Questions tagged [accent]
An accent is a distinctive way of pronouncing a language, especially one associated with a particular country, area, or social class.
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How to improve my British accent, in particular intonation [closed]
I have been studying English for many years, focusing on British accent. Apart from my books with DVDs in British, I listen to different podcasts of BBC learning English. Sometimes, I shadow the ...
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Pronunciation practice(making 'also' 'all' sound correct)
I'm having a hard time to make 'also' and 'all' sound correct.
My native American tutor told me my 'also' sounds like 'arso' and 'all' sounds like "or".
He says I have no trouble with making "L" ...
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Does Jessica Lange's character in "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" accurately portray a Southern US accent?
Jessica Lange was born and brought up in Minnesota.
It seems to me that her southern accent in the movie is a bit too exaggerated (read overacted) compared to that of Tommy Lee Jones. Am I mistaken?
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How Adele sings "There's a fire" in the song "Rolling In The Deep"
I like Adele and her song "Rolling In The Deep".
She sings the first phrase "There's a fire".
And I can't hear it but "They they fire".
It's different from how a cover singer sings "There's a fire"
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Rihanna's accent in the song of "Diamonds"
I like Rihanna and her song "Diamonds".
She sings the phrase "At first sight I left the energy of sun rays" at 01:25.
And I can't hear this "rays" but "ray-hey" or "ra-hey".
Is this her original ...
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Is this Liverpool accent? "I wanna hold your hand"
I like this song "I wanna hold your hand" by The Beatles.
Paul and John sing the phrase "I wanna hold your hand"
as "I wanna hol'-your hand".
Other cover singers sing it as "I wanna hol d-your hand" ...
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Pronunciation of Either
I notices that some people will pronounce the word, "either" in one of two ways. The first one is accentuiating e and pronouncing the e like one would were they saying the word, "each". The other is ...
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In a TV Series, I heard an actor say 'Love' as in British |o| Job and not Love as in |la|, is it a British Dialect or something?
Yet, when I looked it up in the dictionary, the word 'love' is pronounced the same either in British or American Accent. Thank you & Have a lovely day!
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Do Americans pronounce 'are' as 'do' in "What are you waiting for"
It seems a stupid question, but I already hear American on TV or movies or even songs, say Are like Do in this context
What are you waiting for
I just listened to it again in this song
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am i pronouncing the "r" in earlier correctly
I am trying to learn American accent.
I have a problem with the "R" sound.
Could you please listen to this sample I have recorded.
http://www.filedropper.com/untitled_20
Also, could you please ...
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Which mouth form is the close one to pronounce the R
I am trying to learn American R, I have a problem, which is the R becomes like "O" in the begging of the word like
Reall-> I say: "Oreally" with a very very very small "O".
So I tried to change my ...
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Is the midwest accent the standard accent in TOEFL and CNN?
Of late I had somebody told me that midwest accent is the standard accent in TOEFL and CNN. If this is the case, then how to get used to this accent? CNN is a bit too fast for me now, so I want to ...
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Does English contain accented letters?
Does English contain accented letters? Is there a standard list of accented letters that are used in the English language?
In my application I'm currently allowing the characters a-z and áéóúíý ...
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american accent tool or website
I am a non native speaker.
I have never talked English with anyone before. so all my accent depends only on how I see the word or if I heard it from a movie.
Is there any website or tool FREE that I ...
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What makes an Indian English accent hard to understand?
I have experience communicating with people from different nationalities and several have noted that Indian English accent is difficult to understand.
Are there any suggestions on how a person with an ...
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