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| Hashimi Senior Member Oman Joined 6260 days ago 362 posts - 529 votes  Speaks: Arabic (Written)* Studies: English, Japanese | Message 1 of 13 06 March 2015 at 11:00am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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1. Who are the best RP male voices who are good to imitate for someone trying to speak in British English? My friend is learning British English, and he want to practice speaking in RP using techniques like "shadowing" or "echoing". he need transcripts of few hours of speech by a good RP speaker. Can you name some famous RP speakers whose voices are pleasant to most people and speak clearly, not very fast, and with no idiosyncrasies? Maybe a famous BBC presenter with a nice RP accent? a good podcast in RP? Remember that there must be transcripts available for the audio, otherwise the voice should be clear without background noises so he can use a machine transcription service like Youtube's Auto Closed Captions. 2. Another friend ask the same thing, but about the best General American (GA) male voices who are good to imitate. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| albysky Triglot Senior Member Italy lang-8.com/1108796Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4389 days ago 287 posts - 393 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German | Message 2 of 13 06 March 2015 at 11:38am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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I assume that every anchor man working for the BBC or CNN is good in this regard .
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| James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5376 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 3 of 13 06 March 2015 at 1:54pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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For American English I'd recommend getting an audio book read by James Earl Jones. You cannot beat his voice.
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| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4708 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 4 of 13 06 March 2015 at 3:07pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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Stephen Fry should serve for everyone
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| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7206 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 5 of 13 06 March 2015 at 5:18pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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I kind of like Pee-Wee Herman.
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| Hashimi Senior Member Oman Joined 6260 days ago 362 posts - 529 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written)* Studies: English, Japanese | Message 6 of 13 06 March 2015 at 7:51pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
Yes, they are good of course, but I'm asking about the best of them, I mean those who have the most pleasant voices for a wide range of people of different ages, backgrounds, and sex.
Amazing voice, I never heard him before. But this voice is impossible to imitate!
True. A real manly British voice.
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| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4669 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 7 of 13 06 March 2015 at 10:15pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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For General American: any Hollywood actor ;) I like Zachary Quinto. Edited by Medulin on 06 March 2015 at 10:16pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7206 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 8 of 13 07 March 2015 at 1:48am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes fame is also great.
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