teeth, and gets close enough to make a buzzing noise

[lunar steeple]

Oh how unfortunate,i'm dropping my audio file but the moment it gets sent it is automatically removed.

[trim silo]

I guess it was because of the format error. You can translate to MP3.

[craggy widget]

If you can't upload files for whatever reason, you can use vocaroo

Website where you upload audio and then can share a link to it with people

[trim silo]

like 'mp3' is called "format" right?

[craggy widget]

Ye

[lunar steeple]

Bro i just listened to my own recording and i sound like some drunk drug addict 💀

[craggy widget]

Nobody likes listening to their own voice lol

[lunar steeple]

Alright so i took my text from a previous member and i modified it a bit

Here it is

https://voca.ro/1kOglp2FCWQz

Also sorry for the weird "R"s i'm just too used to it in my native language

[full patrol]

Gotta fix that yk

[trim silo]

like mp3 to mp4 format, I should how to call it? switch or translate or else? I don't know.

[arctic inlet]

I can relate💀

[craggy widget]

Convert

[craggy widget]

It sounds like you're aiming for Scottish but way overdoing the R, among other things lol
(if that is actually what you want then that's fine and I can help with that)

[lunar steeple]

Yes i kinda am aiming for the scottish accent because it kinda makes my life easier lol

[real flume]

Im lerning english lately and i want u guys to judge my accent

[river lance]

Hello

Anyone here to help me?

[craggy widget]

Nice, I'll give you proper feedback tomorrow (hopefully) and I'll make a recording also

For now must sleep

[arctic inlet]

https://voca.ro/1cv96Zbk4eX7

Another thing I like about Murray house is that you can relish in the magnificent sea view right after having a look at the architectural style. You don’t even have to walk a minute,it is extremely convenient. If you’re into fishing ,you can bring your fishing equipment with you during the visit as well so that you can fish by the sea. So, considering all these factors, I personally find Murray house worth a visit.

I tried to do all those intonation stuff but I still have an obvious accent, why is that?

[river lance]

https://voca.ro/19gT7zASA1RY

It is your thirteenth birthday, and as with all twelve preceding it, something feels missing from your life. The game presently eluding you is only the latest sleight of hand in the repertoire of an unseen riddler, one to engender a sense not of mirth, but of lack. His coarse schemes are those less of a prankster than a common pickpocket. His riddle is Absence itself. It is a mystery dispersing altogether, like the moon's faint reflection, with even one pebble of inquiry dropped in its black well. It is the most diabolical riddle of all.
"Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire." -Walt Whitman
Yes, you are certain Walt Whitman said that. One hundred percent positive.
You have a feeling it's going to be a long day.

[full patrol]

@muted heath Is it normal that 90% of the grammar I use is all by sense? I don't actually know any of the grammar rules or stuff; I just know that this or that sounds right, so I type it, and 99% of the time I'm right

[muted heath]

I think it's normal. Once you use it s lot, you will not conciously think about it. It will just happen. The concepts have been established in your mind

[river lance]

Can anyone please, judge my accent?

[muted heath]

Without knowing you were not native, i would say the voice presents fine with a north American accent. Just a slight 'whispy' sound, but that may have been you trying to talk quietly, or the mic. You did lose that sound in the text following 'you are walt whitman... ". Clearer

Just a couple of words with odd pronunciation... as with, Repertoire, eluding, schemes, mystery, in particular. Few pauses for the long words, but nothing unusual for someone reading them in a hard passage. Very good.

[sick ledge]

can anyone judge my accent (im native but where im from people from other places can find it hard to understand me)

[full patrol]

Sure

[sick ledge]

can you give me something to read out thatll help thanks

[full patrol]

Okay let me see

[sick ledge]

thanks

[full patrol]

We bought an old house, my boyfriend and I. He’s in charge of the “new” construction – converting the kitchen in to the master bedroom for instance, while I’m on wallpaper removal duty. The previous owner papered EVERY wall and CEILING! Removing it is brutal, but oddly satisfying. The best feeling is getting a long peel, similar to your skin when you’re peeling from a sunburn. I don’t know about you but I kinda make a game of peeling, on the hunt for the longest piece before it rips.Under a corner section of paper in every room is a person’s name and a date. Curiosity got the best of me one night when I Googled one of the names and discovered the person was actually a missing person, the missing date matching the date under the wallpaper! The next day, I made a list of all the names and dates. Sure enough each name was for a missing person with dates to match.

[muted heath]

@sick ledge did you record this?

[sick ledge]

i sent a voice message in pms to him

[rancid rain]

very good american accent

[half thicket]

can anyone judge my accent ? english is not my native

[arctic inlet]

send a recording here and someone will judge it!

[lilac sage]

Can anyone judge my accent please? Thanks☺️

[rancid wasp]

i´m jealous