🗒｜pronunciation

[pure karma]

Old photo but yeah

Alright gonna delete it before someone Leaks location

Where are you from it defo impacts it,I say listen to pod casts repeat it yourself and you get the hang of it

Ofc I am mate

[odd stirrup]

Thanks

[ember hatch]

everyone has an accent, lol

you have the accent of wherever you're from

Or wherever you grew up, anyway

I ussualy recommend shadowing, listening a bunch to the accent you want, and learning the differences between your target accent and your current accent

That last one can be done with the help of others

[cloud lily]

Thanks

[manic elk]

📝 thanks

Noted, have tried something like this a couple of times.

Would really appreciate it if anybody could review these and let me know their opinion on :-

1)what areas I can work on to neutralise my accent better.
2)Is my speech good enough to be understood?
3) Comments on my pronunciation of
Ts and Ds ,Th sounds , and word stress. Been struggling with these 3 bits the most as my native languages have none.

[river lance]

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-spanish/answer
second 00:24 where you say "questions and answers" you use the "a" and say the "r", check the pronunciation here on this website to see what I meant, I hope it makes sense

[river lance]

https://youglish.com/pronounce/answer/english/uk
this is the tool I use to check on any pronunciation for words that I have questions about, you can see that most UK speakers use the "no r" pronunciation, some can actually still say it, but is not very common.

[ember hatch]

..

[river lance]

skibody skibody

[manic elk]

Thank you so much for taking your time to review, this was very helpful . I'll work on my enunciation more! ✅

As for the bit about me pronouncing the Rs , to tell you the truth I forced the Rs in 😅 despite being very accustomed to dropping them where they are usually dropped in British English

I've been following this YouTube playlist for reading practice and the speaker is a British guy but with a rhotic accent!

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7LFrjIsjhMlgrwrdTaeifxmuXwX7Ofv8&si=dBpKVUIfpPXyJryq

But you are right, I think I'm better off not pronouncing them since that's a lot more common and I'm already used to doing that. Thanks again 🙏

[manic elk]

This is such a useful resource,.

[tough shore]

@quiet scaffold @quaint crane

[quaint crane]

[tough shore]

thanks queeny 🫶🏼

[late steppe]

hi

hi

[river lance]

I mean you can follow him, but I'm not sure what resources will have a mixed accent, that would be a bit harder to find that's all

[lusty raven]

Any advice on how i can speak in British accent?
My accent is kindaa south asian

[distant steeple]

im no expert but the biggest differences i can think of from the top of my head are

• south asians tend to (for example) say “oh my gaht” instead of “oh my god”, the o in god is drawn out and the d isn’t given enough emphasis.
• another basic difference is (for example) “hello” is pronounced “helloo”, it tends to be drawn out and it should end with an “oh” sound.

if you can prevent that then you’ll be a bit more understandable to native speakers but your accent is something that will stick with you unless you spend a ton of unnecessary time on it

[manic elk]

In the sentence " I have a question for you?"

Can the word 'have' be reduced to its weak form, həv or the contracted form 've' .

I have heard that when 'have' is the main verb it's not contracted or reduced to its weak form but at the same time I feel like I have heard people saying

"I've a question for you" from native speakers. Can anybody tell whether this sounds natural to them or not?

[rich storm]

It depends on the region, but I would drop the “h” and say “I ave a question for you”. The contracted “ve” is more of a British thing to me idk

I’m American lol

[manic elk]

Sorry I was not replying to you, forgot to tag the person

[rich storm]

Ahhh

[manic elk]

Hey, I'm south asian and have been trying to learn the British accent too.
You can get started by watching some youtube videos that teach the British accent.

There are a lot of things that make an accent sound a certain way!
But if I have to narrow down what makes British English distinct from the English you normally hear in South Asia then it would be :-

1)Pronounciation of Vowels
2)Pronunciation of Consonants
3)Intonation & word stress
4) other nuances from aspiration to weak forms.

So you can specifically look for these topics on such channels

[manic elk]

I wanted to know if it would sound natural to reduce the vowel in 'have' to more of a 'huv' sound in the sentence "I have a question for you"

[lusty raven]

Do you suggest any channels or creators?

[rich storm]

Nah that’d be weird

[manic elk]

1. English with Lucy https://youtu.be/0BU_u8_blss?si=ytKwzj-0Oyn-z6Q6

2)ETJ English
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLldeVwwPE5auJoHdUahbcYDQw8WB4h7Oh&si=6v7sL0m6WHVjVOL4

3)Rachel English: she teaches American English but a lot of what she teaches also applies to british english and her channel is really comprehensive so it can also help

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB043E64B8BE05FB7&si=FL2QL7rGQvqEGhon

[manic elk]

I see , thanks

[ember hatch]

doesn't sound right to me

idk

I'd say

uh'v'a question

[ember hatch]

I hate that thumbnail, smh, it's stereotyping Brits as saying 'bo'l o' wa'uh' all the time :/

[manic elk]

Ok then, it's consistent with the main verb rule I learnt.

[cobalt pollen]

So, it also depends on the pace of English spoken, right?

[ember hatch]

If I'm speaking slow I wouldn't say 'uh'v'a', yeah

[manic elk]

That ship has long been sailed.🥲

[ember hatch]

I speak ina slightly British accent (not a native so its flawed), and omg some ppl are so annoyingg

like

I once met this dude in a vc who did an immitation of me

he basically moaned and did a shitty immitation of a posh accent

[manic elk]

I believe she clarifies that it's only a regional Pronunciation in the video and not standard.

[ember hatch]

then another dude started screaming 'bottle of water' over and over 😭

[manic elk]

😅 I'm sorry lol

[ember hatch]

Yeah ppl are weird lmfao

[ember hatch]

thas good, yea

I suppose we can't blame her for wanting views

so the thumbnail makes sense

[cobalt pollen]

I am not aware of what a posh accent is

[ember hatch]

Upperclass British accent

Royalty accent lol

[cobalt pollen]

What kind of label is it lol

[manic elk]

Are you from Asia btw?

[ember hatch]

yea

ig I count as from Asia

lol

[ember hatch]

wdym

[cobalt pollen]

Why is it regarded as "Royalty accent"?

[ember hatch]

cuz it's spoken by them lol

[cobalt pollen]

By the royals themselves?

[ember hatch]

yess

Listen to the queen speak or smth

uh

[cobalt pollen]

hm ok

[manic elk]

Spend some time there maybe?

[ember hatch]

I like the British accent

I watched a lot of British content

I learnt the British accent

idk what your deal is lol

you don't need history to pick an accent

[cobalt pollen]

Pardon me, but using "How come" is a bit disappoving

[manic elk]

Did not know that!

