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| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5056 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes  Speaks: Russian* | Message 1 of 24 20 June 2011 at 9:56pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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What do you think about Russian accent in foreign languages? Does it sound bad or good?
What are the most noticeable feature of Russian accent? Answer please if you have ever heard it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Lianne Senior Member Canada thetoweringpile.blog Joined 5115 days ago 284 posts - 410 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, Toki Pona, German, French | Message 2 of 24 20 June 2011 at 10:17pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Personally, Russian (and similar, such as Ukrainian) accents are one of my favourites in English. They have a very interesting sound, that tends to make me think of supervillains (but in a good way). I guess that's thanks to the movie industry.
As for the noticeable features, I'm not really good with phonology and whatnot, but to me it sounds like the sounds are made further back in the mouth, if that makes any sense. A friend of mine who's learning Ukrainian said that to speak with a Ukrainian accent she basically relaxes all the muscles in her mouth. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| unityandoutside Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6014 days ago 94 posts - 149 votes Speaks: English*, Russian Studies: Latin, Mandarin | Message 3 of 24 21 June 2011 at 5:56am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I definitely agree with this. When I was learning Russian I kind of felt like I was eating my words. I don't understand the phonology involved either but I really had to push the vowels into the back of my throat to sound like a native, especially with the O. That throaty, non-diphthongized o sound is one of the deadest giveaways of a Russian accent. I must say though, that it's very difficult to distinguish between speakers of different Slavic languages when they speak English. I imagine that it could be done with very practiced ears, but to the person on the street there's no real recognizable difference. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5056 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 4 of 24 21 June 2011 at 6:55am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Russians devoice final consonants and Serbs do not, for example. Russians palatalize consonants before /i:/ and Serbs do not. Russians "h" like "х" and Serbs do not. Serbs do not pronounce dark "l". 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Mactuary Newbie AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4904 days ago 2 posts - 4 votes | Message 5 of 24 22 June 2011 at 3:11am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I think Russians accents when speaking English is very cool indeed. Features of the
accent are *unaspirated consonants, which is non existent in the English sound except when preceeded immediately by another consonant, e.g. 'step', 'skip' 'spit' etc *trilled r *pure vowels(?), what I mean is that native English speakers are quite 'lazy' when pronouncing the 'i' and 'o' sounds, e.g. "forget about it" sounds like "ferget aboutet" or to a lesser extent "especially" the final vowel sounds like a schwaed 'i', it's also interesting to hear the difference when French people pronounce such vowels. Also in the word 'especially' I think Russians tend to say 'espiecially' due to the way 'e' is pronounced in native Russian. I apologise for the lack of proper IPA presentation and terminology but I hope the examples help somewhat. As to other slavic accents I'm not sure, since I haven't been exposed enough. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| unityandoutside Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6014 days ago 94 posts - 149 votes Speaks: English*, Russian Studies: Latin, Mandarin | Message 6 of 24 22 June 2011 at 3:54am | IP Logged | ||||||||
As I said, these things could definitely be picked up with practice, but I don't think it would necessarily be evident to someone who knew nothing about the distinctions between various Slavic languages. That being said, I haven't talked to many Serbs and Croatians, and my comment is mostly based on listening to Polish, Czech, and Russian people. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| christian Senior Member United States Joined 5250 days ago 111 posts - 135 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Japanese, German | Message 7 of 24 22 June 2011 at 8:40am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I like it. In fact I have a decent imitation of a Russian-English accent that I like to use a lot.
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| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5056 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 8 of 24 22 June 2011 at 9:53am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Could you record yourself? What are the features of the accent from your point of view? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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