🗒｜pronunciation

[river lance]

Pass me the cheat code

[stray depot]

It’s great that for some people, the accent comes naturally or out of hard work

I find it sad that some people want to change their accents to sound native but their original accents already sound so beautiful and unique

[river lance]

I wanna get rid of it cause it’s ugly as hell

Some accents are indeed beautiful but unfortunately mine doesn’t fit that category

[stray depot]

Hey, to you it’d sound horrible

To me, that’s a different story

[pallid spire]

Truth is, you will never be able to fully get rid of your foreign accent if you started learning English when you were already over 15-16 years old. You just can't. Sure you might have a chance to fool a native speaker for quite some time, but eventually your accent will start to come out at some point.

[short spade]

Don't be discouraged, owlman. Surely most of them want a few pats on the old back, or they may be deaf, in which case the more reason not to let it trouble you.
correct pronunciation (or at least a decent try at it) can bring about the accent change you want. in my humble opinion, any attempt to not sound like pena nieto is a good one

[upper sigil]

where are you from?

[granite falcon]

Latvia

[upper sigil]

good accent

[slate tartan]

👍 👍

[midnight needle]

I love listening to people's accents and thinking that mine is so lame compared to theirs 💀

[versed raptor]

Really clear @granite falcon, fantastic.

[dull jay]

shrek?

what that?

i thought u were br for a sec

aah bom

[stray depot]

Same

I wish I had a different accent ngl

I’m tired of being mistaken as British

[cold radish]

Hey

[elfin cosmos]

You can kind of work on your accent

But british is good imo

[stray depot]

It’s hard to do so HAHA

I sound like a mix of Aussie and British but people think I’m fully British

[finite sapphire]

Kiu became a teacher

omg

[stray depot]

I will let u know that my brain does not hold enough capacity for grammar and therefore I have resulted to analysis and composition instead BAHAHA

[finite sapphire]

i read that as "competition" and started wondering if you guys do some competition like wrestling in mud

[stray depot]

BAHAHAH

[pallid spire]

Despite speaking fast, your pronunciation is actually quite good in my opinion. I'd suggest slowing down a bit when you speak. But apart from that, good job. Keep it up!

[granite falcon]

Thank you all! Ill try to work on my talking speed

[outer tusk]

for a non-native speaker this is really impressive

the only problem was "a device that measure[s] and display[s] time"

[forest trellis]

pretty great, Your cadence is really good. You slurred some vowel sounds here (By the way I am judging you based on the American pronunciation). The first one "chronometer" is actually pronounced "/kroʊˈnɑm.ə.tər/" This is "ɑ" the AAHH sound as in father, so it would be kronAAAHmeter or kronɑmeter meanwhile you said something like krOnometer as in "boat" this happened because Because you didn't stress the second Syllable of the word.

The sentence "clock is one of the oldest" The way you prononuced the word "oldest" was a bit off. You should have pronounced "Oldest" with a stop t (Stop t is the basically the "T" but you do not pronounce it in its full measures, but you stop the airflow whilst placing the tongue in the spot Where The "T" sound pronounced ) The reason for this is Connected speech sometimes we do not pronounce things as they should be we are not orthodox with the pronunciation depending upon the overall stress in the sentence it could be pronounced differently.

"Intervals" the schwa sound ˈɪntərvəl' the first "ə" in intervals was off, you said something like intervolts of time rather than intervəls of time.

"The lunar month" You slurred the words or rather based on my acumen you fumbled on the Th sound The sound in "That", The reason for this I suppose is you are reading from a source fast.

"Operating", In American English The plosives are of great importance. Plosives or simply the Pop sounds are iterated with a strong sound. So when you said the Operating you did not make the "p" plosive rather you substituted the sound With an ambiguous "V" in my opinion.

Great accent. I Suppose you are aware of these mistakes and when you isolate the sounds you could pronounce them the way they are supposed to be pronounced but in accordance with other sounds it might be hard to integrate them especially whilst speaking fast. The intonation and the Musicality of Your accent are pretty great in my opinion. Albeit the sounds could get a bit more tuning.

[river lance]

that is an old audio?

Don't be fake humble, u know we understand u, sounds clear and american

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4nZ8n9cJFiw

kinda remembered me of this guy

[idle flint]

Hello, can u guys judge my accent. it's kinda random dont mind with whatever i said.. lol -Andrew Tate

[forest trellis]

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[river lance]

Your accent was fine. I just didn't think much of the unnecessarily vulgar language. I don't usually care too much, but this was excessive and seemed a bit inappropriate, IMO.

[forest trellis]

my suggestions were for you @granite falcon

[idle flint]

yep totally agree..

[short spade]

don't mind him. that was beautifully phrased and conveyed

[plucky beacon]

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[plucky beacon]

I think that I was definitely more nervous in the first half of the text compared to the second part of the text. I was definitely speaking more relaxed and confidently in the second half, I think it is also easy to be heard

when I listen to myself I can hear that I definitely mispronounced a bunch of words in the first half because I might not have been completely relaxed

Btw, the reason I read so slowly is not because I want to read as comprehensively as possible but is rather due to my dyslexia 🙂

[undone escarp]

7/10 not bad

[rancid rain]

I think your accent is really really good

your pronunciation is really good, and I really appreciate when people don't just tack on a super thick American accent

[river lance]

Really well done. You almost sound like a native to England. I mean, TBF, you do basically sounds like a native to England, but perhaps more specifically someone who struggles with reading aloud.

And you have dyslexia, which makes it totally understandable why you struggled. You could've told me you were dyslexic and that you were from England, and I probably would've believed you.

[plucky beacon]

Happy New Year 🎊

I've heard that reading is like a muscle 💪 if you train it, it grows bigger and you become stronger 💪

[plucky beacon]

I do read a lot I would say. At least on a daily basis, but my reading muscle does not grow, I do not become a faster reader from reading a lot 😭

[short spade]

aloud?

[plucky beacon]

Not necessarily aloud, just read

[short spade]

what

well that doesn't make sense. no offense but i.read a LOT and my accent is crap.

damn, didn't read the whole post. nevermind me

[whole geyser]

Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her from the store: Six spoons of fresh snow peas, five thick slabs of blue cheese, and maybe a snack for her brother Bob. We also need a small plastic snake and a big toy frog for the kids. She can scoop these things into three red bags, and we will go meet her Wednesday at the train station.

Just looking for feedback on my pronunciation & accent

[weary dock]

I think you did pretty good, but I have noticed that you struggled in pronouncing words with "th" in it like "these" and "three". You read "those" instead of "bring THESE things...". Your accent is really easy to listen to and understand, while your pronunciation can be better as long as you keep practicing 🙂 Good luck, Keanne! Great voice btw.

[sharp spear]

Nah it's ok everyone is here for feedback

[umbral sandal]

So ignoring the Th sound that was already pointed out, I also noticed you had an issue with adding some words in. Like you said "bring Those things with her (pause) from the other store:" The main issue of course being "these" vs "those". You also said "Five thick flaps of blue cheese" and pronounced "Brother" Like "Brether". I think most english accents tend to pronounce this word with a "Short a" sound like "Bruther". I think the sentence "She can scoop these..." Should probably be either a request (like "Please have her scoop these...") or a suggestion (Like "She should scoop these..."). And then the last sentence should be... "We will meet her on Wednesday at the Train Station (The word go is doubling up on the future tense which is bad and you need a preposition like "on" to tell you that's when you're meeting her. To be fair, a lot of english speakers do drop that preposition so it's not a huge deal). I know I typed a lot of critique, and there are certainly things you can improve on, Most native speakers would understand you pretty clearly, so it's a pretty good job.

[whole geyser]

yep spot on haha i have trouble pronouncing the “th” sounds like for example tree and three 😅 but thanks u

[whole geyser]

After re listening yeah i did add and replace a bunch of words but thanks for the feed back i learnt something new 😄

[weary dock]

Cheering you on to keep learning more about English 🙂 💪

[cloud mirage]

thanks

[night dagger]

how does this judge my accent work here

[stray depot]

You post your accent to get some advice from other people

[steady shale]

cani uesti cover

[true bramble]

how did i dooo

i got braces btw

[snow mantle]

hii guyss, can i ask for tips on how to pronounce 'sts'? i find it real hard to pronounce that without sounding robotic and unnatural :(

[true bramble]

second attempt

[ionic cloak]

hii

judge my accent

[iron gate]

You can enunciate the words clearly that's good but i think you need to have some tone cuz I can't feel anything I just realized this problem 🫠

[iron gate]

Okayy thx

[boreal lintel]

"Sony began developing the PlayStation after a failed venture with Nintendo to create a CD-ROM peripheral for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in the early 1990s. The console was primarily designed by Ken Kutaragi and Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan, while additional development was outsourced in the United Kingdom. An emphasis on 3D polygon graphics was placed at the forefront of the console's design. PlayStation game production was designed to be streamlined and inclusive, enticing the support of many third-party developers."

[sinful canopy]

I think you need to work on what pronunciation of the letter A you use. For example, you used the incorrect way of saying A in began and Japan. You said it as "ah" rather than "eh". Try saying began but, in your mind, replace the letter A with 'eh'. (Below is a comparison between your pronunciation and mine)

[civic sequoia]

how to have a good pronunciation of the letter "r"?

[sharp spear]

Depends, if you are basically saying just 'r' it's pronounced "are" but when you say something like Robert, you'd use "Raw-but" completely ignoring the second 'r'

[boreal lintel]

Okay, thanks so much for your advice 😄

[true bramble]

shape your tongue like a pringle

like fr

that's the new meta in the accentmaxxing scene right now

[outer tusk]

accentmaxxing lmao

[outer tusk]

found the brit

[outer tusk]

also i spent actual time of my life trying to shape my tongue like a pringle and I can say this is somewhat accurate just don't overdo it

[sinful canopy]

a better way of saying Robert (the way I say it) is roh-buht

[raven tusk]

Nah it's good

[sharp spear]

Idk dude "but" goes well for me not just saying a small 'but'
Rather like we say hurt kurt etc.