I'm sorry

[cobalt pollen]

You should omit that

[ember hatch]

'you guys don't even' also sounded pretty aggressive lol

[cobalt pollen]

Yea but would be alright if it was an informal speech

[manic elk]

Oh ok noted but I really didn't mean to
Just curious what motivated you.
Since people from other parts of the world seldom go for the British accent over American

[ember hatch]

alrighty

[cobalt pollen]

Dw, just replace "come" with the word "do"

[ember hatch]

Yeah, just watched a bunch of British content and found myself sounding a bit British, then I realised I like the sound of SSB more than General American, so I started trying to sound more British, and overtime I did lol

I don't need history to choose an accent

jus what I like

[ember hatch]

to answer 'Just curious what motivated you'

[manic elk]

I see

[cobalt pollen]

How did you practise the British accent that you were trying to master?

[ember hatch]

I continued to watch British Youtubers and would repeat after them, I posted some clips of me speaking and got told which vowels sound off, and I learnt some American and British English differences in pronunciation to be sure I stay away from the American way

I still say privacy AmE way sometimes tho, smh

And I'll always say tomato like Americans

[cobalt pollen]

Since you are from an Arabic-speaking country, you must have been opposed by impediments along you way to mastering the British accent

[cobalt pollen]

I have learnt only the "IPA" for the time being

[ember hatch]

I learnt it online, so no one opposed me lol

[ember hatch]

Yeah it's really useful

[cobalt pollen]

Lol okay

It must have taken you long in that case

[cobalt pollen]

It helps in reading as well as listening to

[warm laurel]

don't think that's an upper class phenomena to be honest

[ember hatch]

Yeah, t-glottalisation is common in Londoners

But not an upperclass thing at all

My accent is less like the Londoner accent, so I don't do intervocalic t-glottalisation, but only word-final t-glottalisation

So they weren't really justified in even comparing it, lol, but some people just hear 'British English' and that's what comes to mind

[cobalt pollen]

They were simply trying to craft their personal opinion into a generalised opinion

[warm laurel]

yeah that's tactless indeed

[orchid ravine]

okay I'm going for the american accent 🏃‍♀️ (I tried ) would love to know about your opinion and where I can improve

[quasi basin]

lots of your As (in like nonchalant (i probably could've picked a better word)) should be switched to the a in something like "cat"

[orchid ravine]

ohh I see thank you so much !

[quasi basin]

pronouncing your Rs can help too

[orchid ravine]

okayyy I'll keep improving hehe

[quasi basin]

like in the word "harsh"

[mortal onyx]

Hi I am new here I wanna to improve my English especially spoken

[rich storm]

It’s mostly comprehensible. I would stray away from trying to have a specific accent tbh.

[orchid ravine]

ohhh why that

[rich storm]

Honestly I kinda think that no matter what you’ll have an accent in your non-native language. It makes more sense to focus on fluidity than on attaining a specific accent.

[orchid ravine]

some people who are not from America learned the accent I think it depends how hard you learn for example I'm from Germany and still can Polish fluently whithout an accent 🏃‍♀️ I just need to practice more I guess

[rich storm]

I mean I guess. I just think that English is such a common language, nobody really bats an eye when someone has an accent.

[orchid ravine]

I know It's not a bad thing to have I just like not to have an accent

[finite sapphire]

I'd say that the big problem is when somebody doesn't understand you, but it's not necessarily such a problem if the other person gets what you're saying. Especially if they understand it rather easily. I have seen people who are from different countries, and they ended up being together, speaking English as their language of communication even tho they're both non-native speakers and both have their own accents. They often communicate well, despite having two distinct accents lol

[finite sapphire]

you're good, I sense a German right there lol. Easily understandable

this one might be subjective but your "three hours" sounded like "free hours"

f and th are not the same sounds

The context made it clear tho

So no worries

[orchid ravine]

lmaooo yeah I hate it that people can hear it pahaha

[orchid ravine]

brooo true the german have problems with the "th"

[orchid ravine]

lmaoo with practice I'll get better (I hope)

[finite sapphire]

it could be because my uncle and a few cousins are germans, am polish

therefore i heard german accent many times

[orchid ravine]

ommggg you're polish too that's so cool

[orchid ravine]

lmaoo

[finite sapphire]

makes me wonder if your polish is really without a foreign accent lol. Doesn't really matter but

[orchid ravine]

it's because my parents are from poland and I was born in Germany

[finite sapphire]

oh yeah, this would make sense

[orchid ravine]

🕴️ btw can you tell me where you can here that I sound german I think it would help me ? If you want

[ember hatch]

Oh, I thought Germans used [s] for /θ/?

Did this person perhaps learn to th-front

[cobalt pollen]

How many languages other than English have /θ/?

[ember hatch]

Arabic has it, Icelandic does, Modern Greek does too

I think Hebrew has it

not sure

[cobalt pollen]

We use it as /थ/ 😂

[ember hatch]

idk how many

what's that?

who are 'we'

[cobalt pollen]

a letter in the Hindi alphabet

[cobalt pollen]

'We', here refers to Indians

[ember hatch]

looking online, that's an aspirated t, not a dental fricative?

[cobalt pollen]

idk, I haven't studied sounds

[ember hatch]

I see

[cobalt pollen]

😅

what is a fricative?

[ember hatch]

Acording to this, this language called 'Wancho' uses that letter to represnt /θ/, but otherwise, Hindi doesn't have /θ/, and in Hindi ⟨थ⟩ is used to represnt /tʰ/

@cobalt pollen

[cobalt pollen]

I never heard of 'Wancho'

before

[ember hatch]

yeah neither have I

but it';s the onlt lang I found that uses ⟨थ⟩ for /θ/

I'm guessing you're mispronuncing /θ/ in English

the 'th' in 'think'

[cobalt pollen]

no

[ember hatch]

since you compared it to ⟨थ⟩'s sound

[cobalt pollen]

I know that Indians pronounce the 'th' incorrectly whether it is 'think' or 'there'

I didn't compare /θ/ to the sound of ⟨थ⟩, I only stated that Indians pronounce /θ/ as ⟨थ⟩

But I forgot to mention that it's incorrect

[ember hatch]

this didn't really say 'we use the sounds that थ makes in place of /θ/'

we were talking about the sound in other languages

so ofc I assumed you meant that in another language /θ/ is थ

Either way, misunderstanding

But yeah, I've answered your question ig? It's used in a few well-known languages but isn't a very common sound

[ember hatch]

as for this

a fricative is a sound that is made by pushing air between articulators in the mouth that are sort of close to each other but not entirely closed, so it's a continuous stream of sound with a high degree of friction

Examples are
/s/, /f/, /l/, /v/, /ʒ/, etc.

they contrast with stops/plosives

which are complete closure, then sudden release

like /t/, /d/, /k/, /b/, etc.

