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

**Louis VI the Fat** · 06-18-2007, 16:14

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** · 06-18-2007, 19:10

That's awesome

**Moros** · 06-18-2007, 20:57

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

kentas.

**Bijo** · 06-18-2007, 21:07

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

**Louis VI the Fat** · 06-18-2007, 21:38

Originally Posted by Bijo

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.

**Moros** · 06-18-2007, 22:06

Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat

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.

**Bijo** · 06-18-2007, 22:52

Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat

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 :)

**Orb** · 06-18-2007, 21:38

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

**Louis VI the Fat** · 06-18-2007, 22:24

Originally Posted by Orb

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.

Originally Posted by 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).

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

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

Originally Posted by Caius

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.

**Tristuskhan** · 06-18-2007, 21:47

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).