[true bramble]

i think for a british accent it's more of a "buht"

[true bramble]

that sounds kinda off could you send a voice recording

[sinful canopy]

That's what I meant to type

Thanks

[true bramble]

could you send a voice recording tho

[true bramble]

the "buht" part sounds too short

maybe make it longer

?

get that "uhhh" action going on

[split cape]

are you guys judge me?

[tough lance]

Hi. Teach me English, please.

[distant comet]

“A certain shopkeeper sent his son to learn about the secret of happiness from the wisest man in the world. The lad wandered through the desert for forty days, and finally came upon a beautiful castle, high atop a mountain. It was there that the wise man lived.
“Rather than finding a saintly man, though, our hero, on entering the main room of the castle, saw a hive of activity: tradesmen came and went, people were conversing in the corners, a small orchestra was playing soft music, and there was a table covered with platters of the most delicious food in that part of the world. The wise man conversed with everyone, and the boy had to wait for two hours before it was his turn to be given the man’s attention.

I consumed a lot of American content, so that's why I get confused in some words. (I'm learning the Brittish accent.)

[shut plover]

Amazing man! great work, I think its beneficial to speak slowly and enunciate clearly, and take your time between sentences, it gives u space to think, t his can help you focus on the pronunciation of each word and improve your overall clarity. Additionally, listening to native speakers and trying to mimic their speech patterns can also be very helpful. Keep practicing, and you'll see improvement over time.

remember practice makes perfect

[stoic slate]

Hey guys i wanna develop my British accent any tips!!

[distant comet]

thanks, for the nice words I'll keep practicing!

[arctic inlet]

send a recording here

[obsidian olive]

I think it's not bad. I can understand which I'm even not a native English speaker and the key point is that at the first step. You may study to phonetic alphabet to improve your pronounce and speed of speaking. I believe that you will get better day by day. 😊

By the way, You may try to read English books while recording everyday based on english level. It will show it that where you made mistakes and It may motivate to seeing your improving process.

[brazen ermine]

i think this is what they're trying to spell out with "roh-buht"

the first half is short so it's different from "raw" /roː/, and the second half is short so it's different from "burt" /bəːt/

that makes it two short vowels just like they said in the recording /rɔbət/

[river lance]

Hello @forest trellis,
I missed your class about the accent today 😅
would you mind giving a resume about your session or how to improve it?

[forest trellis]

Oh sure

No worries

Every tuesdat

10 pm AST

Saudi arabia standard time

[split nebula]

"Jack was hungry. He walked to the kitchen. He got out some eggs. He took out some oil. He placed a skillet on the stove. Next, he turned on the heat. He poured the oil into the skillet. He cracked the eggs into a bowl. He stirred the eggs. Then, he poured them into the hot skillet. He waited for the eggs to finish cooking. They cooked for two minutes. He heard them cooking. They popped in the oil."

[sinful canopy]

That's excellent! I think the only thing that needs some work is distinguishing what pronunciation of 'E' you use. For example in the word skillet, the first one was perfectly as "ski-luht" but the second one was pronounced differently.

[split nebula]

oh thank you a lot , I have issues with eh and uh, ae, and relates

I'm on going to make it better 🤩

[odd edge]

@restive meteor robb

[pseudo elm]

You didn’t pronounce finish correctly as well, work on [sh] sound - /ʃ/.

[split nebula]

Thank you, I will fix it 🤩

[true bramble]

how's my accent?

[shell leaf]

okay, let's try too

i'm open to any feedback 😁 my pronunciation is not very good yet 🌸

[dire zenith]

Who said that? I'll slap said person

You sound good

[dire zenith]

What makes you think your pronunciation isn't good? any specific reasons?

[shell leaf]

its my first pronunciation, i think in my life... I spoke little to people from my country in English

[split nebula]

Just give up those pessimistic, we do speak English here everyday

[shell leaf]

Okay, I don't give up like others who have also learned Others can do it too!

[dawn helm]

"Jack was hungry. He walked to the kitchen. He got out some eggs. He took out some oil. He placed a skillet on the stove. Next, he turned on the heat. He poured the oil into the skillet. He cracked the eggs into a bowl. He stirred the eggs. Then, he poured them into the hot skillet. He waited for the eggs to finish cooking. They cooked for two minutes. He heard them cooking. They popped in the oil."

[distant eagle]

[tight bluff]

My name is Yoshikage Kira. I'm 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke, but I occasionally drink. I'm in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I'm trying to explain that I'm a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn't lose to anyone.

[sinful canopy]

everyone i've heard say it (except you) say it as wosh

[split nebula]

it’s okay many ways

[distant eagle]

I'm from the east and most of my family is from Pennsylvania and mideast so we say Warsh instead of wosh. a lot of people who have scottish or Irish genes or older members of family can usually hear it from a great grandpa or grandma. 😭 My friend told me that the east is weird because we say Warsh..

[runic field]

Past trauma.
People don't want to be pitted just because of their, Past They want a shoulder to cry on. Someone to tell them that’s it’s going To be okay To have someone That’ll stick with Them, And not leave To be there for Their ups And downs To love them For their Personality, Not for their body

[gilded lance]

Depends on your accent, whatever you grew up saying is right.

[arctic inlet]

how’s this?

[static plaza]

Nobody answered, but your pronunciation is good, just keep going what you're doing and DON'T GIVE UP!

[arctic inlet]

thank you!!

[plucky beacon]

Can you guys please judge the Queen's English?

[kind goblet]

She, she sounds like she's drunk or something, slightly slurring her words a bit, and of course, the obvious thing, she sounds...BRITISH.

And it sounds like she's combining words sometimes, IDK, just doesn't sound normal to me, probably because I'm and American and not European.

[plucky beacon]

😂

[misty aurora]

I disagree with the previous. She speaks beautifully. No slur. One small slip that she corrected. Her accent is rather British, yes, but clear.
I heard no "combination of words".
Just my perspective.
Wish that all you have to listen to are that clear.

[proven plaza]

Hi, I was wondering if my speech is generally intelligible for you guys? Would appreciate any tips on how to improve, thanks!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yH9jfmxhkA_fIBu0xZcnZVJ_wVFFuWDF/view?usp=sharing

This was me responding to a prompt for the IELTS test, so it was impromptu and might be a little messy lol

[gilded lance]

she sounds Indian

[plucky beacon]

Does she sound posh? Because she ought to since she, after all, is queen.

[river lance]

i think she's vivid with her speech. What do you mean by posh?

[misty aurora]

I agree 100%. Definitely a voice trained to sound posh.
Not sure that sounding posh is a thing many want nowadays, but sure, she can do it.

[plucky beacon]

When she speaks Danish it sounds posh, but I am not sure if it is the same with her English

[plucky beacon]

She can do it but is she doing it?

[split nebula]

"Jack was hungry. He walked to the kitchen. He got out some eggs. He took out some oil. He placed a skillet on the stove. Next, he turned on the heat. He poured the oil into the skillet. He cracked the eggs into a bowl. He stirred the eggs. Then, he poured them into the hot skillet. He waited for the eggs to finish cooking. They cooked for two minutes. He heard them cooking. They popped in the oil."

[unborn veldt]

wtf

[distant eagle]

What?

[unborn veldt]

WASH

[strong patrol]

wah sh
warsh
wosh

[unborn veldt]

listen girl, idk how to prononce wash

but

as long as we understand you

[strong patrol]

those are the types i know lol

[unborn veldt]

it s the most important

u are

ot at least girl s voice

anyways

wash

wosh

in england

they say waaash

[strong patrol]

cough pronouns in bio cough

[unborn veldt]

meaningless

Wash or wosh

depends of ur accent

australian say wash i think

[distant eagle]

I grew up with people saying warsh. But we spell it the same.

[strong patrol]

woaahhh not meaninglesss

[unborn veldt]

Yop

[burnt fjord]

Hello, I'm fine!

[feral dust]

@burnt fjord

[burnt fjord]

Yeah?

[tropic slate]

https://tenor.com/view/trump-speaking-not-i-know-words-gif-13603660

[tropic slate]

@sinful canopy everyone thinks that their pronunciation is standard...that is the beauty of living in the US - because there are so many regional dialect patterns, we all think our own is the "normal" one! The same thing happened in my family too - I was raised in a Swedish-American community (first generation), and so the word "ja" is frequently used instead of "yeah" or "yes". I noticed when my son was first learning to talk, he said "ja" before he said "yes" as well. There is something called register shift, where you change or adjust your speaking pattern, depending on your audience. So that means, when you're with your family, go ahead and say "warsh", but in a more formal setting (such as work, public speaking, etc.), change your vocabulary to the standard form of "wash". If you slip up in public, just excuse yourself and repeat the word with the standard pronunciation.