[ancient ravine]

Castilian Spanish also uses this sound.

[ember hatch]

thank you!

[ancient ravine]

Modern Standard Arabic has about 3

The th that you would pronounce in thanks, another one in that, and a heavier th that’s not easy to pronounce

[ember hatch]

yes, that's the emphatic voiced dental fricative

I'm a native Arabic speaker

It's basically the voiced dental fricative with slight pharyngealisation

Meaning you do the 'th' in 'that' and retract the base of your tongue a little

I forgot we have that

[ancient ravine]

Noice

[wraith atlas]

It would be easy if y'all use voice notes

[ancient ravine]

Vocaroo is easier alongside discord voice notes

[wraith atlas]

I think your phone doesn't have a voice recorder

[sage glen]

You didn't say much

But the stress in the word okay sounds off

Look out for the intonation

[tight dome]

Rate my pronunciation

Is it understandable?

[tough shore]

yes its great, nice

[fringe galleon]

hello everyone

[ember hatch]

What do you mean, if I may ask?

What would have been made easier by using voice notes?

[ember hatch]

Your pronunciation does okay quite well girl

[ember hatch]

Yea, that's great. The stress at the very start felt a bit off, but otherwise, this was great and 100% intelligible

[hot mist]

Hope you guys can point out flaws

[wraith atlas]

@ember hatch which accent is the most intimidating

[ember hatch]

Not sure lol

[wraith atlas]

I want people to be as non racial as they can be lol

[ember hatch]

Btw could you explain that ^

[wraith atlas]

It means that people should use voice notes to get their pronunciation tested

[ember hatch]

Ohh

But we were talking about sounds

Not discussing pronunciation

[wraith atlas]

Yes, I overlooked the text

[tough shore]

thanks queeny, i was worried that my pronunciation was really off

[sage glen]

Your pronunciation is good and intelligible

But there's always room for improvement

[paper cargo]

The first few seconds I thought your voice msg was a TTS

[odd stirrup]

You mean my pronunciation is not got and i should work on it?

[tough shore]

it sounds like youve put er in every word

so if you eliminate this it will be more clear

[ember hatch]

er

[tough shore]

rate my pronunciation out of 10 as someone whos just started English

any feedback would be appreciated

[ancient ravine]

It’s alright, you just need to open your mouth more and get rid of the “er”.

[ancient ravine]

Since you are at the “advanced” level, I’ll be judging you in accordance with the C1 - C2 range.

For starters

• you need to open your mouth more and actually try to say the letters and the vowels
• The th sound in “the”, I haven’t heard the “th” but rather sounded like a “d”.
  -Lastly, it seems like you were rushing

[ember hatch]

was that 'no chit-chat'?

kinda sounded like 'chip pap' lol

Maybe I'm bad at listening lol

[tough shore]

no chia pet pussy

its this video where this old lady mishears some guy talking about chia pudding

[ancient ravine]

This sounds like an exaggerated southern accent

[tough shore]

i was going for Spanish

u didnt feel the vibe?

[ancient ravine]

Nah bro

I got cowboy vibes

Yeehaw 🤠

[ember hatch]

oh

damn I heard 'had' as 'heard'

[ancient ravine]

https://tenor.com/view/cowboy-boots-wrangler-rancheros-botas-picudas-gif-13725948185459348557

[ember hatch]

I'm awful at this

[ember hatch]

they could go skiing with those 😭

[ancient ravine]

100% intelligible

[ancient ravine]

[tight dome]

Rate my British accent

Rate my American accent

Rate my Australian accent

[ancient ravine]

Horrible

[ancient ravine]

Decent

[ancient ravine]

Also horrible

[tight dome]

Why horrible

😭

My British and Australian accent are immaculate

[ancient ravine]

The British accent sounded very stereotypical and the Australian one sounded weird

I’m Canadian btw

I’ve loads of friends from the UK and Australia, I can tell when an accent becomes stereotypical

[tight dome]

Does my American accent sound weird and stereotypical?

[ancient ravine]

No, the stereotypical would’ve been the surfer accent or the valley girl accent. However, whilst listening to your recording I’d concluded that you were actually trying since you’d spoken faster in an “American accent” than the other two accents.

[tight dome]

I think my “American accent” sounds ridiculous,even more ridiculous than my British accent

[ancient ravine]

Nah it sounds the best to me of the three

You can try recording again in an Australian accent, or even a British accent but try to avoid stereotypes.

And if you want to spice things up, try an accent from Canada or Ireland.

[tight dome]

Is there any improvement

It sounds awful

But it’s hard for me to tell what went wrong

[ancient ravine]

It’s good

Don’t beat yourself over it

I can hear the intonation which is good

[ember hatch]

Your British accent makes me want to rip my ears out and sob as I bleed out

Your American accent is good

[ember hatch]

That was really good thoughhh

Lmao

[ancient ravine]

I prefer this

As Scella had mentioned, the British accent does not sound good on you to the point that it’s ear-grating.

[ember hatch]

Now I want someone to judge my British accent

[ancient ravine]

Feel free to send a voice memo here bud

[celest compass]

Hi. Newbie here. Firstime using cord. and i want to learn english

[hot mist]

yeah well, I'm going for a New York accent and the "The" sound is pronounced as da. Also you're right I seem to rush because sounding slow makes you sound less of a native, doesn't it?

[ancient ravine]

Also I forgot to mention the final -r, New Yorkers usually don’t pronounce it and tend to pronounce it like the British. Their accent is non-rhotic

And about the “too slow” part, that is true but also sounds forced if you’re rushing. Try watching YouTube videos on how to mimic a New Yorker accent with the preferable pace and tone

I’d say go for a happy medium

[tight dome]

It can be pronounced as da in any accents if you speak fast

probably

[paper cargo]

no just that it kinda sounds computerized haha

try to be more lively, put a bitta expression into it ig

[odd stirrup]

I want to develop my pronunciation. What should i do?
I can say my pronunciation is good for 70% but i want to develop myself more.

[odd stirrup]

Hi guys, i have a question , de se pronounce words like studying, drinking..... we should pronounce the ing or not?
Please reply on my question

[arctic inlet]

I’m not even British, I’m just someone with a foreign accent studying in the UK but I think this is terrible too sorry…

None of my British classmates speak like that

[arctic inlet]

Formally you should but in informal speech you can reduce it to “-in” if you like

[ember hatch]

Even formally it's a velar nasal not /n/

It's /n/ with g-dropping

Which happens in some accents

[tight dome]

But I think my British accent is very elegant.

