How do you pronounce your English?

[pboily]

I really don't know. I am guessing Quebec English, but I suspect that I sound more like either an Ontarian or an American.



So what dialect of the French language do you use?

Same question, applies to other non-English speakers.

I don't know which dialect it is, but it doesn't sound like the French people from Ottawa/the Outaouais speak.

 

[Tee Kay]

Imagine an annoying Chinese accent, mixed subtly with Australian and a bit of eastern European, and a touch of Middle Eastern, and you'll get the idea.

 

[Hotpoint]

Hampshire accent. Almost RP but doesn't sound quite so affected.

 

[Cuchullain]

Hoboken accent (similar to Brooklyn)

 

[LucyDuke]

Continental Europeans tend to speak with an american accent and I am not an exception. My English is a mix of Eastern European and American accents, though I am trying to get rid of both of them

Trying to get rid of both of them in exchange for what? There's no such thing as speech without an accent.

 

[Mise]

Some kind of weird mish-mash of Newport (South Wales) and London/South East. Also some Northern too, not sure how that got in there.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I have a thick Northern English accent.

 

[Truronian]

My accent has been described as "Rolf Harris meets Steve Irwin meets a Foster's ad".

 

[Mise]

I sound like a Mormon.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

You say "fetch" a lot, instead of real swear words? Oh my heck!

 

[Winner]

Trying to get rid of both of them in exchange for what? There's no such thing as speech without an accent.

I always kinda liked the British accent, but I find it extraordinarily hard to mimic.

 

[LucyDuke]

I always kinda liked the British accent, but I find it extraordinarily hard to mimic.

Ah, just listen to more. You'll pick it up without even having to try.

 

[colontos]

I used to have a Southern accent, and still do in a few isolated words and expressions, but having been to college and grad school have mostly lost it and speak standard American; I also enjoy creating long sentences.

 

[CaptainF]

Pacific Northwest English

 

[Lotus49]

I find it impossible to self-analyize regarding this subject.

 

[Phlegmak]

I've never heard that in my life... I've only ever heard it pronounced "carr".

I just have a normal accent and don't think it would be classed as anything other than a general english accent.

I was being silly, sort of. Rossiya said the way that Americans say "auto" sounds weird to him. When an American hears a Briton say words that end with an "r", the "r" has no sound. Well, that's the way it sounds to me.

So, "car" spoken by a Briton sounds as if the "ar" is pronounced like the "aw" in the word "straw". That's why I wrote that it sounds like "caw". Anthony Hopkins is a specific example of a guy who says "car" like "caw".

Listen to this clip and listen to the way Rosemary speaks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzkgskUkOlE

At 1:43 she says "there" and there's no "r" sound at the end of it.

She says the word "here" around 4:05. There's no "r" at the end of it.

 

[GenMarshall]

I speak with a Central New England accent.

 

[Rossiya]

Generally, Americans move their mouth a lot more than English.

 

[Phlegmak]

Generally, Americans move their mouth a lot more than English.

Do you mean that they never shut up? Actually, if that's what you mean, then I must agree that Americans seem to talk too much. The last time I was in Peru, I felt ashamed because the Americans on the bus with us would not shut up.

 

[Urederra]

Don't all Americans say "Arto" for "auto"?

Actually, thay say "Car"

(Dammint, It is already said)

I assume that I speak Australian.

So, do you say 'Fosh and chops"?