[tropic slate]

@arctic inlet You did beautifully! Next step: I would suggest making sure you are pronouncing final consonants, especially the plural -s, -es, and tense markers -s, -ed, -es. (some general examples: mitten vs. mittens, walk vs. walked). These are sounds we add onto the ends of words in English to denote the number or quantity of things, or whether things happened in the past or present. They are small, unstressed sounds, and in running speech, it is easy to drop them. There are rules you need to learn about whether to use a voiced sound, or a voiceless sound at the end of these kinds of words, and that is a more advanced English topic. I noticed a few consonant deletions and that some of these sounds tended to disappear in the short reading that you uploaded. Keep up the good work, your English is very easy to understand. Good luck!! Cindy

[tropic slate]

@proven plaza Hello! I think that your English is very intelligible and easy to understand. A good next step for you is to learn how to pronounce an American /r/ if you are wanting to speak American English. The American /r/ is produced with a tension in the back of the tongue, with the tip pointed up towards the palate and slightly curled backward. Here is a link that will provide more specific information about how to produce an American /r/ sound. https://magoosh.com/english-speaking/the-rhotic-r-american-r/ You are tending to reduce the /r/ sound in the middle and at the ends of your words, as well as in consonant clusters in the beginning of words . Your /r/ sound in the beginning of words is emerging and sounds more clear. This is a good sign!!! Good luck in your next steps - Cindy

[sinful canopy]

i don't live in the us

[static plaza]

How it works here to pronounce Something? I have to add a text here?

[warm sinew]

well the best pronunciation of english comes from the pacific northwest of the USA

there are walmart employees in the PNW with better english than her

they do not have accents

[warm sinew]

Wrong. The accent of the Pacific Northwest is "standard" in the sense that those who speak it literally have no accent. It is the purest most unbroken form of English.

I hope you have learned something today, LuckyStrikes. Although I am a beginner from Colombia I have a lot to teach the world when it comes to english.

[warm sinew]

Sadly however, large amounts immigrants from other states have begun (little by little) to tarnish this perfect English. Although for now this is only concentrated in major cities (seattle, portland, etc.)

[arctic inlet]

Thank you! I’ll work on it👍

[finite sapphire]

amazing

i understood it easily

i noticed some difficulty and struggle while all that was being pronounced but i got it

maybe not struggle, its just kinda, hm, slow, possibly, hard to describe the feeling am getting from this

[dapper lintel]

At last it was evening. The large stone hall of the workhouse filled with hungry, skinny, young orphans, dressed in filthy rags. Perhaps the word hungry doesn’t accurately describe the grumbling stomachs. Starving would probably be more suitable. They had three meals a day, which consisted of only one bowl, and more, of watery, tasteless soup; except on special occasions when they enjoyed a tiny piece of bread too.

[dapper lintel]

I’ve been speaking English for 10 years, there’s always something at the back of my mind telling me that I sound like a foreigner (not that anything’s wrong with that) but I just wanted to get feedback so I can improve and sound more native

[misty aurora]

It sounds very natural. Worry not.
I'm not sure why "a foreigner" would want to sound not like a foreigner, but go for it.

BTW: It does not make a lot of sense here; "which consisted of only one bowl, and more,". It sort of works as if "watery, tasteless soup" were more explanation, but not quite seeming right.
I found it online and it seems that it should be
"which consisted of only one bowl, and no more,".

[lost meadow]

@odd edge in like 10 secs

[dapper lintel]

Thank you, I appreciate it!
And I scribbled this down on a piece of paper, I must’ve missed “no” before “more”
I felt like something was off while reading it, but I chose to ignore it.
Thank you again for the feedback

[civic sluice]

its good and easy to understand, but the rolling r in the word experience sounds off

[proven plaza]

thanks, ill definitely be working on my rs next! glad to know its intelligible though 😄

[outer oak]

i am amit kumar from indian , i passed my college from premier college that was situated in kolkata . i am searching job in data analytics , in recent time i am doing internship in start up company ,

[hollow osprey]

Askew meaning

[sinful canopy]

its pretty much a synonym for crooked

for example | | \ |

the third symbol is askew

[pallid garnet]

Sorry but I am going to be honest.

1. You are way to quiet
2. There are a lot of words being slurred.
3. The ending of a few words are not clear.

On the positive side it sounds like you are making an effort to try. Best of luck to you 😄

[shell moss]

Could I just ask a question: In which way could I have a talk to English speaker?

[misty aurora]

You mean as in "Use Discord"?
Or "should I be polite?"

[stone zinc]

Bros

someone brazilian?

I wanna learn English with a brazilian Friend

bro, I am very happy for understand what you write

[potent plank]

hello i'm brazilian

i need to pratice my conversation

[static plaza]

Hi man, I'm Brazilian too, but if you wanna chat with somebody here I recommend you go to the "beginner chat" 'cause there has a lot of movement

[potent plank]

Thank you

[static plaza]

Hi guys, I'm letting these lines to you, just for practice the pronunciation and because I'm love Star Wars 🙂
• Anakin Skywalker: I saw your ship! What are you doing out here?
• Padmé: I was so worried about you! Obi-Wan... told me terrible things.
• Anakin Skywalker: What things?
• Padmé: He said... you've turned to the Dark Side, that you... killed younglings!
• Anakin Skywalker: Obi-Wan is trying to turn you against me.
• Padmé: He cares about us.
• Anakin Skywalker: Us?
• Padmé: He knows. He wants to help you. Anakin, all I want is your love.
• Anakin Skywalker: Love won't save you, Padmé. Only my new powers can do that.
• Padmé: At what cost? You're a good person. Don't do this!
• Anakin Skywalker: I won't lose you the way I lost my mother. I am becoming more powerful than any Jedi has ever dreamed of, and I'm doing it for you... to protect you.
• Padmé: Come away with me. Help me raise our child. Leave everything else behind while we still can!
• Anakin Skywalker: Don't you see? We don't have to run away anymore. I have brought peace to the Republic. I am more powerful than the Chancellor; I... I can overthrow him. And together, you and I can rule the galaxy... make things the way we want them to be!
• Padmé: I don't believe what I'm hearing! Obi-Wan was right... you've changed!
• Anakin Skywalker: I don't wanna hear anymore about Obi-Wan. The Jedi turned against me. Don't you turn against me!
• Padmé: I don't know you anymore! Anakin... you're breaking my heart! You're going down a path I can't follow!
• Anakin Skywalker: Because of Obi-Wan?
• Padmé: Because of what you've done... what you plan to do! Stop! Stop now... come back! I love you!
• Anakin Skywalker: LIAR!
• Padmé: [turns to see Obi-Wan] No!
• Anakin Skywalker: [to Padmé] You're with him! You've brought him here to kill me!
[begins choking Padmé with the Force]
• Obi-Wan Kenobi: Let her go, Anakin!
• Padmé: [choking] Anakin...
Obi-Wan Kenobi: Let... her... go!

releases Padmé, who falls to the ground, unconscious]

• Anakin Skywalker: You turned her against me!
• Obi-Wan Kenobi: You have done that yourself.
• Anakin Skywalker: You will not take her from me!
• Obi-Wan Kenobi: Your anger and your lust for power have already done that. You have allowed this dark lord to twist your mind, until now, until now you've become the very thing you swore to destroy.
• Anakin Skywalker: Don't lecture me, Obi-Wan! I see through the lies of the Jedi. I do not fear the dark side as you do. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire.
• Obi-wan Kenobi: Your new Empire?
• Anakin Skywalker: Don't make me kill you.
• Obi-Wan Kenobi: Anakin, my allegiance is to the Republic, to democracy!
• Anakin Skywalker: If you're not with me, then you're my enemy.
• Obi-Wan Kenobi: Only a Sith deals in absolutes.
• Obi-Wan Kenobi: I will do what I must.
• Anakin Skywalker: You will try

[static plaza]

Why I can't send audio here, like, archive type?

[static plaza]

Now I got it

Sorry for the long audio 😅

[merry ferry]

Actually, you're doing great, but there are a couple of things you should be aware of, such as: word of Won't you need to put much more stress on the "t" letter due to mostly negative words, there should be much more stress because misunderstandings might happen. Second, you need to do it with rising intenations, unlike many other languages. When you're using English, you need to give much more attention to that. In conclusion, your English is perfect; you just need one more push.

[static plaza]

Thank you for the tip and for the attention

When you said that I have to put more stress on the "T", I should Pronounce the T or just let it be clear that word has the letter "T"?

And just one more thing, my edit on audio with the music was good? 😅

[static plaza]

But you got it clear without misunderstanding?

[steady kernel]

This is excellent. You speak very clearly and your pronunciations are on-point. Well done.

[dapper lintel]

Thank you!!

[merry ferry]

Just only for some negative situations; such as negative statements needs these type of letter stress due to misunderstand happens

[merry ferry]

Yeah there isn't any issue

[old pagoda]

Is there anyone who speaks with a british accent here?

i'd like to improve my accent, and the british accent is quite exquisite, i'd love to acquire it

[misty aurora]

There are lots of "British" accents. Are you looking for "BBC English"?

[old pagoda]

i think i am looking for a more london-ish accent, i've looked into the bbc english, i believe it's a little bit like it

let me find a sample of someone speaking here

i think this video summarises it pretty well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDVOOo7R31c&t=262s

[misty aurora]

This guy is nuts.
Saying that in "car" we don't pronounce the "r" just because we don't over-stress it. Is he taking the Mickey?

It is "car", not "ca" and not "carrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr".

Motherrrrr? No way.

[old pagoda]

yeah i've noticed some crazy stuff in his video hahahahahahaha

[misty aurora]

Anyway (with no "s") Hope you find what you are looking for.

[old pagoda]

however the way he speaks is the way i'd like to speak

i've had too many exposure to american content, but i don't like the way they speak T.T

[misty aurora]

There are also a lot of different American accents.

[old pagoda]

yes, texan, californian

but they all have common stuff

[misty aurora]

Personally I find saying pardy for party grates.

[old pagoda]

there is some sorte of uniqueness to the british accents

(forget the scottish accent) ahahahahhaha

[misty aurora]

If only we could.

[old pagoda]

i am thinking about paying a teacher on italki to acquire one british accent

only for miscellaneous

i don't actually need it, but i'd like to have one

[misty aurora]

Does italki have that?