[ancient ravine]

You have a native speaker, and two other people at the advanced level telling you otherwise…

No offence, but I think that if you were travelling to the United Kingdom whilst speaking like that to the British. They would be pissed that someone’s imitating the stereotypical British accent, rather than trying at an authentic one. :

[burnt sluice]

1/10 you are trying wayy to hard

[burnt sluice]

9/10 its pretty good

[burnt sluice]

0.5/10 didnt even get any australian fr prob even 0

[ancient ravine]

What would’ve help whilst playing back the recordings, is having some sort of dialogue to go along with it whilst listening to the recordings.

This would’ve made it easier to judge, with more critique involved.

[burnt sluice]

honestly i think you should stick to the American accent it seems to come really natural to you
even I as a native find it hard to mimic other accents so dont be hard on yourself

[ancient ravine]

^

This

I cannot for the life of me, mimic American accents

[burnt sluice]

dont get me started with the British
OH and australian i have no idea how they do it

[ancient ravine]

Yes it’s similar but I have a different vowel inventory as most Canadians do

[ancient ravine]

I can only mimic them stereotypically

[burnt sluice]

💯

[ancient ravine]

If I’d wanted to become stereotypical with an Australian accent I would’ve went along the lines of “A SIX FOO’ER A NOINE MA’E”

[burnt sluice]

Mate is the most australian thing i know

[ancient ravine]

They’ve stolen that from the Brits eh bud

[burnt sluice]

oh LOOOOL 😂 😂 so ig not so much australian anymore

[ancient ravine]

🇺🇸: What’s new pal
🇨🇦: How’re ya bud
🇬🇧: How’ve you been mate
🇦🇺: How’re ya going mate

[burnt sluice]

ig uk and australia are twins after all

[ancient ravine]

I wonder how they say this exact phrase in New Zealand English

[burnt sluice]

no ideaa!!
Also ireland and scotland have u seen how they speak english

[ancient ravine]

I definitely have and I must say that the urban accents are easier to understand. However, what’s more difficult are the rural accents which I usually have trouble with.

Usually it’s because they speak too fast for my ears to even get a chance to comprehend what they’re saying to me

Because as you know Canadians are slow talkers

[burnt sluice]

yeaah fr I noticed they kinda mumble but not really at the same time

and there tone too is very interesting

[ancient ravine]

Btw have you heard of the Newfoundland accent?

https://youtu.be/u9eTOIGZkOI?si=vym-fJiN167BYoIA

[burnt sluice]

oooh are they the ones that actually say aboot instead of about

[burnt sluice]

[ancient ravine]

https://youtu.be/banAMiFK3ak?si=3bRk4VfwW8Kz8dct

[burnt sluice]

WHAA i can barely get half of the word HAHA hey speaak veryy fast

[burnt sluice]

they give u american cowboy accent vibes

[ancient ravine]

Newfoundland had a clusterfuck of different dialects depending on the county 😂, accents tend to be thicker for someone who’s grown up in a rural area, or is part of the elderly

The thicker it is, the more difficult it becomes

[sage glen]

Cockney accent is funny too

[burnt sluice]

ohh okayy interesting tht kinda make sense

[burnt sluice]

ooooh i wonder how this sounds its prob very british

but has a lot nasal sounds maybe they speak from there nose if tht makes sense

[ancient ravine]

[sage glen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqX5YaUH6pM

Smth like this

[burnt sluice]

ohh yupp i heard of thiss!

[ancient ravine]

@burnt sluice

[burnt sluice]

🤣 🤣

[ancient ravine]

Only a Canadian would most likely understand this

[burnt sluice]

😂 FR it would so SOUND outrageous if you werent Canadian 🤣

some words like
twofer
inside of a Mickey and manyy moree

[ancient ravine]

Dozens 😆

[burnt sluice]

[burnt sluice]

cannt wait for someone to take the time and try to figure it out

[ancient ravine]

Good fuckin’ luck bud

[burnt sluice]

they are in for a treat HAHAHA

[tight dome]

Does my British accent sound a little bit better now?

[hollow osprey]

Hi

Can someone evaluate my pronunciation and intonation shadowing?

https://youtu.be/aDJi1C5EJQo

I honestly feel bad for whoever I interacted with in my whole lifespan because they had to hear my annoying kid voice

[ancient ravine]

Welp, that was horrific to listen to

[ancient ravine]

This one is better than the other one but still bad

[tight dome]

😭😭😭

British accent is impossible

[hollow osprey]

Please can I get an expert to pinpoint what is inaccurate with my pronunciation in each word - I'm trying to go for an American accent

[ancient ravine]

It’s impossible for anyone else to mimic it

Like fully

The same with the Canadian accent since it has some quirks to it

And slightly different vowels that sound different to their American counterpart

[ancient ravine]

It’s quite good

The one thing that I would suggest is adding more emotion into it

As that clip is very emotional for the both of them

[hollow osprey]

Is my pronounciation ok?

How do I make it sound more American

[tough shore]

yours is really good, well done! Ill take a closer look tomorrow

[hollow osprey]

Ok

Thank you

Thank you so much!!!

[arctic inlet]

Ah yes speaking of British accent

https://voca.ro/1ePhIBgClziX

Is this alright? Haven’t practiced in so long tbh

Especially for British accent I’ve only been developing it during these few months cuz 80% of my classmates are British now

[tight dome]

I think this one might be better. I think my British accent is OK now.

[arctic inlet]

Try using the same pronunciation but with the rhythm and pacing you use in your American accent

Aka be more natural

I think you’d sound a lot better that way

Your ability to imitate sounds is actually pretty good, it’s just the flow

Just my opinion tho, idk if natives would think the same

[tight dome]

I don’t like my American accentIt’s ridiculous.

My American accent is an insult to any Americans out there

[arctic inlet]

Nooo it’s really decent trust me 😭

Sounds a lot better than mine actually

If you come to the UK you’ll understand

[ember hatch]

[ember hatch]

Your British accent is an insult to the English language

Your American one is actually good lol

[ember hatch]

Sounds quite delightful

[arctic inlet]

Nvm check this out instead

https://voca.ro/1daKAsiY0UII

[arctic inlet]

Read from a Reddit post

[astral glen]

Hiii, so i have a question about the pronunciation of the word "was" because I'm pronouncing it like it is written so [was] and my English teacher told me that it's [wos]

[red cliff]

Most of the time, I just use the weak pronunciation
/wəz/

@astral glen

I think your teacher was definitely using the British emphasized pronunciation /wɒz/

With the vowel in sock

But Americans pronounce it like /wɑːz/

Like in father

[pallid garnet]

you have to remember there are many variations on how words are spoken

[astral glen]

Alright thank you very much for explaining this to me🙏🏻

[tight dome]

How is my British accent

I am trying fancy this time

[arctic inlet]

it’s better yeah

[ember hatch]

...

