Received Pronunciation "The Grand Design"

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The principal principle.

21yo. female, non-native English student from Germany, first year at university. There are several mistakes, as the text was read out rather fast, which is why there are two recordings in the video.

I made this for our phonetics (Spoken English) course. No need for rude comments, unless they deal with the pronunciation and are justified.

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• british
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[Ctaak]

Good on ya cobber!

[Steedrider]

@Ctaak cheers, mate ;-D

[c243mx7tr]

Australian mate! throw some shrimp on the grill

[Steedrider]

@c243mx7tr haha xD olroight but oi'll decorade 'em with some keyweys, mate! ;-D

[Kypros]

A very slight foreign accent: in places where the 's' should be voiced (like the letter 'z') the speaker pronounces it voiceless 'like the 's' in 'sell'), but this detail is so paltry that I raise it nothing other than an observation, rather than a criticism.

It isn't RP, but seems slightly Australian-influenced at times and reminds me very much of a modified Brummie accent, as remarked by smlbailey.

Excellent stuff! VERY impressed!

[Steedrider]

Thanks for your commet! I spent some time in NZ actually. :-)

[anaghwilliam]

I would not call this Received Pronunciation because it is all wrong.

Forgive me, I'm not trying to be rude, but as a native speaker of the accent, and having grown up with people who speak it as well, I can honestly say that the tonation of the accent attempted in this video and the way some of the vowels said are quite incorrect.

For example,

a lot of the words are said with an "oi" sound, like the compromise was said like "compromOIse."

That's more on the Cockney side, I'd say.

[beingforitse1f]

This is really excellent for a non-native English student.

[ornitorrinco01]

@c243mx7tr lol In Australia we call them prawns, not shrimp, and it is very rare to BBQ prawns here. We prefer to BBQ steak, sausages, maybe even some chicken but not many people BBQ prawns.

[raystem69]

I'm afraid this is not RP; you can hear the German accent quite clearly, especially when you say 'considerations'. Nevertheless, this is a very good attempt. You need to focus on the rhythm as you say the words.

[b00i00d]

This is really good! As a foreign speaker learning RP for acting, I had to really listen to find any minor tweaks needed. I think the main thing you should work on is your "o" sound ("ɒ" in IPA) in words such as "was" and "proposed". You need to give it more room. In your "was" you also need to make sure you're ending on a definite "z" sound ("wɒz"), not "s" - in my experience this word is usually a giveaway for germans. And careful of the "oi" sound as someone else noted. Hope this helps!

[DeeJayBounce]

P P P PHH PPHA PHHHA.

[sukumvit]

For a non-native speaker this is really excellent - it sounds quite close to native English. Most non-native speakers carry a heavy accent from their native tongue which tends to remain with them to some degree for life.

On the down side, the area to which the English spoken is native to shifts all over the place - vowels in particular are coming everywhere from Oxford to Australia to the London East-End... "I" in particular should be "ai" not "oi".

Still - infinitely better than most!

[florybmw1]

super. congrats.

[Kypros]

@mcbreit The 's' in English can indeed be voiced, as in 'compromise', for instance.