[old pagoda]

Yes, there a tutors who specifically help you to work on your accent

And it's not that expensive

[misty aurora]

Enjoy. Looked for you on the server, but did not see you.
Beyond being understood, I understand that some people want to sound as if they come from another area. Hope it works for you.

[old pagoda]

I am brazilian, and i don't know if it's something cultural here, but generally people here don't like to listen the brazilian accent, it sounds like a russian trying to speak english but less rusty, maybe because we pronounce all vowels and tonal sounds

i understand that being understood is the essential, however i think that getting a little more familiar with an accent may improve connection when talking to a person

[finite sapphire]

what is wrong with the russian accent according to you?

in english

[old pagoda]

nothing, i like it, but portuguese and russian have similar tones

brazilian portuguese and russian in this case

we put enphasis in the R

[finite sapphire]

am slavic, we pronounce R the same as russians, and i personally do not

so, it can be improved

[old pagoda]

but the russian accent is more pleasant to the ears than the brazilian

[old pagoda]

that was only one example, there are others

i mean when i pronounce can't

i say i can't, however a brit lad would say "i cá ant"

[finite sapphire]

well okay, you know, there are many layers to that, you can have a russian with the thickest russian accent ever, or with a slight russian accent. For me people say am russian, because "they slightly can notice the slavic accent"

[old pagoda]

the russian accent is pretty dope and nice, have you heard the brazilian?

[finite sapphire]

yes

[old pagoda]

the vowels just sound more open

and it's difficult for us to get rid of that

[finite sapphire]

I think brazilian accent is okay, like, as long as i can understand this then this is fine for me

[old pagoda]

but come on, the british accent is very elegant

(not all of them hahahahahaha)

[finite sapphire]

to be frank, to me it could not exist and i would be very glad

it complicates everything, unnecessarily, american and even aussie is easier to understand

[river lance]

Yeah, I can think of a few British accents I'm thoroughly pleased I don't speak.

[reef solstice]

ig the only clever thing I can think of is ||bye gay||
don't take it personally

[unborn drum]

Hey everyone would you guys help me rate my accent.. it's very random.. my microphones are not really good as well.

[misty aurora]

Understood every word.
BTW: I almost didn't respond when I read your intro quotation from that Tait guy.

[unborn drum]

Hahahah lol . I don't like him personally lol. But that quote specifically is kinda funny lol ..
Thank you for the comment.

[spice flower]

Understood every word 🤘

on a scale of 1 to 10 that's a solid 7.5

👌

[river lance]

I also understood you very well, despite being distracted, there being background noise, and having a YouTube video playing until I paused it to listen to you. 😆

[river lance]

hi guys ! Siya from India .how can i work here to improve my pronunciation?

[rocky island]

maybe like understand the context of the word and find which part u find hard to say and like repeat until u confident

[misty aurora]

Some say they "shadow"; repeat after movies and video to copy the way native speakers say things. Some say that they listen to how something is said, then repeat to themselves, or record themselves and iterate.
Are you wanting to work on the individual sounds, words or on how whole sentences sound?
I suspect part of the process is to work out exactly which part or sounds you want to change and go crazy on practice concentrating on exactly those.
If you find a friendly vc room, likely others can help you get something right. Speakers of different languages often have different difficulties, so can sometimes help each other with sounds they have trouble with.

[flat sand]

Hello, can someone propose a text to read?

[river lance]

I would like too

[hearty linden]

Hello, i'd like to get some feedback on my pronunciation

the text

[eager burrow]

pretty much spot on aside from "honeycomb" but otherwise you're doing great 👍

[hearty linden]

thank you for the feedback colonel!

[old pagoda]

Is anyone available to do a pronunciation training in a chat room?

i am trying to get rid of the little brazilian accent i still have

i'm also trying to achieve a british accent which may be more challenging

[open basalt]

I'm also interested.

[finite sapphire]

"saw" sounded a bit off to me, i mean, i recognized it, but i think it was not really good

"vase" sounded a little bit like "face" to me

"honeycomb" also lacked something

Wait a second, maybe i can show you something

[hearty linden]

Yeah i kinda feel some words are a little bit off, thank you for the feedbacks

[hearty linden]

Oh oh sure

[finite sapphire]

https://forvo.com/word/saw/#en

https://forvo.com/word/vase/#en

I usually search for words on this website, cuz it has many recordings from natives, not from AI voice

If you scroll, you can find both american and british recordings there (well, if there happen to be for that word)

[finite sapphire]

https://forvo.com/search/sew/

you can compare sew with saw

if you listen to these

because theyre not the same, and yours did sound more like a sew, than saw

[hearty linden]

Okay! Thank you so much black cat i'll try to listen to it and re-record it later

[finite sapphire]

youre welcome. i feel i forgot to add that you did well, so, i was just cherry-picking the worst ones

[hearty linden]

much appreciated for the help

[finite sapphire]

if i may ask, kind of guessing it from the accent, are you a chinese native, perhaps?

[hearty linden]

oh no im not :(( im Indonesian

[finite sapphire]

hm this did not sound so typically indonesian gitu

but okay, a wrong guess

[hearty linden]

eh- we're from the same nation, no?

[finite sapphire]

nope, am polish

but i do know a bit of bahasa indonesia. Like, a teaspoon of it

[hearty linden]

ohh i see thats cool

[river lance]

What?

Why?

Do you know me?

Why?

Okay?

Why?

It's Indonesia

I'm not from Indonesia

[flat sand]

It last it was evening. The large stone hall of the workhouse filled with hungry, skinny, young orphans, dressed in filthy rags. Perhaps the word hungry doesn’t accurately describe their grumbling stomachs. Starving would probably be more suitable. They had three meals a day, which consisted of only one bowl, and more, of watery, tasteless soup; except on special occasions when they enjoyed a tiny piece of bread too.

[misty aurora]

... their grumbling ...

[misty aurora]

... and no more ...

[flat sand]

thank you

[gray dirge]

Hi y'all I'm new what do we all do here?

[wintry light]

Hi, does everyone know about Netease game?

I don't understand clearly about this website

[river lance]

Good for single words and connection between words is not good.
It is hard and not smooth.

[misty aurora]

... and no more... - The text has an error or two in it.

Corrected version:
At last it was evening. The large stone hall of the workhouse filled with hungry, skinny, young orphans, dressed in filthy rags. Perhaps the word hungry doesn’t accurately describe their grumbling stomachs. Starving would probably be more suitable. They had three meals a day, which consisted of only one bowl, and no more, of watery, tasteless soup; except on special occasions when they enjoyed a tiny piece of bread too.

[hearty linden]

thank you for the feedback!

[tranquil lantern]

[]

[flat sand]

I changed "the" by "their", but I chose to don't change "more" buy "no more".

I would like a feedback too.

[misty aurora]

The idea is that they get ONE bowl and no more than ONE bowl.
Search online - you will find this version in the correct form.
If this is not obvious to you, just believe me: it's what's intended.

[misty aurora]

The pronunciation of the words is fine. The speech comes off as very slow, as mentioned above, as if the words are more important than the sentence and the meaning. Great work. Keep practicing the flow, so the meaning of the sentences come out clearly.

[flat sand]

Thank you, I'm still learning pronunciation, it's not easy to pronounce words correctly.
my intention is, for the moment, very much focused on pronunciation of words, so it's a bit difficult for me to focus on the rhythm of the sentence right now.
If you have any advice, I'm open to it.

I thought that the idea was that the The only bowl of soup they had consisted mostly of watery tastless soup.

Can you read it to have an example of correct rythm?

[misty aurora]

"I thought that the idea was that the The only bowl of soup they had consisted mostly of watery tasteless soup."
Nope

• yeah, I tried that interpretation on for size, too, but it doesn't really wash. One and no more than one is what works.

[misty aurora]

Not saying I am an expert reader. If I read it, people could critique my reading too. But, luckily, it is much easier to be a critical listener; people can help you with your reading, even if they cannot do better.

[misty aurora]

Out of interest; What is the recording called? A "voice message"? Ans how do you create a voice message?

[flat sand]

I understand, do you think that it's a problem to be completely focus on the pronunciation first (reading in a unnatural way) then correct the rythm later?

there is people who can directly record on discord. I don't know how they do, we maybe need an authorisation.
personally, I record myself with audacity.

[misty aurora]

No idea. Never learned a language to that level.
I'd guess steps can be done in either order; whatever suits you best.
IT does seem sensible to get the components right, before trying to put them together quickly. But see whether you get help from others who may have more experience than I have.

[misty aurora]

Thanks. I also have audacity. I guess than means I could do multiple takes and choose the least bad one 🙂

[misty aurora]

Also, out of interest, which would be more useful; reading slowly, or at normal story-reading speed?

[flat sand]

I think that both have their own advantages, but if I have to choose one.
I would prefer the normal speed.

[dull grove]

Gentlemen which topic is going on

Anyone tell me

[wet parrot]

hello

[carmine gulch]

what you think about this video

like edit

no what he speak

[misty aurora]

Sorry, what is the question? He has a thick accent, but the subtitles seem to be correct.

[misty aurora]

This channel is about pronunciation. djamale had read a piece. I commented. Then we talked about how to record another one.
Othertimes, I guess, anything to do with pronunciation.

[unborn drum]

Hey !! It's been a while since i posted my first audio clip.. So i have got another one today. It's just so random.

[river lance]

@halcyon pagoda I want to talk to you

[river lance]

Your accent is really good, where are you from?