Well better than last time at least

But sounds very forced and put on

[arctic inlet]

Is mine an insult too? Or cringe?

Or simply not good enough

[ember hatch]

No yours sounded fine imo, it's a bit unclear what you're saying though

[arctic inlet]

Ahh I see

Here’s the sentence

How much did you get?

[ember hatch]

A premonition of what [??] was going to do next [??] automatically and effortlessly. You did not intend to [??] or to anticipate what she might do

Btw, your first vowel in premonition was off

Felt like a bit rounded (?)

It should be a schwa

Or bot a schwa, a bed vowel

[sage glen]

You pronunciation is good, but your intonation is kinda off

Like in the words (do, not, assess, ect..)

Intonation isn't done solely by raising your pitch

I don't know how to explain it myself

Maybe stressing the word out some more instead

[odd stirrup]

Guys we pronounce and but sometimes we pronounce just an without pronouncind letter d.
Could you explain to me?

[sage glen]

You mean at the end of the word?

Like past tense

[ember hatch]

Why do we sometimes say 'and' without the 'd' at the end?

That's what they're asking

I believe

[sage glen]

Makes sense

Americans do drop d's and t's all the time

[odd stirrup]

No i dont the verb to end.
I'm talking about the word and.
Sometimes we pronounce and but sometimes we omit letter t and we pronounce and as an

[sage glen]

To smoothen the speech

And it totally depends what it's followed by

If d followed by th

Then it becomes a stop

[odd stirrup]

Thanks

[tight dome]

How’s my moist critical impression?

How’s my British accent? I’ve been working so hard practicing it

How’s my Australian accent? I think I get it right this time.

[sage glen]

@tight dome It's not gonna change overnight

[tight dome]

.

[sage glen]

You're a baguette harry

[tight dome]

My korean accent versus my British accent

[ember hatch]

crying rn

sobbing

I've been eviscerated through my ears

[ember hatch]

nice accent :o

[ember hatch]

I'm learning BrE but I suck lmao

[tight dome]

You lost me there cause I don’t understand the British accent

[ember hatch]

You somehow added an m in the spell's name

wait it has an m lmao

Had to look it up to check

[ember hatch]

I certainly am not fit to teach any spells

[ember hatch]

Yeah she is

I've got to re-watch the movies. I've forgotten much of what happened

I'd like to read the books, butI 'm not much of a reader

[rain atlas]

Did I got the role or....?

Nope, I can just send pics here lol

[ember hatch]

I mean I see the pic

so ig you have

[sage glen]

I know a spell

Pog mo thoino

[rain atlas]

I don't 💀
I cant send in other channels

[ember hatch]

Yeah, same here

[ember hatch]

drunk ahh pronunciation

[tight dome]

The second voice message is my British accent

[ember hatch]

Yea

that wasn't that British

[tight dome]

.

😭

[ember hatch]

The vowel in 'watching' was pretty American

[tight dome]

I tried really hard

[ember hatch]

And over-emphasised

[tight dome]

What about the first voice message?

[ember hatch]

That sounded fine

pretty natural

[ember hatch]

Well you've sort of got the vowels

but that intonation of yours is awful

[tight dome]

Fine I’ll learn the American accent

[ember hatch]

If you really want to learn BrE then go for it

but it'll take a while

I think your normal accent is pretty good

really good

[tight dome]

Are you a British?

[ember hatch]

I am learning BrE

I am not a native

[stone pendant]

Shadowing technique

[stone pendant]

Heheheh

[ember hatch]

lmfao

[stone pendant]

who r u

voldermort?

i killed u already

[sage glen]

Snape bro

[stone pendant]

u supposed to dead

to be

voldermort killed you already

[sage glen]

This ain't harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2

Judging by your picture, you're still a kid

[stone pendant]

https://tenor.com/view/ween-gene-ween-voodoo-lady-spell-casing-spells-gif-13155377320302505283

[arctic inlet]

This gotta be the most American “Korean” accent I’ve ever heard lmao, you’re actually doing amazing but you just don’t realise

[ember hatch]

real

they won't believe it smh

But they sound super American lol

[pure karma]

I am, and that was shit ngl mate

[pure karma]

shit, ngl, sounds like your drunk and forcing it, just go american.

[pure karma]

Wtf, if you try that here mate, your getting beaten to a pul, sounds posh and forced

[pure karma]

you doing rp sounds natural at least

[pure karma]

no certian britsh accent ,the ones most people aim for is posh/rp london

[ancient ravine]

THANK YOU

Please enlighten his ego

[hollow osprey]

"L2 attrition is the loss of one's second language, which can result from cross-interference from L1 or even from an additional third learned language ("L3"). Unlike L1 learning and attrition, L2 learning and attrition is not a linear phenomenon and can begin in multiple ways: vocabulary loss, weakened syntax, simpler phonetic rules, etc."

[ancient ravine]

Thanks, a canuck

[hollow osprey]

Please give me advice on how I can improve my accent - I'm going for an American accent

[pure karma]

prob yeah, im from the west midlands, he sounds like a person forcing an rp on him

[pure karma]

i can legit send you vidoes of me speaking and it sounds way diffrnet ngl

[ancient ravine]

Feel free to

[pure karma]

thx

[ancient ravine]

If I remember the West Midlands has it softer correct?

Correct me if I’m wrong

Because I’m from Canada and don’t know much about regional British accents

[pure karma]

has softer like the r

glottal yes

i prounce

harry potter, like harry pot-er

[ember hatch]

yea

[ember hatch]

Slow down 😭

[ancient ravine]

Then why try mimicking something that you can’t understand

It makes you look foolish, no offence

[ancient ravine]

Ah

[pure karma]

pretty much, im working class glottal user

this is what i say it like

[pure karma]

yeah advise if you lot try to get a rp accent and go to london, your baso gonna get questions from us briths sayng why did you do posh

@ancient ravine Yeah i send it to you

let me send the harry potter one

[pure karma]

do you want me to give it you a vidoe of me speaking

[hollow osprey]

How can I fix my accent

[ember hatch]

You slow down

[pure karma]

your just tooo fast,

[hollow osprey]

Ok, my bad

I'll read it slower

[pure karma]

I dont reaily know anythng about american accents, so yeah, dont rely on me

[ember hatch]

forcing the speed ruins the accent

[ancient ravine]

I say it like an American

Harry podder

[ember hatch]

I used to try to do fast, I sounded like shit

[ancient ravine]

[pure karma]

i mean cannada and amercia sound so similiar

[hollow osprey]

Can you vc?

