Search results for 'tag:Accents' matching tag 'Accents'

Re: what should everybody do at least once in his life?

The utopia — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:02:54 GMT

Reading your topic, I realized there are many things in our lives that we dream of fulfilling.

However, we don't work like a dream to make our wishes come true, simply because we don't bother, but it is a self fulfilling prophecy.

As far as I am concerned, I would like to visit the UK, since I like studying English and it would be a brilliant idea to live in a country where all people speak English.

Therefore, when it comes to Britain, I can't resist the idea of acquiring the British accent.

Perhaps, someday in the near future I will be an English teacher,

, by extension, my dream is to be a unique teacher.

Maybe you will say:

"Why do you want to be a teacher?"

It is only because I have to get my message across to the future generations..

Re: me using the british accent...?

Mister Micawber — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:03:29 GMT

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I suggest:

My using a British accent is not becoming.

My use of a British accent is not becoming.

Your first example (with 'me') is becoming more acceptable but remains casual.

me using the british accent...?

JKBelieve — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:52:05 GMT

Is this sentence wrong?

"me using the british accent is not becoming"

I thought it was grammatically flawless but my friend thinks otherwise he says

"my using the british accent is not becoming"

is the correct way to say it.

p.s how about this

"my using of the british accent is not becoming"

thank you very much

Re: Small sentence(listening)

Mr Wordy — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:04:11 GMT

He has some sort of European accent, possibly German. The last part is "... couldn't affect it permanently", but I can't figure out the start. It sounds like "A/the bloach", but that means nothing to me. Is there any more context?

Re: American Accent Training!

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:34:02 GMT

Hi sunder,
It is always easy to learn it from your own experience please do watch HBO for that ...

With all my love

Soni

Re: crappy pronunciation...

nona the brit — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:40:52 GMT

It's a common problem so don't be too upset by it.

If you ever have the opportunity to live among native speakers you will find it much easier to reduce your accent a bit. It is very difficult otherwise.

Can you ask your teacher which specific sounds are causing you the most problems and ask for exercises to work on those? Do you listen to any native English radio or language tapes and try to copy their pronounciations?

When I find it difficult to understand someone it often isn't their accent so much as the rhythms and stresses of their speech being too different to what I am used to. Again, you could ask your teacher for extra help in these areas.

crappy pronunciation...

akstylish — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:42:22 GMT

After years of speaking English, it's not changed much. No matter how hard I try, I can't control my tongue. My English teacher in Korea once said it's nearly impossible to correct the accent once you become an adult, and I believe it now. Maybe I should give up and just stick with typical Asian accent....

Re: sweet water.

New2grammar — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:02:23 GMT

CJ, finally, I get a satisfactory answer!.

Yoong Liat, thanks. It was a typo.

Khoff, you could have spelled it out. :) I agree. Accent is a difficult thing. I once had a problem understanding an American from Kentucky. Her accent sounded funny to me.

Re: sweet water.

khoff — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:57:28 GMT

This thread reminds me of a time many, many years ago when my sister and I were in England. We requested water in a restaurant and the waiter could not understand what we wanted because of our American accents. It took several repetitions and more than one waiter before they realized what we were asking for.

Re: free spoken english

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:57:05 GMT

Hi Kore,

If you want free instruction for spoken English go to YouTube and search for "accent reduction" and you will find some very helpful videos.

Good luck!