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Topic Can sum1 pls help me figure out what kind of american accent do i have
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polgas733 Posted at 7:18 pm on Sep. 26, 2008
pls watch this video of me speaking in american accent and tell me what you guys think.. Ive never been to america before..
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=uPrL5RYXQwI

some say im neutral... is that good or bad?

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Shaknbake Posted at 9:21 pm on Sep. 26, 2008
Sounds mostly General American. You cut most of your syllables too short (so it sounds choppy), and your stress is wrong throughout.

As an example of some stress/pronunciation mistakes (ignore the spelling, it's just to show pronunciation, and the ^ shows the stressed syllable):
Sov-rin-ty, not soverêignty. Pôtentate, not potêntate. "ând that," not "and thât." Rezervation, not resservation. "where-uv," not "whereoff."

Just a year or two ago I watched my Aunt swearing that oath for her citizenship.

polgas733 Posted at 7:23 pm on Sep. 26, 2008
lol somesay i kinda sound spanish.. lol
silverbullets Posted at 7:22 pm on Sep. 26, 2008
Quote: from misscharity at 10:19 pm on Sep. 26, 2008

You dont even sound like an american.

this.

panicxparadox Posted at 7:22 pm on Sep. 26, 2008
The south Florida area, I sense Latino.
polish princess Posted at 7:22 pm on Sep. 26, 2008
You don't have an American accident, you sound middle eastern to me.
Dylan6405 Posted at 7:20 pm on Sep. 26, 2008
That is a decent american accent  
misscharity Posted at 7:19 pm on Sep. 26, 2008
You dont even sound like an american.
Pendulum Posted at 7:19 pm on Sep. 26, 2008
My scottish is better.
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