And help me wtih my accent?

[ember hatch]

haary paaddr

[pure karma]

yeah i send it you in dms

i do know the troules with accents

[ember hatch]

I can't VC, sorry

[ancient ravine]

True, the more east you go the more obvious the Canadian accent

[hollow osprey]

So many people are asking you for help 💀

[ancient ravine]

Like Newfoundland accent sounds Irish

[hollow osprey]

Can someone VC and help me wtih my accent :(

[pure karma]

yeah the more isolated areas with less populatons

have way less american influence

[pure karma]

I cant sorry, anyways, just say it slower your accent is ok

[hollow osprey]

Aw ok :(

[pure karma]

we can do it private

in dms

[hollow osprey]

Oh ok

Thank you so much

[pure karma]

alright let me call youy

[hollow osprey]

Accept my friend request first

[pure karma]

did it mate

[hollow osprey]

Thank you so much

[arctic inlet]

Yeah atp idk if he’s tryna flex his American accent in the weirdest way possible🧍

[ember hatch]

Yea lmfao, could be it

[arctic inlet]

HAHAHAHAHA

[arctic inlet]

Also notice how his grammar is on point? Most of the beginners I’ve encountered here have terrible grammar ngl, but that isn’t the case for him lmao

[ember hatch]

yea they aren't a beginner, for sure

[stone pendant]

the way i copied is pretty simple actually. i just listened to them and follow lips and sounds that i heard. i don't aim to be like 100% because I'm not native and never be. it's not possible. I just do it for fun hehehe.

[tight dome]

Teach me how to not be forced then

I did my best

[tight dome]

Because I really love the British accent?

[ancient ravine]

Then learn it authentically

Don’t mimic the “Bo’le of wa’er” bs

It’s just too forced

[tight dome]

I didn’t

[tight dome]

That’s a really good British accent I’m so jealous😭

[lean field]

😭😭😭😭😭

[ember hatch]

much sobbing

[tight dome]

Teach me how to do Canadian

Pls

[rich coral]

Bro what did u said i can't even hear you

[stone pendant]

It’s Shakespeare

[velvet flax]

Could someone teach me how to pronounce avaliable?

[ember hatch]

Do not listen to this ^ weirdo; they are doing a very weird accent

[tight dome]

It’s not weird it’s just a British accent

[ember hatch]

Yeah sure buddy

[sage glen]

No it ain't

[stone pendant]

where r u guys from?

[ember hatch]

Going hard on the vocal fry :p

[tight dome]

I get that from a lot of people I have a very natural vocal fry

[ember hatch]

Anyways, do you all think this sounds fine?

[sage glen]

Sounds good 👍

[ember hatch]

Alrighty thanks

[ember hatch]

Btw does it sound British?

[ember hatch]

You're copying is pretty decent lol

[sage glen]

I'm no expert, but I think you nailed the bottle of water part

[ember hatch]

The former or the latter? 😅

I said it twice lol

But ye, thank you

[sage glen]

The latter is spot on

[ember hatch]

Thanks

[ember hatch]

A bit too much emphasis on 'bottle', I feel

[stone pendant]

Which one

Bottle rp?

Or the other one I don’t know how to call it

Is it?

[velvet flax]

Is that ok?

[sage glen]

One minor mistake

Lemme break it down

[velvet flax]

Okay

[sage glen]

uh vay luh bl

See vay is the part you messed up

I didn't hear the y in vay

You said it like avalable

Makes sense?

[velvet flax]

A little

Ty mate

[ember hatch]

You did 'uh veh luh bl'

Instead of 'uh vay luh bl'

[velvet flax]

Need to practice more

[ember hatch]

If you can say the name of this letter: A
Put that sound after v

[velvet flax]

Some sounds are difficult for me

[ember hatch]

Vey

[ember hatch]

Yea you'll learn over time

[cloud creek]

This is good. Your pronunciation is clear and every word is understandable.

[warm laurel]

Can anyone, perhaps, point out some flaws (:
When in the chronicle of wasted time
I see descriptions of the fairest wights,
And beauty making beautiful old rhyme
In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights,
Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best,
Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow,
I see their antique pen would have express'd
Even such a beauty as you master now.
So all their praises are but prophecies
Of this our time, all you prefiguring;
And, for they look'd but with divining eyes,
They had not skill enough your worth to sing:
For we, which now behold these present days,
Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.

[cloud creek]

It’s good. Just one suggestion- the word “making” in “and beauty making…” was a bit unclear (sounded like mah-king or lacking). Try pronouncing it as “may-king” for better clarity.

[pure karma]

how the fuck do i know mate, i ant a posh rp speaker, ima black county (county in england if anyone don't know) speaker.

[pure karma]

just follow the lips and sound like he has

[pure karma]

I dont speak rp english, im from birmingham so i have brummie dialect and accent.

[pure karma]

yeah i use the glottal t rather than saying with a t, its the made fun of, its just the way we say certain things with a glottal t.

[pure karma]

sounds like your drunk or something

[pure karma]

ima native british person from the black county, im telling you im 15 and if this guy comes to where i live and try this, half the times he might get called posh and chased away or made fun

[pure karma]

In the uk we say "you alright mate" or you alright lad, i say that every time, ofc aus is our twins, we made them

[pure karma]

posh rp, prob that

my grandad had one

hes 86

back in those times, schools forced kids to learn rp

[ember hatch]

I don't think Aussies would appreciate you saying that, lol

[pure karma]

it legit is true, we send crimnals there, irish english they mxied together forming a unique accent

and into 3 catagories

[pure karma]

i know some aussies, they prob would not tho

but hey, it is partiraly right i guess

[stone pendant]

Agreed,I spotted that too

[pure karma]

I say that every single time when im at school

[tight dome]

Lol hate my British accent as much as u want

At least I’m the one that has been trying

[sweet stag]

???

[tight dome]

Wat now

I was trying to mimic harry

Which someone said i should do to get better

[sweet stag]

I don’t think he’d be called posh though. That’s anything but posh.

Go for it x

[tight dome]

It’s so gooood 😍😍ur a british for sure

No british would want to teach me though

[sweet stag]

Your pronunciation is coherent and understandable. If you don’t mind me asking, is it only pronunciation you’re concerned about or are you trying to make an accent too?