[ripe geode]

Here are the pronunciation rules for plurals in English:

Addition of /s/: The most common way to form plurals in English is by simply adding /s/ to the end of the word. Example: cat - cats
Addition of /z/: When the singular word ends in a vowel sound or a voiced consonant (except /z/ or /s/), the plural is formed by adding /z/. Example: dog - dogs
Addition of /ɪz/: When the singular word ends in /s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/, /dʒ/, or /ʒ/, the plural is formed by adding /ɪz/. Example: buzz - buzzes
Vowel change: Some words have a vowel change from singular to plural. Example: man - men
Consonant change: Some words have a consonant change from singular to plural. Example: tooth - teeth
No change: Some words remain unchanged in the plural. Example: sheep - sheep
These are the main pronunciation rules for plurals in English. It's important to note that the exact pronunciation may vary depending on the accent and phonetic context of the word in the sentence.

[civic sluice]

idk if tooth teeth is an example of consonant change

[vestal cloak]

Tooth > teeth is another vowel change. A consonant change would be like ... leaf > leaves (not "leafs")

[brazen gyro]

Hello everyone.
I am new here...I wanna improve my pronounciation and fluency.

[heady badger]

welcome

[arctic inlet]

https://voca.ro/1nl2HNEvJMFL
https://voca.ro/16MJ0bbgUGXd
I have to recite this for my upcoming presentation, does my intonation sound off and are there any words or phrases that sounded really non-native?

[crude dawn]

what is an example of a word that's hard to pronounce for u

[brazen gyro]

I am Indian. I want to learn British accent. @crude dawn

[crude dawn]

I am American so I don't have a British accent sorry.

[brazen gyro]

Okay, no problem.

[arctic inlet]

@crude dawn sorry do you mind reviewing this? I’m rather anxious about presenting in front of the class

[crude dawn]

sure thing one sec

[crude dawn]

1st one sounds good, but sometimes it is hard to understand u, but that could very well be the micro phone

[crude dawn]

the second one is also decent but there are many pauses between each word which should be okay for ur class, the only thing I'd work on is tone, u stay very monotone through both of the voice recordings

[arctic inlet]

alright i’ll work on it, tysm

[river lance]

Hey, guys! Is there anyone here who has successfully managed to improve their pacing? Could you maybe give me a couple of tips? I still use the pacing of my native language when I speak English, and I think that’s one of the main reasons why I always feel weird when I speak English, even though I know I’m pronouncing the words right.

[misty aurora]

I think I got every word except the most important one. ... can anyone help me with ???? please .... It sounded a little like malink?

[vestal cloak]

"Can anyone help me with a link, please"

[misty aurora]

Conversations form and reform continuously in the channels/rooms below.

[summer nova]

Hii, does anyone know about phonetics? 🥹 i have a little question

[static chasm]

@summer nova i referred phonetics when I studied about pronunciation, syllable, vowels and consonants. It is about the study of speech sound, it's production in our vocal organs. and I studied it from INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET, CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY OFFERS PRONUNCIATION, etc.
Fundamentally it gives a clear idea about pronunciation.

[finite sapphire]

International Phonetic Alphabet = IPA, it is often referred to using this acronym

[proper coyote]

Hey, I'm kinda struggling with the pronunciation of th, like in the, they, these etc. any advice?

[arctic inlet]

I struggle with that as well, but if I recall correctly I once saw someone mention that you can simply put your tongue behind the gap between your teeth, it’s easier for some people

Maybe you can send a recording of you trying that method and I’ll determine if it sounds fine or not

[sinful canopy]

Try making the 'S' sound, then put your tongue close to the back of your teeth. Then try implement this in your words

[upbeat hedge]

I'm sorry but I have a question. I'm currently studying in english and the problem is that it's american and I'm mostly used to british english. Is there important differences between the pronunciation in british and in american?

[untold ridge]

american has alot less intonation than british english

https://www.enago.com/thesis-editing/blog/distinguishing-between-american-and-british-english

[upbeat hedge]

Thank you❤️

[long plaza]

Greetings!

I’ve been struggling with (and quite confused about) the dark L sound lately. Normally I’d slightly pull my tongue to my throat to make the sound or pronounce it closer a “w” instead (quite the Cockney way, I believe). According to a few pronunciation training videos I’ve watched, however, your tongue’s position is quite the same as when pronouncing the light L, except it doesn’t release.

I wonder what’s the most accurate way to pronounce the dark L, or, if there is any at all. (Do feel free to give your opinion <3.)

Thank you for reading. I’d be more than grateful if you could guide me through it. Have a lovely one!

[wet flume]

put your tounge between your teeth and push air out through you mouth. without stopping the airflow, pull back you tounge into your mouth.

[sinful canopy]

can you give me examples of dark l's? google isnt helping and i've never heard that term before

[long plaza]

Dark L’s typically appear as the final syllable of a word, and when followed by a consonant. (E.g. aBLE, finAL, turTLE, etc.)

[sinful canopy]

for light l's the tongue is more relaxed, with dark l's put it closer to the top of your mouth

[long plaza]

Thank you for your help!

[uncut heron]

Hey guys can yours explain the difference for the words (fin, film, thin) the difference i am talking about is in the pronunciation, because i don't know the difference in pronunciation.

[rose bison]

Hello. How can I improve my academic English? What is your advice, and can you give me advices?

[vestal cloak]

fin [fɪn]
film [fɪɫm]
thin [θɪn]

"Film" has an L /ɫ/ in it ("dark L" - see the comments above yours for how to pronounce it) and ends with M /m/, not N /n/

"Thin" starts with TH /θ/, not F /f/. /θ/ is pronounced with your tongue between your teeth, not with your teeth against your lip like /f/. Try saying an S /s/ but put the tip of your tongue between your teeth

(But note that in some dialects like Cockney, unvoiced TH is pronounced the same as F, and voiced TH is pronounced the same as V. So for those speakers,"thin" and "fin" would sound the same)

[uncut heron]

Thanks bro

[quick hinge]

yo sup

[flat sand]

Do we touch the teeth when pronouncing t and d or just the alveolar?

[wet flume]

The teeth will come close together but should not touch. If they do touch and you are making the right sound then they will naturally come apart before the sound is made.

[flat sand]

Thank you

[wet flume]

does that help a little bit maybe?

[flat sand]

Yes, I think to share an audio of me reading some words starting by t and d after practicing to be sure that I do well.

How do you pronounce "ei" in either and neither /i/ or /aɪ/ in american english? I found the both pronounciation and I don't know which one to choose.

[sinful canopy]

Read it as a double E, like sleep and feed.

[sinful canopy]

Followup: /aɪ/ is used for Australian and British pronunciations

[flat sand]

Thank you for the information

[ionic canyon]

Is "hehe" a laughing sound, pronounced as "hae hae" in word hand or "hi hi" in word history

[uncut gull]

Yes laughing is hehe, teehee, haha or hohoho at Christmas time

Say it as hee hee

[uncut gull]

'Neither' can be pronounced like knee or sea, as can either. Or as in sky. The choice is yours.

[ruby owl]

wasn’t it and accent thing? i mean, brits will more likely pronounce it as naither and americans as neether

at least that’s what i was told during my english major

[noble wave]

rate my pronunciation

[arctic talon]

bruhhh

[arctic talon]

😱

[sinful pelican]

.

[muted heath]

Its a strange one, in that I come from a country with British accent origins, but I would say its currently 50/50 as to what a person will say when you speak to them. With globalization of communications and education, You are just as likely to hear both used commonly throughout your week unless you actually are in USA or UK.

[muted heath]

The main words in your clip are not understandable. 'You're so .... Your're so .... I wanna be your sigma?' Perhaps because you are almost singing this. Try and pronounce the 'You're' more like 'yor' rather than 'yur'

[muted heath]

Just a slightly (.25 second) more pause between Sean and o'Fry will make it clearer. Overall you could slow down your speech just a little and it will be clearer.

[ember jay]

It depends on the person really, people in UK do say it as ‘neether’ as well… that’s mostly because people in native countries don’t really overthink what they say, they just say it

[uncut gull]

@ember jay I agree

[tulip remnant]

"You're so skibidi, you're so phantom type (or tags). I wanna be your sigma"

[vestal cloak]

It's a TikTok song, lol. "You're so skibidi. You're so Fanum tax. I wanna be your sigma."

[tulip remnant]

oohh, what is Fanum tax?

[vestal cloak]

I don't know exactly. It's a Gen Alpha(?) thing. I'm too old for this stuff xD

But as far as I understand, the song is just a mash up of slang/memes and not really supposed to make sense

[arctic inlet]

https://voca.ro/1fShPXcNvmgt
Can someone judge my singing accent and please excuse my terrible singing skills 😭

[river lance]

it means eating someone else's food

it refers to the streamer Fanum, who "taxed" snacks by taking bites out of other content creators' food

(late gen-z'er here but i keep up with the latest memes while the rest of gen z calls them cringe)

[sinful canopy]

https://tenor.com/view/radiant-residents-skibid-toilet-second-extinction-roblox-world-of-tanks-gif-6947706349404103696

[arctic talon]

https://tenor.com/view/chica-fnaf-rizz-w-rizz-fnaf-meme-gif-6058095616017147707

[wet flume]

bro how is this gen alpha skibidi ohio relevant to pronunciation

[muted heath]

Oh that! Ofc. It makes perfect sense. Where was brain when i listened to you. "Perfect" pronunciation.

[muted heath]

Having just listened to this song only 15 hours ago, i can say that it is c nicely in key. Most of it is understandable with the song and pronunciation. But there are a few mid chorus phrases that appear to be a bit blended and running together.

I just met you and ..... Crazy, ... Heres my number, and call me maybe .......... And heres my number, hey i just ... You,,, but i otherwise could understand.

[muted heath]

Most certainly will look like my birthday cake posted in food channel, if you say this on a London street after 4pm.

