What Anglish Ahk-zend Do You 'ave? (Non-natives)

[Louis VI the Fat]

Here's a great resource. It is a database of English as spoken by non-natives. You can hear samples from all over the world, and hear how different native langages affect English pronounciation.

This should actually be closest to mine. But I sound much more like this.

[Orb]

That's awesome

[Moros]

No Flemish accent!?!?!?!
booooe!!!!

kentas.

[Bijo]

The Dutch accent when using English is horrible. Fortunately I don't sound like it too much.

[Louis VI the Fat]

The Dutch accent when using English is horrible. Fortunately I don't sound like it too much.

If you're a native Dutch speaker, I bet you share his final obstruent devoicing, interdental fricative, non aspiration and vowel raising.

[Orb]

http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?...&speakerid=316
Sicily for the win.

[Tristuskhan]

What a pity I spit on Quicktime, I'd love to hear that... Anyway I'm very proud, as a frenchman, to have a stupid accent that no one can identify... English speaking people often spend much time wondering where the hell I come from, because my Yinglich accent is so strange, correct but soooo odd. Maybe because I have a clear Breton accent when speaking french (the same accent that the "johnnies" selling onions in southern england used to have).

[Moros]

If you're a native Dutch speaker, I bet you share his final obstruent devoicing, interdental fricative, non aspiration and vowel raising.

thank god I'm flemish.

[Andres]

Come on Moros, no need to be modest. Everybody knows we Flemings speak flawless English like this guy:

http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?...l&speakerid=70

[Caius]

You should have written this:

What Anglish Ahk-zend Do You 'ave?

to:Uat Inglish assent du yu jave?

Now we are talking

[Bijo]

What about the j sound with 'do you' ?


Whot joo'ev fo' meehee? Copple a trinks, ey? Dohn fehget ta geh stah it, you bloddy bahs-teht. 'Cos aye need the moneehee. Y'ow me twenty quit, dohn cha? Wehll lessavit, bloke. Bloddy bloddy hell. If ya dohn pay me kwikleehee oim gunna sheg yoh buhhhhd. You huhd mee.

[Louis VI the Fat]

http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?...&speakerid=316
Sicily for the win.

And to think he's been living in America for 54 years.


Interesting is the different kind of English people are taught. Compare the American accent of the
Japanese with the British English of the Pole.


They have native English speakers from all over the world too. Here's my favourite English accent, South African.

What a pity I spit on Quicktime, I'd love to hear that... Anyway I'm very proud, as a frenchman, to have a stupid accent that no one can identify... English speaking people often spend much time wondering where the hell I come from, because my Yinglich accent is so strange, correct but soooo odd. Maybe because I have a clear Breton accent when speaking french (the same accent that the "johnnies" selling onions in southern england used to have).

Demat dit! Are you a French Jewish Breton living in England?

When speaking English, wouldn't you sound similar to Welsh speakers?

Uat Inglish assent du yu jave

Gah! Your version beats mine!
But the guttural "jave" is more Spanish. " 'ave' without the 'h' is more French. Now that I say it out loud, your whole sentence feels more Spanish.

[Bijo]

If you're a native Dutch speaker, I bet you share his final obstruent devoicing, interdental fricative, non aspiration and vowel raising.

If you think I sound like a typical Dutchman, I think you would be separated from your betting money :)

[Tristuskhan]

Demat dit! Are you a French Jewish Breton living in England?

When speaking English, wouldn't you sound similar to Welsh speakers?

Demat demat, ar Ri Loez!


No, no, just (french) breton living in Franche Comté (hum, bon, je suis pas représentatif de grand chose) for less than one year. Former citizen of Melgven, near Concarneau. I miss my country much, but have to go where the forests are....

And yes, my accent is a little bit welsh, and Cornish too, but my english is not good enough for anyone to think I am one of those... puppets of the english crown ?

I did not use "Yinglich" on purpose, and I'm not jewish nor any religion, but I used to read Isaac Bashevis Singer in english, so long ago, and kept a few expressions of Manhattan Yiddish And really, Yiddish was a blessing for humanity, pity Nazis and Israel did so much in their own particular ways to kill it....

[Pannonian]

Somewhere between Sussex and Norfolk. Probably closer to Norfolk.

[Pannonian]

Interesting is the different kind of English people are taught. Compare the American accent of the
Japanese with the British English of the Pole.

