Originally posted by bas
I'm sure that plays a part of it too, like I said someone has to WANT to lose their accent :D
right. so they are totally capable of adapting and sounding "american" (or whatever country they moved to), but they just don't want to.
bas
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Originally posted by Slylee
right. so they are totally capable of adapting and sounding "american" (or whatever country they moved to), but they just don't want to.
Yeah of course. I was just saying that it isn't something that happens on it's own :p
Unless you're an actor. Or just really good at faking accents...like me :o
Zild
I have a ing awesome Texas accent.
djhaziel
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Originally posted by Slylee
but i know it's hard to adjust to new languages. to this day, my boyfriend adds an "h" to the beginning of words that don't have an "h" and drops the "h" where it's needed. :stongue:
like if a bottle of conditioner is on the counter he'll say, "what's that? air stuff?"
and i'm like, "air stuff? you mean HHair stuff?':stongue:
Something that was recently pointed out to me is that the words that are with "Y" i pronounce them with J for example the word "yellow" like I will say "jellow" instead of saying "Yell-oh" to me in the beginning didn't make much of a difference but after a while I started to notice that yes it does make a difference.
Now i try to pronounce it the correct way but I've noticed I take my time to pronounce it right .:toothless
samochod
Britney was only in the UK for a week and she picked up a British accent. :stongue:
sensorium
I can fade out my accent if needed. However, for the sake of sane pronunciation, I do find it necessary to put extra emphasis on certain words that a native speaker to English wouldn't.
Even in Spanish I adapt different accents just for personal humor. Some people get a kick out of it.
sensorium
By the way, best accent ever is this one:
Chaska
TBH, I don't see how you can change your accent by wanting to. You can get formal training for it, but I really don't see any other way. I've tried for years to clean up my accent, but there are still things that just come unconsciously. I'm not saying that I'm trying to sound American, but it would've helped for auditioning when I did theatre (except for West Side Story or Mambo Kings :rolleyes: )
What's the need for "sounding american" anyway? ;)
Slylee
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Originally posted by Chaska
TBH, I don't see how you can change your accent by wanting to. You can get formal training for it, but I really don't see any other way. I've tried for years to clean up my accent, but there are still things that just come unconsciously. I'm not saying that I'm trying to sound American, but it would've helped for auditioning when I did theatre (except for West Side Story or Mambo Kings :rolleyes: )
What's the need for "sounding american" anyway? ;)
i just used american as an example. i thought i was clear on that because right after i put in parentheses "or whatever country they moved to".
djhaziel
Now maybe getting rid of the accent might be hard , but what I found really difficult is to pull a joke in another language , those first years were so bad :sadgreen:
Frenchie
You never really lose it.
Mine faded 2-3 years ago but it shows up here and there.
Chaska
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Originally posted by Slylee
i just used american as an example. i thought i was clear on that because right after i put in parentheses "or whatever country they moved to".
Yeah, I got it :)
I'm just asking to myself why I would want to sound like everybody else where I live when my very own accent got me laid a lot more because I'm considered "exotic"? :p