[tight dome]

It definitely sounds like a person from England

100%

Trust me, I’ve watched a lot of British TV shows

[sweet stag]

Okay, from what I heard in the voice recording, it seems as if you’re going with something that’s more standard. We call this the Received Pronunciation (RP) accent in England. It’s what you hear from newsreaders or the royal family. Very formal, well-documented and long vowels etc.

However, if you want to sound more natural, the closest to this that I can think of is the Estuary English accent and I feel that would be easiest for you to learn with. This accent is from the south east (and is quite close to mine). It’s very neutral and is actually a mix of RP and Cockney. It’s super common here, especially around London.

https://youtu.be/lb4F37awYaY?si=iyQhRwUVInMdPP_D

[sweet stag]

It’s not fair to mislead people who are trying to learn. 🙂

[tight dome]

No i didn’t

[arctic inlet]

Did he mislead me as well lol

[arctic inlet]

Context:

[tight dome]

oh come on guys i cant get roasted just because i said something nice and encouraging

[ember hatch]

😭

I love the utter confusion in those question marks

[sweet stag]

It doesn’t sound bad at all, keep working on it!

[tight dome]

see that?

[sweet stag]

You’re not getting roasted, but I can’t sit back and let you judge people’s British accents when… in the nicest, and honest way possible, you can’t even make one yourself. But, that’s why you’re here! To improve. You can always ask others for help. @ember hatch ´s accent is really good, you should learn from her!

[ember hatch]

M yaccent isn't that good

Thanks though 😭

[sweet stag]

It is, I’ve heard it. And compared to others I’ve heard in this server, it is very good.

[ember hatch]

thank you

[sweet stag]

Seriously, you sound like an old friend of mine from secondary school!

[ember hatch]

I actually wanted to ask which English accent mine is closest to (if any of them)

Like is it RP(-ish)? SSB(-ish)? I don't know much about the accents about Britian, so I couldn't judge for myself

Damn I just realised I used 'about' twice

[sweet stag]

Home Counties accent is a good one too.

https://youtu.be/318770Fx2MQ?si=tNx3baI0TtwZnksC

[sweet stag]

It’s definitely closer to RP

This accent (Home Counties) is most common where I live. Even so, the accent he’s making in the video is quite simplified. In reality, there are a lot more variations of this ‘home counties’ accent. I was living in Kent over the last three years and definitely heard it there, but you wouldn’t hear this in Hemel, for example.

[ember hatch]

Oh I see

Idk, I mainly developed my accent by watching two Minecraft YouTubers lol. Grian and Mumbo. I don't think they had particularly posh RP accents, though

Noy sure where I would have picked RP up from

[tight dome]

Is it better this time?

[sweet stag]

Very quickly, let me use a simple trick to identify whether you’re closer to an estuary or RP accent. I can only do this if you send me a voice recording saying the word ‘estuary’ though.

[sweet stag]

Are you trying to make a standard one?

[tight dome]

Yeah

[sweet stag]

Perhaps if you’re more specific with the type you’re making, I can give better feedback

[tight dome]

Idk maybe cockney?

[sweet stag]

Oh, okay. We’re going with RP then. You need to fix ‘watching’, ‘MINEcraft’. Also, I think it’s pronounced Grian (like Brian), not ‘grain’. (But ask Scella if I’m wrong, lol). And lastly, relax a little more. It does seem like you’re trying too hard with emphasising the accent. (Especially when you say particularly and though) To sound more natural, try to sound more casual if possible.

[sweet stag]

No, that’s not cockney.

[ember hatch]

Any other word? I don't think I pronounce that one like a Brit actually lol. I think I do it the American way: est yu wary

[tight dome]

Thank you so much

[sweet stag]

No worries, keep practicing though. It’s not impossible, and I know you can do so much better with time!

[ember hatch]

Funny thing, his name is said kinda like 'Green', the spelling is awful

[sweet stag]

Yeah, that pronunciation of estuary alone signifies that you may lean more towards an RP, because RP’s tend to emphasise the t and a sound, whereas estuary’s (a mix of cockney and RP) would say it more like eschury. But, take this with a grain of salt, because there are a lot of similarly pronounced words between the two accents anyway.

[sweet stag]

Green? I was way off then 😂

[ember hatch]

Am I liek mixing the RP and the American pronunciations

My accent is just a mess of whatever content past me intook

Did I just say 'like' 7 times?

[sweet stag]

You sounded posh in the first bit. And why do you sound so much like my old friend? It’s creeping me out.😭

[ember hatch]

I didn't mean to sound like them 😭

But yea, my accent is inconsistent

Someone told me I sound 'generally European' (I am not European)

I've been told I sound Italian, Scottish, Swedish 😭

Danish

[sweet stag]

Haha, that’s such a random mix 🤣

[ember hatch]

I made a list lmao: Irish, Indian, Pakistani, Arab, Italian, Scottish, British, drunk, Swedish, Danish, Egyptian, South African, Indonesian, Australian, and Turkish

[sweet stag]

Just be thankful, no ones told you that you have an Essex one

[ember hatch]

Why is that bad?

[sweet stag]

Have you ever watched love island?

[ember hatch]

I'm not sure if this is a joke about 'Essex' looking like 'Esex' or if there is something I do not know about an accent in 'Essex'

[ember hatch]

Nope

[sweet stag]

I’m sorry, but I can’t stand it.

[ember hatch]

I'd like to hear this accent now lol

[tight dome]

Definitely not Danish because they usually sound very Americanized

I’ve seen quite a few Danish people and they sound exactly like Americans

[sweet stag]

Same with Birmingham

[ember hatch]

https://youtu.be/TbUSLOWbK4A?t=36

Is this the accent?

This person seems to hate it too lmao

[sweet stag]

And dare I say, the scouse accent too

[sweet stag]

Yes 😭

[ember hatch]

[tight dome]

What do I sound like miss belle 😙

[ember hatch]

A moron

(Im sorry 😭)

[tight dome]

Shut up I said a lot of good things about your accent

[ember hatch]

You did not smh

[tight dome]

I did

[ember hatch]

either way, it was a joke

[tight dome]

.

[ember hatch]

just a full stop

[arctic inlet]

Thank you for the kind words 😭 I’ll surely do!

[ancient ravine]

[ancient ravine]

[ancient ravine]

I take it that you are kind of reluctant to others’ advice regarding how to improve your accent bud. Even if you already know this, I will let you know now bud that this channel is meant for learners, let alone anyone improve their accent. I am not trying to gaslight you but we have given you very solid advice, and you have yet to listen to our advice. It won’t get any better if you are still insisting that your British accent is good(it’s not on par with your American accent). No offence, but you have been fooling around whilst others(me included) were listening to you and giving you feedback with constructive criticism. If you want to get better at accents you would’ve have to learn how to properly mimic them like how they would casually speak, there are tons of YouTubers out there whom of which teach ESL students how to mimic a particular accent.

