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| zorglub Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 6991 days ago 441 posts - 504 votes  1 sounds Speaks: French*, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: German, Arabic (Written), Turkish, Mandarin | Message 1 of 26 06 May 2012 at 3:09pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Why do the Swedes often speak English with a marked British accent ?
They are exposed to AMerican series and movies with subtitles. Do they have Brit lecturers at school ? Do their teacher acquire a Brit accent in the UK and transfer it ? Then how come these teachers succed in transferring their accent when most school teaching seems to fail to do so in the US , UK and France for instance ? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Hampie Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6650 days ago 625 posts - 1009 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Latin, German, Mandarin | Message 2 of 26 06 May 2012 at 3:48pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Were, at least I was, taught exclusively British until we're in junior high, and then we do some dialects. But before
that almost all material that we have in school covers RP English. Nonetheless, most Swedes who speak English do have a thick Swedish accent: perhaps this sounds British to others? 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5556 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 3 of 26 06 May 2012 at 4:04pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I agree with Hampie, Swedes tend to speak English with a Swedish accent - I have never
met one who can pass as a native - that is not a negative comment as most English people I know love Scandinavian accents. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| beano Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4613 days ago 1049 posts - 2152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Serbian, Hungarian | Message 4 of 26 06 May 2012 at 4:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
Agreed, when I hear Swedish people speak English they don't sound British at all. I also don't mean this in a negative light, in fact I prefer it when people use their own accents instead of trying to impersonate a foreigner. Accents are not a problem in the UK. We have countless dialects and accents of our own, so the addition of a Scandanavian sound barely registers with most people. People in real life do not speak with RP, well maybe in the home counties they do. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| zorglub Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 6991 days ago 441 posts - 504 votes 1 sounds Speaks: French*, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: German, Arabic (Written), Turkish, Mandarin | Message 5 of 26 06 May 2012 at 5:12pm | IP Logged | |||||
I did notice quite many Swedes do not speak English, quite many have a Scandinavian accent, but last time I was in Stockholm, many had a strongly British / Britishoid accent.I'm not telling they sound like native speakers but they were clos enough to prove contact with that accent. ANd definitely no touch of a North American one. So I'm asking where do they get exposed to that peculiar accent or rather those British accents as indeed there are many. Edited by zorglub on 06 May 2012 at 5:15pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4698 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 6 of 26 06 May 2012 at 7:56pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Perhaps that's what best aligns with native Swedish phonology?
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| Hampie Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6650 days ago 625 posts - 1009 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Latin, German, Mandarin | Message 7 of 26 06 May 2012 at 9:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
School. We have English tuition from first class and onwards, 4 hours a week, I think. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| zorglub Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 6991 days ago 441 posts - 504 votes 1 sounds Speaks: French*, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: German, Arabic (Written), Turkish, Mandarin | Message 8 of 26 06 May 2012 at 11:12pm | IP Logged | |||||
[/QUOTE] School. We have English tuition from first class and onwards, 4 hours a week, I think. Ah. So your school teaching of English succeeds in teaching a decent pronunciationand your teachers speak good British accented English I suppose ? Because I never heard a British like accent among French natives not otherwise exposed to British English. So either our French teachers of English don't have a decent pronunciation or they can't convey it for lack of skills, or time (certainly), or excessive number of pupils (probably too). 1 person has voted this message useful |
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