That's because people from the colonies and the wannabe colonies are taught proper, civilised English, while those under the barbarians' sphere of influence are taught corrupted, pidgin English. Then there are those in the north and west of Britain who don't speak English at all, but some guttural, wordless tongue, if tongue it can be called.

They have native English speakers from all over the world too. Here's my favourite English accent, South African.

See if you can find compilations of "If.." by Steve Bell from the 1980s, when one of his favourite subjects was apartheid Sarth Efrika. I especially loved those strips where the Lion and Giraffe are sunning themselves in luxury, while they are served by an unknown servant. Unknown, because he's been blanked out of the picture. On one occasion, the giraffe taunted the lion by commenting that the "blenk spices" are getting uppity, upon which the lion goes and roughs him up, before settling back into a life of relaxation.

[KukriKhan]

Fascinating stuff, Louis. Man, the trouble ESL's have with 'th'. I can only conclude that it is an unnatural pairing of sounds. I remember distinctly how hard it seemed for some of my classmates in elementary school to navigate that blend.

I mean, you see 't', and move your tongue to your teeth, and you see 'h' next - 'teh' is what you think. But no! Put your tongue between your teeth teacher says, blow air and pull it back. Spitty. Clumsy. Unnatural, I say. :) Some kind of Anglish conspiracy.

[CountArach]

http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_languag...&speakerid=148

I should sound like this - thank God I don't...

I really sound like this:

http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_languag...&speakerid=140

Just a bit deeper.

[naut]

Lmao, the Sydney one sounds like a gay man! Don't sound like any of the Australian ones really.

Edit: What a let down no Cockney accent.

[CountArach]

Yeah Rythmic, don't you think the Melbourne and Brisbane ones sound mroe "normal"?

[naut]

Yeah, it's closer but still not quite right. I hate the Brisbane one, it's so vulgar, when a girl sounds like that it really puts me off.

[Fwapper]

Impressive site... though if they were to include all the British accents in Britain alone, there wouldn't be space for the flags :P

[Fragony]

Steenkolenengels.

I speak very dutch english. Never understood why I should try to speak english like an englishman. I am not english.

[Strike For The South]

http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?...&speakerid=133

when my tounge slips I sound like that

http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_languag...&speakerid=538

usually like that though

[Husar]

Steenkolenengels.

I speak very dutch english. Never understood why I should try to speak english like an englishman. I am not english.

It's a matter of perfection and originality for me, but that doesn't mean I speak english like an englishman either.

[Husar]

Ok, I know, this may take all the anonymity out of the internet and so on, but being the playchild I am, I actually made a file with my very own personal accent, using my headset and Windows Media recorder only.
It's a bit quiet so you may have to adjust volume to hear it, but in times of YouTube and free video hosting I was surprised I couldn't find anything to upload an audio file to and have it streamed.
Anyway, enjoy...

[Pannonian]

http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?...&speakerid=133

when my tounge slips I sound like that

http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_languag...&speakerid=538

usually like that though

This is hilarious.

[Andres]

Ok, I know, this may take all the anonymity out of the internet and so on, but being the playchild I am, I actually made a file with my very own personal accent, using my headset and Windows Media recorder only.
It's a bit quiet so you may have to adjust volume to hear it, but in times of YouTube and free video hosting I was surprised I couldn't find anything to upload an audio file to and have it streamed.
Anyway, enjoy...

You sound soooo German

[Louis VI the Fat]

file

You have a very German, erm, if I'm not mistaken, 'consonne fricative uvulaire sourde'.
I mean your 'r'. Especially in the way you pronounce 'store', it's very distinct.

Köln?

BTW, you should submit it to the site! It's an ongoing projet, and the larger their database, the better.

Former citizen of Melgven, near Concarneau. I miss my country much, but have to go where the forests are....

To hunt wild boar, isn't it?

[Husar]

Köln?

Yes, very close, I've been living between Köln and Aachen and now in Essen.

BTW, you should submit it to the site! It's an ongoing projet, and the larger their database, the better.

I thought about that, but then again it was a precious present to orgahs and not really for the whole world. They also have a woman from Düsseldorf who's pronounciation I personally find horrible but she may be more represantative since my mom pronounces similarly...
Or maybe I'm just not ready for the fame yet.