Base

[arctic inlet]

Thanks I’ll work on my clarity :) also relieved to know that I’m in key haha

[tulip remnant]

aahhh thank you!

[cursive star]

this is a study guide for my test over it

Im stuck on either

1 or 2

cause they're both technically right

[pearl sonnet]

I feel like it's 1

[cursive star]

it says 2 is right

a lot of other sites say 1

thats why im so stuck

1 would make sense

Because the passage talks about gods going away and the religion has continued uselessly

[pearl sonnet]

Right.

[cursive star]

Which goes with 1 which says it doesn't show a purpose anymore

That would seem like the right answer

and there was another question that talked about the house lying or something

Let me try to find it

[pearl sonnet]

I'll be here.

[heavy fable]

Is there any app or site for improving your pronunciation

[wet flume]

this channel?

[misty aurora]

Lots of people come to the channels of this server to practice English and hear other accents.
Some people here will offer corrections if you ask them to.
There are also classes.

[heavy fable]

ok thanks

[regal viper]

@heavy fable

[wet flume]

@lean slate @keen mortar

[keen mortar]

Thank you

[wet flume]

No, thank you.

[lean slate]

Thanks for notifyin.

[keen mortar]

[wet flume]

I mean like why does someone do something like that though?

[lean slate]

Brats who are free from responsibilities and have no life.

[wet flume]

I guess so. Probably still lives in his parents basement.

[long turret]

what was that?

[wet flume]

wdym

[long turret]

the topic u were discussing about with mods?

[wet flume]

just something someone sent but it doesn't matter now

[wary jackal]

impressive bro, will send to all of my classmates as a prayer for exam session

[meager hound]

Hii?

[languid dew]

Pronounciation

[wet flume]

Pronunciation

[languid dew]

ProNOUNciation

[finite sapphire]

it is pronunciation

[vestal cloak]

I'm not sure if you're referring to the spelling or the pronunciation, but it's spelled "pronunciation".

How people pronounce it can be either in my experience. Some people say "proNUN"; others say "proNOUN". Both are fine if you ask me.

[languid dew]

im kidding luv

[tulip remnant]

You British?

[vestal cloak]

If that was to me, please don't call me "luv"

There was nothing in your post to show if you were kidding or not. My response was to clarify any confusion, as there are people here genuinely trying to learn correct spelling/pronunciation.

[languid dew]

no

[languid dew]

hahah

[acoustic owl]

It just a normal thing to say, isn’t it?

People say things like “luv” and “darling” even if they don’t know you

[candid ether]

I can't find voice chat can someone help me

[acoustic owl]

I think you have to scroll down to the bottom

[vestal cloak]

Depends very much on who's saying it and in what context. Sometimes words like "luv", "darling", or whatever are meant innocently, but they're quite often used in a disrespectful or condescending way as well.

Frankly, I don't personally care how it's meant. I don't like it and feel it's inappropriate from someone I don't know. I think it's perfectly reasonable to politely ask not to be addressed in a way that I don't like being addressed 🤷

[prime spear]

Could someone help judge my accent ? Im trying to improve my american accent, i hope this is the right place to ask

[frail sand]

hi

[wet flume]

hi

[bitter skiff]

hi

[tidal ridge]

hi

[bitter skiff]

hi

[bitter skiff]

hi

[sinful canopy]

https://tenor.com/view/fish-react-fish-react-him-thanos-gif-26859685

[bitter skiff]

no u lol

[pallid garnet]

That is so annoying!!! That’s where you separate the boys and the men.

[wet flume]

Which ones are the men?

[pallid garnet]

1% you will find one in this group. 😂

[reef viper]

Heyy everyone

[river lance]

Hallo everyone

[late ivy]

Hello guys

[compact bane]

Hello every one who is the head of this group????

[tidal ridge]

Hi, guys

[median fossil]

You're pushing 50 my bro

[languid dew]

really

:3

[wet flume]

Me!

[compact bane]

Fine

Am just new to the group and I am very interesting to improve my English

[kindred steppe]

hello everyone, I love you all, just don't think that I'm gay, please

[red shadow]

You sure about that bro

[true bane]

Hello everyone

[sage grove]

How to pronounce 120k in verbal English?

[acoustic owl]

One hundred and twenty thousand

Or, one hundred and twenty kay

[sage grove]

What about One and Twenty k?

[wet flume]

That's also feasible.

[pallid garnet]

First, I find it funny when it’s pronunciation and nobody is actually giving the audio answer

[sinful canopy]

one hundred twenty thousand formal

and hundred twenty K for informal/casual

example: i spent one hundred and twenty K on my car

example 2: that car will be one hundred and twenty thousand

[pallid garnet]

Whether it be formal or informal, both are correct

[vestal cloak]

That way sounds very strange to me. "One and twenty" makes me think of an archaic way of saying 21; I'm not sure if I've ever heard someone say 120 like that

I'd say it as "one twenty K" or "one hundred twenty thousand". Maybe "one hundred twenty K", but if I'm shortening the "thousand" to "K", I'm probably in the mood to drop the "hundred", too xD

[sage grove]

Thank y'all!!! That makes sense!!!!!!!

[signal perch]

why do we spell it "pronunciation" and not "pronounciation" when we have "pronouns"?

[wet flume]

I believe it's because it has different phonetics and has no relation to the word "pronouns".

[vestal cloak]

"Pronunciation" is related to "pronounce", not "pronouns" 😄
But the point is valid, and the answer is ... ehhh 🤷

[obsidian garden]

How do you pronounce height and hyperbole?

[stable stirrup]

Hi-t for height
And
Hi-per-bo-lee for hyperbole

Using strictly English characters ;-;

[vestal cloak]

height: [hajt]
(like the greeting "hi" + /t/)

hyperbole: [hajˈpɚbəɫij]
("hi" + per [like in "person"] + buh [like in "but"] + lee [like the end of "quickly"])

Note that pronunciation differs by region/dialect. This is how they are pronounced in General American.

[stable stirrup]

"General american" is wild

[rose mauve]

hello

HEY boys and girls

[acoustic owl]

Hello

Why do you choose to say hello in the pronunciation channel?

You’d have a better chance of people replying in the general channels

[reef viper]

Haiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[wet flume]

Why does everyone say hello here? Go say it in #💭｜general or #🧊｜chill-chat. It's just unnecessary spamming.

[acoustic owl]

Ikr

[bitter skiff]

How to get rid of my stupid accent?

[broken knot]

idk my accent is german so my friends think i am a villain

[bitter skiff]

My accent is Finnish and Russian

Combined

[broken knot]

ok cool

[bitter skiff]

That's dumb af

[wet flume]

Try to focus on speaking slower and clearer. Really think about annunciating each word in the way you want it to sound. Practise at home and around friends as often as you can to develop habits. Try finding someone who is Advanced or Fluent (the roles) and ask them for some help as they possilby experienced similar struggles when learning themselves.

[bitter skiff]

Yes

I believe talking slower will make my speech more clear and understandable

[river lance]

i can’t pronounce the R idk why pls someone help

[acoustic owl]

Does your native language roll the r?

[river lance]

kinda yeah

[acoustic owl]

Are you struggling to not roll the r?

[river lance]

somehow yes

[acoustic owl]

Might be a good thing to try (not my comment)

[opaque plover]

Hello everyone

[analog sable]

Hello there! Is anyone a fan of the Mid-Atlantic accent? 🙂

[worldly notch]

Hi there, I'm looking for someone who can improve my English. My interests are programming, technology, photography and all topics. My dm is open

[wet flume]

Happy to help in the server but not in DMs...

[acoustic owl]

Perhaps you could help OrcaShamu in the proofreading channel

[wet flume]

It looks like you guys are already helping him enough

[acoustic owl]

I thought maybe it would be good to have a second opinion. I want to make sure I’m not telling them the wrong thing

[river lance]

l

[worldly notch]

Sure, thanks, I need to improve my pronunciation

[arctic inlet]

Bro what is wrong with me, why does every native speaker I encounter not understand my English? Every time I thought I was speaking clearly, the person I talked to would still reply “sorry?”, someone even heard my 20 as 25 today…

[wanton plover]

Going through same. Probably some guidance from fellow homies would help

[finite sapphire]

i think the speakers you encounter are simply deaf

but it may be that theyre not, although... this sounds extreme, when i listen to your recordings then there is just no way somebody would think your 20 sounds like 25

id suppose somebody could potentially not catch words like "thursday" or "squirrel", which are just difficult to say properly every single time, but not something so simple as 20

or "thought", "taught" vs "fought" vs "sought", thats definitely something people mess up very easily, but thats still not even close to 20 when it comes to the difficulty, its way worse

[finite sapphire]

Ive no idea how this might be happening, it sounds crazy to imagine lmao

[fading imp]

How I can pronunciate the" 've "?
The phrase is:
I've been.

[scenic sigil]

/aiv 'bi:n/

[stable stirrup]

"Have" when put into contraction form ('ve) just makes the short "v" sound.
Above, SaMer has put it in phonetics, but a small explanation of the actual sound/reason is helpful too

[fading imp]

Thx bro

[fading imp]

Thank you so very much

[arctic inlet]

maybe i should record myself talking on the street one day lmao

[finite sapphire]

My heart goes out to you

with pity

[scenic sigil]

Did I do right?

[stable stirrup]

Yeah you did
Phonetic spellings can just be a bit confusing without context :)

[proven plaza]

Guys can someone give feedback on my pronunciation? I am planning to take the toefl test but their speaking AI is giving me low 20/100 consistently. My test is next week so I'm losing hope 🥲

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l9j9cgseHNwIPXNJJAavTpgdXO2U_rNA/view?usp=drive_link

[stable stirrup]

I have no idea why it's giving you such a low score. Your pronunciation was pretty much perfect.
Maybe it's your accent? AIs struggle with those sometimes. But that's the only thing I can hear that might cause you to get a lower score.

