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| christian Senior Member United States Joined 5250 days ago 111 posts - 135 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Japanese, German | Message 9 of 24 22 June 2011 at 6:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think that a lot of emphasis and stress is placed on the vowels. And like someone said before, you have to teach
yourself to keep a loose mouth and to pronounce the vowels in the back. All in all, I think the best description of a Russian accent is the very loose and smooth sound with trilled R's and it sounds like each consonant is pronounced individually and very clearly. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5056 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 10 of 24 22 June 2011 at 6:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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Interesting,christian. Thank you.
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| christian Senior Member United States Joined 5250 days ago 111 posts - 135 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Japanese, German | Message 11 of 24 22 June 2011 at 6:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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Now how would you describe the Standard American English accent?
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| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5056 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 12 of 24 22 June 2011 at 6:49pm | IP Logged | ||
When they speak English or when they speak Russian or some other language? 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 13 of 24 22 June 2011 at 7:02pm | IP Logged | ||
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| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5056 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 14 of 24 22 June 2011 at 7:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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Well, Russian with thick English accent is ununderstandable. I won't be original if I say
that Americans pronounce vowels wider than Englishmen, and this is audible. In general, English is not usually considered beautiful language, but I'm quite used to it. Although, to my mind, the difference between American and British pronunciation is not as big as between them and Scottish or Irish, for example. English speech often sounds unclear because of retroflex "r", alveolar consonants and maybe something else. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| JLA Triglot Newbie France Joined 4897 days ago 25 posts - 33 votes Speaks: French*, English, German Studies: Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 15 of 24 20 July 2011 at 12:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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To my ears, French spoken with a Russian accent is very beautiful. The sounds are formed lower in the throat by Russian speakers than they are by a native French and it produce a deeper and richer sound that I really enjoy (the rolled "r" is also a nice feature).
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| schoolzombie Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4874 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Swedish, German | Message 16 of 24 22 July 2011 at 6:32am | IP Logged | ||
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I grew up around British movies/TV shows, as in 'Mr. Bean' 'Last of the summer's wine' ect. I can understand and imitate the British accent, as well as others.
I really like the Russian accent. But I'm not sure if this is a stereotype or not, but when Russian speak English they somethimes forget to add the words: the, a, and an. is that true? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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