Accent Reduction by Elocution Solution

The staff at Elocution Solution talks about techniques used to reduce or eliminate an accent.

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Education

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• accent
• reduction
• elocution
• diction
• speech
• therapy
• performing
• arts
• speechdocs

[josiah566]

Having an accent is a matter of perspective. This is just outright, nationalized imposing of American culture.

[Speechdocs]

@josiah566

Thank you for your comment. There's nothing wrong with any accent. We all have an accent to someone. The point is that you want to be understood in the country or city where you live and work.

[szymonwoj1]

hi Speechdocs, perhaps you could help me by telling me how to make that American voice sound? what do you mean by 'buzzing a voice'? I have a perfect pronunciation, at least on separate words, but I dont sound American because I dont have that strange quality in my voice, what on earth is it and how to do it? please help ;))

[Speechdocs]

Hi szymonwoj1,

The buzzing we refer to is the vibrations of the vocal cords on the voiced sounds. You can feel this if you put your hand on your throat, for example say the sound s-s-s, this is a voiceless sound. You shouldn't hear any buzzing or feel any vibrations. If you say z-z-z you will feel the vibrations and hear a buzzing sound because this is a voiced sound. I hope this helps you.

[dynamite60065]

TH is uniquely English? really? these women need to be educated themself. there are older langanges than English such as Arabic which has far more sounds than english. by the sound of TH is also in arabic.

[Speechdocs]

Thank you for your input. Someone else already made us aware of that.

[ChristopherDone]

Live in Europe for a couple years, trust me, that reduces your accent quickly, you speak European English, or no one can understand you. :-)

[DeadlyShuriken11]

English is my first language and I find that it sounds quite ugly compared to the other languages out there. Women sound like men.

[carosaurus]

The woman in the middle has an accent.

[Wizzdum87]

They sound really fake and like they couldn't maintain that weird way of talking. Especially the one in the middle, that is one odd accent.

[jamesmacdonald605]

I find the tone and wording rather patronising. Although this is rather common in America.

[FredericBayer]

Watching this video, and looking at the comments, is extremely funny to someone who speaks British English, like me. Conversely to the intended effect, it seems to me like the women in the video have strong accents and I speak English properly...lol

[josiah566]

@druidboy76 I have an American accent myself, and I live in America at the moment. The only person who's anti-anything is you. Have an open mind.

[druidboy76]

@josiah566 Oh shut up, you anti-American bitch.

[josiah566]

@kleg0202 To refer to TheMessianicManic, I also believe that this video should only be insofar as helpful as it is to assist people to be understood, but the way the video is structured, I feel like the way a deviant accent is treated is rather unfair. To me the video reeks of condescension. However, again to refer to TheMessianicManic, if people genuinely have trouble being understood, help should be sought.

[kleg0202]

@josiah566 "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." Is there something wrong with assimilation? I learned French, and try very hard to replicate the Parisian accent. That's not "imposition of [French] culture," it is showing appropriate respect to American English.

Every language sounds best when spoken with the appropriate accent.