[proven plaza]

hi, thanks for the feedback! yeah you're right it might be the accent. I noticed the transcribed speech to be really off too. guess there's not much I can do for the time being.. accents suck because I know I sound off but have no clue on how to fix it lol

p.s. if i may, do you think human graders will have as hard a time understanding me?

[stable stirrup]

A human grader will have little to no trouble. You sound very clear and and your word choice is great.
Only thing about human graders is they might mark off for saying "umm" when you pause. It's better to just not talk until you figure out what you want to say.

[proven plaza]

this is reassuring to hear. thank you very much, have a nice day!

[stable stirrup]

You too :)

[finite sapphire]

AI is AI, neural networks make a lot of mistakes on every field, dont fully trust it. Human assessment is superior

[proven plaza]

yeah but TOEFL makers says this AI will have a part in grading my results. really bummed out lol

[finite sapphire]

i should probably take a look myself, at your pronunciation, wait

[finite sapphire]

yeah youre very good

AI is talking nonsense, youre clear and very good

if this all was something you were coming up with in real time while speaking, then thats a great flow and good fluency, no way it is supposed to be a low score

you make sense, your vocabulary may be way broader than what youve just used since even these words that were used so far in the recording were pretty, hm, beyond basics lets say, and you are able to express yourself when it comes to abstract topics

you havent even made a single grammar mistake in this speech, at least as far as i can tell, and its not even like you were struggling with this, it came out natural and you had no doubts

surely they'd need to test you with multiple different topics to see if your vocabulary is wide enough to deal with many contexts, but it probably is, your word choices were straight to the point

[proven plaza]

thank you so much for your detailed feedback! its much needed after multiple attempts to get the AI to understand me.

I think I'll stop relying on this AI for the time being. It brings me no good besides dragging my confidence down lol.

Have a wonderful day!

[finite sapphire]

in real life nobody cares if you speak british accent, american accent, australian accent, or some mix of them and your own one, you just gotta be understandable and capable of conveying the message

and you are

so no need for losing the confidence

[arctic inlet]

I tried imitating lines from The Big Bang Theory, can someone please give me comments? (Sorry for separating it into multiple recordings)
https://voca.ro/18HO0OVaoP5l
https://voca.ro/1aMTS6yiySZz
https://voca.ro/1eWn2xvSRTbw
https://voca.ro/1harR03Ntiyx

[finite sapphire]

i apologize for this, but i genuinely died hearing the last one lol. Knowing your usual dead voice, this one was not dead, and it cracked me lmao

Theyre understandable tho, all of them

My favorite is probably the second one from the top. It just sounds so natural and so good, as if you were accusing somebody of something, so judgemental

[arctic inlet]

lmfaooo

[empty dirge]

So uhm, I'm training my speaking skills because of an upcoming speaking contest [in my country of course]
Can someone give me feedbacks?
https://voca.ro/1kwFQ3dePdNA

[queen marsh]

How can i pronouce new words in a fast sentence? And long words

[spice kettle]

how can i practice ?

[stable stirrup]

Try enunciating your words more. You kind of slur your "S" sounds and your "TH" and "CH" sounds are too close.
It sounds like you also put the enfasis on the wrong parts of the word in some cases. I can't pinpoint exactly what words though.

[stable stirrup]

Try reading a couple words in advance of what your speaking.
It helps make you sound fluent, but it takes practice.
And don't be afraid to pause even when you're trying to read fast, it's better to pause than to mess up on words you know.
As for long words, the tride and true sound-it-out method is the best.
If nothing else use tts so you can hear it aloud

[stable stirrup]

If you mean English, try talking in voice channels with people who speak English fluently or native. There's also a literature VC where they take turns reading paragraphs of books and that's helpful for good practice as well. Really reading any book aloud is helpful as well.

[fast tulip]

how to pronouns Worcestershire Sauce

[stable stirrup]

Wor (long O)-sti-shire (long I) sauce

[fast tulip]

wooooor stiiiiiiiii shiiiiiiiiire sauce?

[stable stirrup]

Yeah pretty much
The O is kinda a mix between an O and an A sound

[worldly cape]

I'm really curious about this cuz everyone says something different

[finite sapphire]

your "th" sound in "think" was slightly off. You either just made a "f" sound like in "fight", or you tried making the proper th sound but it kinda blended into f. Or it was actually correct, but I do not hear this properly, this can be possible as well. Your "okay" had a russian vibe to it, because it sounded a little bit like "ok-yey", which is the way russians tend to go. Hard to estimate

the "th" in "they" was also not really right, it sounded simply like "dey", which is not really very bad, since th in they is not the same th as in think, but it is not really very accurate

Your "accent" was definitely not done the american way, it sounded like something an european would say

but, the stress accent was not obviously russian, it seems correct to me in every word you said, so you dont really have a very thick obvious russian accent

[finite sapphire]

it is likely that you are a german, but I doubt so. I would bet that you are a slovak, but am not 100% sure. anyway you most likely are an european, not sure which side of europe you are from, but it seems really unlikely that youre an asian or an african, or a south american

[zinc knot]

Hello everyone

[vestal cloak]

I usually hear it pronounced as something like [ˈwɪ.stə.ʃə] (WIH-stuh-shuh) sauce

[worldly cape]

that's a great analysis and it helps me to understand my own accent

if other people wanna try to guess I won't tell the answer now

[finite sapphire]

DM it to me then

my curiosity is already here

and knowing people answer here very randomly, you may get an answer today, tomorrow, or after a week

[worldly cape]

alright

that's ok I'll wait

@finite sapphire so go on accept my friend request I can't dm you

[finite sapphire]

done. Tbh i somehow assumed it works without requests but apparently not

[vestal cloak]

I'm not good at guessing accents, lol, but my first thought was Spanish? Not sure why, but I'm getting a Romance language vibe from your accent, although it could very possibly be something else.

The only nationality I feel confident saying you're not is German, and I'm mainly basing that on the fact that your T in "times" was unaspirated

I think definitely European as well

[finite sapphire]

id definitely have to know more about phonetics to be able to figure out if a t is aspirated or not

[ancient ravine]

For sure European.

[ancient ravine]

In Spain they tend to use the “th”

When I heard the recording, the “th” sound was far off but the vowels do sound like they come from a Romance language

I maybe would say Portugal or Romania

I’m not good at guessing btw

[finite sapphire]

amazing, i was able to notice the th was off lmao

cant believe it since i myself make th mistakes

[ancient ravine]

Portugal, Romania or Italy are my guesses

[tulip remnant]

It seems like the Egyptian accent, I have a few Egyptian friends and watched a lot of documentaries on Ancient Egypt with Egyptians being the presenters. The only difference that I noticed was Egyptians pronounce 'th' as a zed sound

[tulip remnant]

Definitely not Italian

[ancient ravine]

Oh wait I already know your nationality

😂

I spoke to you before

[tulip remnant]

Actually it could be, thinking about it now

[ancient ravine]

Nvm it’s not you that I guessed for

I’m that tired today

😂

[tulip remnant]

Go bo bo's

[ancient ravine]

It’s quite hard to catch sometimes

[ancient ravine]

I need a British English translator

I think that British English may be the hardest for me to understand 😂

[tulip remnant]

[finite sapphire]

When did you even speak to me lmao. I dont remember

[tulip remnant]

@gusty crown Did you ever use this?

In that context

[ancient ravine]

You’re the Palestinian from West Bank right?

[finite sapphire]

Lmfao what. I am polish

Where did you even take this from

[vestal cloak]

Mmm, true. Maybe not Spanish then.

I also don't hear any noticeable accent on the W in "where" (there's a bit of an accent on the word as a whole, but I think it's the vowel), which makes me exclude German again, as well as most Slavic and Germanic languages. Could just be well-practiced, though xD

[worldly cape]

I'll wait a little bit and then I'll tell my nationality

[ancient ravine]

Someone else had the exact same name as you 😂

He was also known as black cat

[worldly cape]

but that's crazy

[tulip remnant]

Can you tell us which continent it is?

[worldly cape]

you are so divided about my accent

[worldly cape]

if I say that it won't be funny

I've seen spanish, egyptian that's crazy

[tulip remnant]

😂

[worldly cape]

someone told me I sound like swedish

[finite sapphire]

Ah yeah, there is somebody who has it the same. The profile photo is different tho

[tulip remnant]

Definitely not Swedish

I'm guessing a middle Eastern accent

[worldly cape]

the guy who said this was 100% sure

[finite sapphire]

Lmfaoo

[worldly cape]

I also got finnish accent, chinese, vietnamese

[ancient ravine]

Nope

[ancient ravine]

You sure?

[worldly cape]

yeah yeah they were 100% sure of what they were saying

[finite sapphire]

You are not viet, by no means, ive talked to many viets lmfaooo

[worldly cape]

I mean

you've only heard 14 seconds of me speaking

I think I got a lot of inconsistencies in my accent to get such responses

[ancient ravine]

If y’all heard my accent

You would be confused 😂

[finite sapphire]

yes but if you were vietnamese, this would be screaming at me, viet accent is one that i am really good at noticing

[ancient ravine]

[ancient ravine]

They tend to have a high pitched voice

[finite sapphire]

the melodic feeling

and also tiny little things i cant explain in words lmao

[vestal cloak]

My dad is Chinese. No chance you are 😆

[worldly cape]

personally I don't know

the only thing I see is everyone disagreeing on my accent

[ancient ravine]

I already guessed

[finite sapphire]

Me and schuyler both pointed out youre an european

Soooo

[vestal cloak]

I'd take it as a compliment. Means you're probably avoiding the obvious mistakes people from your country are expected to make lol

[worldly cape]

yeah exactly

that's technically a hint but that's ok

[finite sapphire]

this essentially just revealed that there are no obvious cues here, since if there were, theyd hidden

[worldly cape]

true

[finite sapphire]

so any obvious mistakes are on purpose

or they are insignificant

to determining the country

*for

[tulip remnant]

I've always had in my head that proper thick Canadian accent

[vestal cloak]

Sooo does that mean "yeah exactly, European is wrong" or "yeah exactly, that's right"

Or neither and that was referring to something else

[finite sapphire]

What if it doesnt refer to the fact of being an european at all

[vestal cloak]

Lol yeah, just thought that too xD

[worldly cape]

I'm not purposely doing the mistakes

[finite sapphire]

same brains schuyler. The second time today

You have some polish brain right there

and youre connecting to mine

[ancient ravine]

😂 from me?

