The Accent Game

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viscomica

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Ok guys, I know I'm being sort of late to the party but...
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0QtjHHysxOP
What do you think? Do I sound like anything in particular?
 

Conner42

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viscomica said:
Ok guys, I know I'm being sort of late to the party but...
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0QtjHHysxOP
What do you think? Do I sound like anything in particular?
Well, it doesn't quite sound like English is your first language, but you almost sounded kind of British to me for some reason.

If I were to guess your first language....I 'unno. The reason why I didn't think English was your first language was because you kind of stumbled trying to say voice, but you corrected yourself and, now that I'm listening really carefully, you sort of sing out your vowels. I know some Spanish speakers who speak like you do, except there accent is way heavier as they don't speak English as well as you can. So...yeah, let me just go for that.

(If English is your first language, I guess it's time for me to give up on guessing people's accents, haha!)
 

viscomica

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Conner42 said:
viscomica said:
Ok guys, I know I'm being sort of late to the party but...
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0QtjHHysxOP
What do you think? Do I sound like anything in particular?
Well, it doesn't quite sound like English is your first language, but you almost sounded kind of British to me for some reason.

If I were to guess your first language....I 'unno. The reason why I didn't think English was your first language was because you kind of stumbled trying to say voice, but you corrected yourself and, now that I'm listening really carefully, you sort of sing out your vowels. I know some Spanish speakers who speak like you do, except there accent is way heavier as they don't speak English as well as you can. So...yeah, let me just go for that.

(If English is your first language, I guess it's time for me to give up on guessing people's accents, haha!)
You're correct! English is not my first language, but I've been learning it since I was five so I'm fluent.
I do sometimes sing out the vowels (when I'm nervous. I don't like talking much) and I sound a bit British because I studied at a British academy for like.... ten years or so.
Earlier this year I've been to the States and my accent is not so heavily "British wannabe" ever since (but it's still there)
(Oh! and I stumbled tryng to say voice... in fact I do this in spanish and french too. I stutter sometimes)
Ehhh so yeah, you got pretty much everything right.
I'm from Argentina, btw.