[tight dome]

I’m not saying my British accent is good

[sweet stag]

Judged, obvious, observed, yeah. Only those four words were slightly off (but it might’ve been because you were speaking a bit quickly during those parts).

[tight dome]

And I have been learning very hard. I’ve tried to mimic them all the time.

But obviously, it seems like a joke to you

[sweet stag]

(I’m not usually awake at 4am btw, I’m only still up because I had a lot of caffeine before bed)

[tight dome]

Stop being so condescending alright

[ancient ravine]

You’ve said it multiple times recently

[tight dome]

Well, I’m trying to encourage myself by saying that

[ancient ravine]

Okay now you’re being disrespectful

[tight dome]

But I didn’t mean it

[ancient ravine]

I’ve done nothing but given you constructive feedback

[tight dome]

Well, I don’t think you have

[ember hatch]

Hmm, how were they off if I may ask?

[ancient ravine]

Hold the message for about two seconds and you’ll see an option under “reply”

[ancient ravine]

I have

[tight dome]

Belle gave me really good feedbacks,but I don’t think you did. All you did was making fun of me.

[ancient ravine]

I’ve told you to stop mimicking stereotypical accents and actually learn an authentic one

[ember hatch]

sleeep girl whaa

[ancient ravine]

[sweet stag]

Yes, that’s the accent I said was similar to yours too. SSBE and RP are the same thing. Just different names lol. Were these people natives?

[tight dome]

I’m trying to learn the authentic one by mimicking them I’m trying not to force it

But it’s going to very hard for me

You knew that

Well, I guess you’re the police here, huh?

[sweet stag]

On the bright side, I’ve got no work today.

[ember hatch]

:D

[tight dome]

Would you wanna cuff me as well officer??

[ancient ravine]

Ofc ik that’s why I said what I said

[ancient ravine]

Now you’re being weird

Cut it out eh bud

[ember hatch]

you all gotta stop arguing

[ancient ravine]

I’m not even arguing with him at this point, I’m laughing behind the screen.

[sweet stag]

Sure, you’re right in saying that SSBE is the more… modern version, I suppose. But they’re often used interchangeably

[tight dome]

All I’m saying is I am not fooling around and have been trying the natural British accent really hard by impersonating the amazing people here

[ember hatch]

may I direct your attention to my voice note, then 👀

[ancient ravine]

[ember hatch]

I just want feedback

I got told 3 words sounded off but idk how they sounded off

[ancient ravine]

Send me the message link

[ember hatch]

#🗒｜pronunciation message

Oh, I have mostly been AFK

But I have played games for that long before lol

[ancient ravine]

I can’t play mp3 files on iOS

Idk how y’all do it

[ember hatch]

I will cry

[ancient ravine]

You don’t have to redo it

It’s what it is eh

It’ll be pointless if I’m getting one just to listen to mp3 recordings eh bud

[ember hatch]

😭

I once played Celeste for 11 hours

Not AFK

[sweet stag]

You just need to speak more clearly. And, perhaps I was a bit too picky with ‘yeah’. You seem to say it more like ‘yaa’, whereas I say it like ‘yeh’ with a short e sound

[tight dome]

I’m not forcing it this time

[ancient ravine]

Why does this kinda remind me of horrid Henry

I can only listen to voice notes and vocaroo

[ember hatch]

So my issue is not being clear? Should I just speak slower?

[tight dome]

.

[ancient ravine]

Your accent is good, I would maybe suggest speaking more clearly.

[tight dome]

At least it’s better this time

[ancient ravine]

It is

Good job

You’re getting there

[ember hatch]

What does that entail? Slower speech?

[sweet stag]

It still sounds like you’re forcing it. For your own good, I’m going to be brutally honest with you. If you were to come to England right now and speak like that with any native here… they’d just get annoyed and think you’re taking the mick out of their accent or something. Either that, or they’d laugh in your face.

[tight dome]

🥲

I will try to be better next time

[ancient ravine]

Don’t beat yourself

You did better though

You’re improving

[tight dome]

😙

[sweet stag]

I know this, because I knew someone like you, who always spoke a way similar to that. And she got bullied.

By knowing this, you know how to improve.

[tight dome]

OK, so is she British

[sweet stag]

No she’s not

[ancient ravine]

^

[sweet stag]

And remember, the best way to improve is to actually take advice into consideration and work on that, rather than always getting offended when someone is correcting you.

[tight dome]

I’m taking all the advice into consideration

I am getting better I believe

[sweet stag]

Are you American?

[sweet stag]

Yes! But not too slow

[tight dome]

No

[ember hatch]

Opening my mouth more? Isn't that more typical of American English? But yeah, I'll try to stress more

[tight dome]

Why

[sweet stag]

Your og accent sounds American

[ancient ravine]

I mean pronouncing word stress more clearly, but it’s a mere issue

[ember hatch]

mhm, thank you :>

[ancient ravine]

Makes it come out a little slurred eh

[ember hatch]

Alright, thanks

[ancient ravine]

^This is true in every language

I still have an accent in my heritage language because of it

I’m looking at you Arabic

[ember hatch]

Idk about openning mouth more, tbh, but I will work on stressing and being a bit more clear and slower

[sweet stag]

I met so many Canadians while living in Kent last year, and they all sounded American to me

[ember hatch]

aboot

[ancient ravine]

It’s closer to aboat

[sweet stag]

Other than the way you say ‘couch’ I’m not aware of the other nuances

[ember hatch]

true :p

[ancient ravine]

Anything with “Canadian raising” and maybe some vowels

An American would say sawrry, a Canadian would say sowrry

[tight dome]

Aboat

[sweet stag]

Oh yes, I forgot about that one!

[tight dome]

Stuff like that

[ancient ravine]

Tamorrow vs tomorrow

Barrow vs borrow

We say them as actual O’s

[ancient ravine]

Also cloud vs clout

They have different vowels

I think Canadians are the only ones to pronounce these two differently

[ember hatch]

Thanks for the advice

[ancient ravine]

And maybe Northern Americans

[tight dome]

My og accent sounds awful so I wanna learn the British way

[river lance]

wtf was that

nah it’s too early for this shit

[ember hatch]

lmfao

[river lance]

I’ve got school see you later

[ember hatch]

byeebyee

[river lance]

I was scrolling through the beef and saw it first lmao

[tight dome]

How do you rate it?

[river lance]

you want me to be honest? 💀

[tight dome]

Yeah

[river lance]

-5/10

[tight dome]

.

[river lance]

.

[tight dome]

I will.take it as a 5/10