It’s not thick

It’s just how I pronounce my vowels

I basically sound American but I say the vowels differently

[tulip remnant]

That's seems intriguing

[ancient ravine]

Think of it as Californian splashed with a little bit of Irish, Scottish, New York, and French

[finite sapphire]

Baguette

And escargot

[tulip remnant]

Wow! That's a cool mix

[finite sapphire]

What if they are british and they just somehow got rid of the british

magically erasing all the british from the british

Like gotta think outside the box. They dont hold a native role, so maybe this is actually not true, and they in fact are a native

And the "th" couldve been just fabricated to be incorrect

[vestal cloak]

lmao

Too bad it's not April Fool's Day anymore 😂😂

[worldly cape]

alright I'll stop messing with you

I'm french

I think I got enough responses

[finite sapphire]

J'aime la france! Escargot! La revolution!

[worldly cape]

ça c'est bien dit

[finite sapphire]

So fromch

[tulip remnant]

That doesn't sound like French AT ALL

[finite sapphire]

I dont speak french. My friend taught me

[tulip remnant]

🫠

[worldly cape]

I can do my strongest french accent rn

[vestal cloak]

OOOO 🇫🇷 I would never have guessed French :O

[finite sapphire]

Turn into a baguette

[worldly cape]

alright gimme one sec

[finite sapphire]

And show us the real baguette

[vestal cloak]

I did get the family right, though 🙌 😂

[worldly cape]

yeah true

but french tend to have strong accents

that's why I'm proud lmao

[tulip remnant]

I've never heard a French person sound like that

[ancient ravine]

I was close

[worldly cape]

this audio shows what I sound like most of the time when I speak english

[ancient ravine]

I guessed every country near France

😂

Well most

[worldly cape]

understandable not gonna lie

[worldly cape]

:

[finite sapphire]

Am dying lmfao

[vestal cloak]

If I'm specifically listening for a French accent, I can kind of hear it now. But it's really subtle. That's awesome :D

[worldly cape]

yeah of course now that you know I'm french you're biased

but yeah in some way you can still hear it

a common mistake that most french people do is with the H sound

and that's the sound I struggle the most with

[finite sapphire]

I am mr. baguette and I came here to look for ha penis.

[ancient ravine]

😂

[finite sapphire]

I mean, happiness, of course. Not h a penis

[ancient ravine]

It’s very thick

[worldly cape]

yeah I got it dw

[finite sapphire]

I struggle the most with R in english, my default is slavic harsh R

[worldly cape]

I also struggled with R for obvious reasons

the infamous french R

[finite sapphire]

Schuyler cant make polish R i bet

[finite sapphire]

Ello, I am looking for apenis. I do not esitate in life, i am always appy

[vestal cloak]

I can, but only if I exaggerate it a lot. AmeRRRRRyka

I struggle with the English R, too, for the record lmao

[finite sapphire]

amerrryka lmfaoo. Can you say angry kurwa?

[worldly cape]

average french sentence

[finite sapphire]

oney, the traffic is pretty ectic today

[vestal cloak]

I don't know that word, but I have a feeling it's something weird kuRRRRwa

[finite sapphire]

its the most common poland meme ever

and this is actually the strongest swear word in polish

you cant get more rude than that lmao

Like there is a rule, the harsher R is, the more anger you express using it right

[vestal cloak]

Ah. Jasne xD

[finite sapphire]

You were typing like few minutes just to say this

jasne jak słońce

a saying, as bright as the sun. Means something is very clear

[vestal cloak]

I started to doubt if I was saying that right and looked it up lol

My problem is overthinking lmao

[finite sapphire]

nah its perfect. Perfekcyjnie. Nic dodać nic ująć

You gotta tell this your polish friends if they ask whether something looks nice/is nice or something. "Nic dodać nic ująć" is a saying meaning that its already perfect, nothing can be added to improve and nothing can be taken away to improve

Like:

• did I do this right?
• nic dodać nic ująć
  (so, its perfect)

[vestal cloak]

Rozumiem. Dzięki :)

[finite sapphire]

lmao you were looking this one up too

maybe not, idk, nie ma sprawy

[vestal cloak]

That time no xD

[finite sapphire]

okay amazing

[river lance]

Sorry for any mispronunciations and background noise ^^

This is just a test message

[finite sapphire]

it is understandable, but thays a way too short of a message to judge it properly tbh

thats likely some slavic accent

[past crane]

hellloooo

[river lance]

I agree

[river lance]

😂

[river lance]

👋

[river lance]

@finite sapphire If I'd be honest, then I am not slavic, I am actually a person with a different nationality, I was planning to fake a French accent to see how good it will be 😂

My fake French accent sounds more Slavic/Russian

[finite sapphire]

your R made me go with slavic

this is not russian

am slavic myself lol

[river lance]

The "R" was "Rrrr"

[finite sapphire]

yes, but it was not russian accent

[river lance]

Yep

Russian accent is more lazy

And heavy

[finite sapphire]

you kinda did fake the french indeed, but not enough lol

ello

lmao

[river lance]

The "LO may frends"

😂

[finite sapphire]

where are you from originally

[river lance]

India

[finite sapphire]

yeah that was not expected lmao

[river lance]

xD

All Indians do not have that stereotypical Indian accent

Accent changes in India from place to place

[finite sapphire]

yes, i am aware of this, i have spoken to indians who sounded a bit british tbh

[river lance]

They probably were born in the UK and lived their whole life there

[finite sapphire]

one told me they lived few years there but most of their life they spent in india

[river lance]

hmm, interesting

sometimes accent just change

[river lance]

Bri'ish accent ^

Rate it out of 10

Boh-uh of Woh-uh

xD

[delicate thorn]

Hello

[tidal dirge]

hello

[slate tulip]

Hello ! 👋🏽

[summer nymph]

Hi everyone

[onyx agate]

hi

how are you

[tulip remnant]

Honestly 0/10

[river lance]

Ok xD

[finite sapphire]

not even close

for me either

[acoustic owl]

3/10 you got that bit at the beginning but then it dies off

[river lance]

Ah

I see

[versed raptor]

I gave you 1/10

[river lance]

Ah

I see it's really bad

Gonna work on it

[compact zephyr]

has anybody here studied pronunciation and accent from the book called 'Mastering The American Accent' by Lisa Mojsin?

[ancient ravine]

I would say 0/10

[simple pelican]

Need help on saying the word “alright”

Best I can do

[simple pelican]

If you have it by any chance, please share it to me

[west crest]

[tulip remnant]

That was good, it sounded like the word but in a Scottish accent

[finite sapphire]

lmao i agree with this comment so much

the sound i heard was not what i expected

[simple pelican]

How do I remove the Scottish accent 💀💀💀

I remember I used to struggle saying “water” similar to “alright”

[acoustic owl]

Why do you wanna get rid of it?

Probably extend the length of the “i” sound by a bit

[simple pelican]

Ok

[simple pelican]

I wanna speak clearly bro

I extended the “i”

I think my “alright” sounds better now thanks @acoustic owl

What else is there to improve on?

[acoustic owl]

Definitely, I think you’ve lost that Scottish accent

Much better now

[vestal cloak]

My suggestion would be to shorten the "al". Right now you're pronouncing both syllables as roughly the same length, maybe even drawing out the "al" longer than "right".

The stress should be on "right", and "al" should be shorter and less emphasized. It's not unusual to barely hear the first syllable at all in quick, natural speech

You may hear it with the "al" drawn out sometimes, which could be for number of reasons that are hard to explain out of context, but it's not the default pronunciation

[river lance]

Gimme something to read to test my pronunciation

[simple pelican]

@vestal cloak did it work?

And also I appreciate your advice

[simple pelican]

This one sounds good 🤔

[lean siren]

all right?

[river solar]

Art ye all right?

[vestal cloak]

That sounds pretty good to me :)

[compact zephyr]

anybody here working on their accent?

[formal leaf]

Wdym

Mucho guapa

[tulip remnant]

What are you saying?

[ashen barn]

well the sound it pretty good if you ask me .. i don't think that you need any more clearity in it ..

[simple pelican]

Alright

[pure bramble]

Can somebody teach me british accent

[formal leaf]

Le para gente. That’s Spanish

[livid harbor]

I cannot as I am not British, however listening to British voices can help you get used to the sounds they use, I will also recommend forvo or word reference for British pronunciation (word reference is more consistent with each word)

As well as learning about how standard American English is different to standard British English. Examples: the difference in vowel sounds, the difference in vocabulary use, and the intonation/flow of a British speaker

[tulip remnant]

Interesting, is the 'g' not pronounced or is it pronounced like a 'y'

[vestal vortex]

what happened

[tepid valley]

How can I sent an audio on PC? I only saw the button on the cellphone.

[sinful canopy]

record an audio file of yourself on a seperate PC app

then send it