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| TerryW Senior Member United States Joined 6343 days ago 370 posts - 783 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 9 of 25 25 May 2009 at 5:23am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I'm sure not an expert, but I think the easiest thing for you to do that would greatly improve your "accent" would be to tongue-flap thr R's.
(If they don't tongue-flap the R's in Spain like they do in Latin America, somebody please say so!) A tongue flap is like the "tt" in "butter" as U.S.people say it, i.e.: "Budder." Same as "little" ("liddle"), Betty (Beddy), etc. For instance, you pronounce "creo" with an English R sound. With a tongue-flap, it would be something like "cuh-day-oh" with a very light "d" sound. (and said fast) Quatro would be "quah-tuh-do" said fast, etc. Somebody else can help you to roll the double R's, as in Ingleterra, I don't think I can do that using written words alone! Edited by TerryW on 25 May 2009 at 5:25am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| oz-hestekræfte Senior Member Australia Joined 5664 days ago 103 posts - 117 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Danish | Message 10 of 25 25 May 2009 at 5:46am | IP Logged | ||||||||
It's liverpool right Ashiro....? Edited by oz-hestekræfte on 25 May 2009 at 5:47am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Caveben Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5651 days ago 40 posts - 40 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Italian, Romanian, Slovenian | Message 11 of 25 25 May 2009 at 5:53am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I wouldn't say so. Liverpool has a very distinctive accent. You can recognise it a mile away. This would be a good example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cph2TnHW4Y 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Satoshi Diglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5809 days ago 215 posts - 224 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: German, Japanese | Message 12 of 25 25 May 2009 at 6:30am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Nice for the courage! I could understand what you said, but I am not in position to correct anything, unfortunately.
Also, what a damn beautiful accent you have! Teach me teach me! :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| oz-hestekræfte Senior Member Australia Joined 5664 days ago 103 posts - 117 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Danish | Message 14 of 25 25 May 2009 at 7:43am | IP Logged | ||||||||
ok, i just thought he sounded a bit like a beatle. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6895 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 15 of 25 25 May 2009 at 6:11pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Paranday - I have no idea if audible h:s are part of the Argentine accent.
As for Doug's English accent, it got me thinking of guitarist/singer Robin George (who I believe is from Wolverhampton). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5833 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 16 of 25 25 May 2009 at 8:09pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Hi Ashiro,
It needs some courage to present oneself on You Tube. Because you are still in the beginning of your learning process, I would give you the advice to read what Iversen writes on how to learn to think in foreign languages. On this video you speak Spanish while thinking in English. If you can learn to think in the foreign language your speech will become more fluent. But this will need more time and more study, so you need to be patient. Good luck! Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 25 May 2009 at 8:12pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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