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| ACMark Bilingual Triglot Newbie Uruguay Joined 5599 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Portuguese*, English | Message 17 of 20 04 August 2009 at 9:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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My own experience in this for example, I am from Uruguay, and therefore my Spanish is pronounced really differently than Spanish from Spain (in fact, if I wanted to speak Spanish in a way that people from Spain couldn't understand me, I could), I was living in Ireland last year and I met some Spanish people, and I realized that after speaking with them for a while, it was like the Spanish accent was trying really hard to force itself into my way of speaking, and I had to actually think of the pronunciation so that I would speak normally as I do in everyday Spanish in Uruguay.
I also realized that when Im drunk, I tend to be able to imitate accents quite well, I found out about this once after speaking with some English guys for around an hour in a club, and then went back to my group of friends.. you can imagine the reaction hehe. PS: I think your post is really interesting. Edited by ACMark on 04 August 2009 at 9:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Zeitgeist21 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5653 days ago 156 posts - 192 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, French | Message 18 of 20 06 August 2009 at 4:57pm | IP Logged | ||
I found this aswell! When I speak German to friends while I'm drunk I apparently have a much better accent! I think it's probably because you feel more relaxed, but it's weird because when I try to imitate a German accent conciously I never quite get it perfect. I've also managed a native accent by accident once, I was talking with some German girls, feeling pretty confident at the time, and one of them said something pretty stupid. I repeated what she said, kinda mockng her and using a stupid high voice, and then they both just stared at me. I asked why and they said that when I copied her I had no accent! In English though, my accent is pretty consistent. I don't think it ever changed much. Unless I pay attention, I don't tend to notice different native accents that I hear often, for example on most American tv series like Heroes and Friends. Accents I don't hear often though, I notice. Kinda weird I guess.. Edited by WillH on 06 August 2009 at 4:58pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5677 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 19 of 20 07 August 2009 at 9:33am | IP Logged | ||
Maybe it is different for people who already speak the same language. Irish people speaking English in the US have no need to pick up the American accent. They will be seen as Irish, rather than as a foreigner who learned English with a bad accent. I can imagine that many speakers of English would not want to lose their original accent. For example, I lived in the states for seven years - and during that time worked hard to maintain my British accent. The differences between accents, though, appear to be quite small. Recently, I have been listening to and reading a series called "Acting With an Accent" which teaches how to speak with various accents (New York, Boston, German, Australian, Cockney, Russian, etc). What struck me was how few changes are necessary to switch from one accent to another. Edited by Splog on 07 August 2009 at 9:44am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| LazyLinguist Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5611 days ago 105 posts - 125 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 20 of 20 09 August 2009 at 6:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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I mostly speak "Proper English" like in alot of American Cartoons that have British
people constantly drinking tea and and quoting Shakespeare in a voice like the Queen. I often have an East Anglian accent (e.g pronouncing "u" more like ooh in some words) creeping in and also, Bizzarely A southern Irish accent occasionly sneaks in to the mix. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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