Looking for a british person...
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Zion Ravescene: You were only joking, were you?A pitty, cause now I would like to know what "all over the place" sounds like. Did you live in many different regions?
Not really joking, no.I have lived in Scotland and both southern and northern England, and I pick up a fair variety of different accents throughout the country - even the Scottish tongue has several regional variants, although the one that most people think of is Glaswegian/SW Scotland. I also listen to a lot of national and local radio where I go, and pick up some twangs from there too.
I seem to take on aspects of a specific dialect and accent wherever I go, but never the accent in full. Hence why I feel my voice is a patchwork, albeit a malleable one. But if you're looking for a specific example of an accent, you'd probably do better with someone from a specific part of the country rather than a master-of-none.
Oh I take what I can get. If you want give it a try I am all ears! *g*
TerokNor
Thanks, but I'll give it a miss.
There is a lot of good advice in this thread, however, from some other posters. Good luck in your venture, though.
Thanks. Hach, no luck with this, have I?
Pittifully there is also no audio book available to this certain book.
You know, if I´d know how to post audio I´d post it and you might tell me whats correctly pronounced and what isn´t or someone else might then get the courage to read it too... or more likely feel the need to read it to correct my butchered English.
TerokNor
Pittifully there is also no audio book available to this certain book.
You know, if I´d know how to post audio I´d post it and you might tell me whats correctly pronounced and what isn´t or someone else might then get the courage to read it too... or more likely feel the need to read it to correct my butchered English.
TerokNor
Well, I would help you but I'm not British. I'm apparently also incapable of emulating any British accent, even though I'd like to. So, kudos to you if you manage it.
I'm apparently also incapable of emulating any British accent, even though I'd like to. So, kudos to you if you manage it.
http://www.mp32u.net/
Upload your recording, choose a random picture to display with it, and it will appear on youtube as a video.
We know you'll only switch the real creme egg for a fake one, just like in Octopussy
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If that's true, it might be better with an accent that is closer to RP English, than cockney. Unless he want's that particular type of English, any Londoners on here that speak like that?
I would just like to say that a proper Michael Caine accent is worth its weight in gold. When you fully master this achievement, this is what you can accomplish purely with the power of your voice, and the strength of your eyes:
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Sooo...achem...lets see if this works.... and no laughing! Do I pronounce it anywhere near to what its meant to be pronounced?
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TerokNor
http://www.box.net/shared/znzqiij7ay
TerokNor
That sounds very much like a German accent.
German vowels tend to be pronounced relatively short, because the larynx tends to be held quite tight.
Try making a loud humming noise. See how open and relaxed your larynx can become when you do. That's kind of how english vowels should feel when they're pronounced correctly.
German vowels tend to be pronounced relatively short, because the larynx tends to be held quite tight.
Try making a loud humming noise. See how open and relaxed your larynx can become when you do. That's kind of how english vowels should feel when they're pronounced correctly.
That sounds very much like a German accent.
German vowels tend to be pronounced relatively short, because the larynx tends to be held quite tight.
Try making a loud humming noise. See how open and relaxed your larynx can become when you do. That's kind of how english vowels should feel when they're pronounced correctly.
Damn! So obvious? I tried to sound not German at all and getting the th spoken softly and such. Hach...
Loud humming noise....oook... aha...well, but how can I read that way? If I try to speak them so long and soft then I have to sing the text?
TerokNor
Ah, it's not that bad. I don't think it sounds really typically German, though not really British, either, I suppose. You sound kind of cute, by the way.
Compare how your larynx feels when you talk normally, with how it feels when you hum loudly. I'll guess that when you hum it feels wider somehow.
Try to force your larynx into a similar position when you talk, and see how that affects the sounds of words. Some sounds may require more/less air.
I think your pronunciation is great on the whole. I wouldn't worry too much. The English accent will come only with many hours of dedicated practice. As it is, you do not sound typically German to me at all. I have German friends who have been speaking English for many years and your accent is not at all similar to theirs, you have definitely already softened it, and you will only get better. This is still a fantastic start in my opinion. If you want it to be absolutely perfect, you would have to be surrounded by English people all the time, and even then, some people never completely loose their original accents. Depends on how good your ear is I suppose! You certainly have a good ear so far, keep going!
There are as others have stated different accents all depending on the areas of england. Where i am we are known as 'Ampshire 'ogs because we miss out the Hs apparently. Iexpect you mean the "queen's english" as we all call it here aka posh where one speaks like this instead of using I.
You could try these but i would imagine they are more "fun" based videos rather than actual learning. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+speak+english&aq=1&oq=how+to+spea
You could try these but i would imagine they are more "fun" based videos rather than actual learning. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+speak+english&aq=1&oq=how+to+spea
Listen to Republica and The Sex Pistols and watch loads of Buffy, before you try, also Who too, listen to Tho Who.
Also, if you can, play Tomb Raider. hehe
hahaha yes giles in buffy has the "sterotypical" english accent
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