Phonetic transcription - reading

[richardmullins44]

I take back what I said. I think you are already using a lot of unstressed syllables with schwa. Your attempt at RP is probably better than mine would be, although I am a native speaker of English.

[richardmullins44]

Very good. it's not quite RP, but then only about 4% of people in Britain itself, speak RP. (I am not an RP speaker myself). I think your pronunciation will sound more "native" if you use more unstressed syllables with the reduced vowel "schwa".

[bloomoggi]

hi im a british native speaker and the way you speak english sounds like exactly like the safety and emergency demonstration on aeroplanes. intonation is important in english for demonstration mood and place.

[tumadrelanieves]

I did post that video about 8 months ago. I am really freak out of its magnitude! I think I will have to upload some other phonetic reading though I passed the uni subject already (it was called phonetics and phonology II). As I said a month ago for the next year I expect for the resolution of a grant to go to UCLA and so on. So, I probably get the american accent near 5 o 6 months (I say so to justify myself about the flapped r and so on). Thanks so much for your comments!

[RagTagSnag]

First off you could pronounce your "pronunciation" properly..I'm not an expert yet but I think you need a diththong

in that word? Maybe the one corresponding to

ou?

[tumadrelanieves]

Thanks for your comments! Actually I am willing to join UCLA. It is somehow funny: a year ago I uploaded that video and I did not expect any single reply. :)

[thegoldenmuscle]

This isn't fake English. The responders have missed the point of the original video.

[gondolagoro]

when i speak foreign languages i never notice my accent being different to the native speakers

[UnderDC]

I like it... I can only suggest you to be consistent... if you are trying to go for RP, avoid flapping of the t... as in photograph. That's more American... and if you are indeed reading from phonetic transcript I send a round of applause to youj.. keep it up.

[conali]

i dont no fuk all bout english n i am english but im ur typical british teenager

[aha2bit]

You speak English pretty well, I must say. But to a native speaker, there is still definitely a South American/Spanish accent.

[tanishagirl]

Yo tambien estudio inglées! amo la fonetica... ya que pedís opinión te hago algunas sugerencias: en la palabra "suggest", el sonido de suGGest te salió voiceless. Y también noté medio raras las pronunciaciones de algunas palabras como "anybody" y "suppose". Pero me pareció bien dentro de todo. Espero que esto te sirva. Obviamente lo hago para ayudar :)

Saludos desde Argentina!

[sant431]

make suggestions in english please

[tanishagirl]

sorry i said it in spanish since i commented to give my opinion to this guy who knows spanish just like i do. Just told him what i think (that it was pretty well) and i mentioned some cases in which i think he didn't get the right pronunciation, thats all.

[sant431]

Don't feel sorry, it was a joke. You are right on your comments, He is doing a good work on his pronunciation, but still can make improvements. since is american english "d" in body, and "t" in photograph should sound like "r" in the spanish word "cara".

[tanishagirl]

:) yep...

[LincolnS]

Not bad. There's definitely still an accent, but you're understandable for the most part. If you are more percussive with your consonants, it would sound much clearer.