Yagazie Emezi - Accents

On accents, and why I switch

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[LethalLemonLime]

I watched this because of your video after this (and because I'm watching all of your videos) but honestly you didn't sound American to me in that video. Just sayin

[yemezi]

@LethalLemonLime that's good!!!

[yemezi]

Hey everyone!!!! Just to let you know I read ll your comments but it's so hard to reply to all!!! So feel free to send me messages, I reply to those ones, but it takes time too!!

[ishzza]

It's ok to have an Accent as long as you are not trying to impress. As long as you can communicate accent doesn't matter and that is just me!As for you Girl your videos at least the once I have watch there is nothing Americana Accent there

[patamola69]

omg!! i thought i was the only one.

[MsNayners24]

I've watched a few of your other videos. You may feel that you sound like an American at times, but to American ears, you would not. I'm sure people are distracted by your accent; Americans tend to fascinated by foreigners and their accents, especially Africans. On your other vids, I understood you just fine. You have an accent, it will never go away, but it's no big deal in my opinion.

[nickclumsy]

I switch.. i'm in Malaysia so most times when i use my nigerian accent it's either they don't quite get me (due 2 d pronounication difference) or dey say i talk too fast so i'd hv 2 really talk Chinese.. not speak chinese but, talk like'em. My other african friends like from Tanzania sometimes dnt get me so i hv 2 talk like dem but d rest of'em like S.Leone, ghana, Cameroon r cool...

Basically, switching accents 4 me is not abt d formings.. it's sumtin i'm used to.

[starshema99]

you are not the only one. my bestfriend is from the virgin islands and he does the same thing he switches too! It normal! Ihere your accent in every video. there nothing wrong with it love your channel! I found you on your blog so i had to subcribe. peace!

[TheMakeupbyapril]

lol wow... I had a friend who i knew 2 years and she sounded american but when i went to her families house she had a strong accent! I was so shocked I never heard her speak like that and never know she was from virgin islands lol. awesomeness!!

[cocolahtay]

@redeyedcarter it's not just conscious adaptation. I came from Naija age 16 (now 28) and I fought to keep my accent. But when u hear the same sounds over and over again for years eventually u start to unconsciously adopt the new cadence and pronunciation. I'm still very proud of my Naija accent and when i'm very passionate (or angry) about what I'm saying it comes out (and confuses the heck out of some locals LOL). i think that the North American accent doesn't convey emotion like ours does.

[cocolahtay]

Also Naija; abroad for 12 yrs. It depends on who I'm comfortable with. With my family it's my natural Naija accents. with Americans/Canadians it's my American one. i meet other Nigerians and my naija accent increases as the time passes and I get comfortable. If they r speaking with and Am accent I'm not comfortable enough to go naija. now and then my brain gets confused if there are two different ways to pronounce a word in the two accents like 'embarrassment' or 'imagination'. Proudly 9ja sha.

[cmpunknation12]

IM always switching over from british to nigerian and nigerian to british caus i grew up in nigeria but i live in the uk and no one understands me when i speak in a nigerian accent

[itissooncanfeelit]

I am Nigerian too but grew up in the Uk so i have both accents, I am back in Nigeria now (been back for a while) and I talk comfortably in my Nigerian accent, but I was in the US for summer, and when I used my Nigerian accent, no one understood me, so I had to switch to English accent in the US. it was fun though cos most people thought it was cute

[doctormcgoveran]

do you think in nigerian? for example when you count can you can add and subtract in English? Do speak a nigerian language that is seperate or do you speak in englich in nigeria?