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Is Your English Accent British or American?

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Re: Is Your English Accent British or American?

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Post by JCole »

s_dev wrote: post #69

I'm Irish. Was curious to see how it would interpret my accent. 41% US, 59% British -- did a few times an the ratios reversed. Doing impressions of British or American people got me close to 100% of their respective values. I'd say there is some merit there alright.

Haha I am Irish too, 94% British, 6% American...can I ask where you're from? I am from Dublin.

Re: Is Your English Accent British or American?

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Post by Netch »

I am from Kiev, Ukraine, initially studied English at classic Soviet school with explicit orientation to British style. Nevertheless, it suggests 93% American. Initially I guessed this is due to r-coloring, but words like "plastic bags" have no R ;)

Re: Is Your English Accent British or American?

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Post by s_dev »

JCole wrote: post #71
s_dev wrote: post #69

I'm Irish. Was curious to see how it would interpret my accent. 41% US, 59% British -- did a few times an the ratios reversed. Doing impressions of British or American people got me close to 100% of their respective values. I'd say there is some merit there alright.

Haha I am Irish too, 94% British, 6% American...can I ask where you're from? I am from Dublin.

I would have a midlands accent (and a US mother).

Re: Is Your English Accent British or American?

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Post by lottin »

This could be very useful for English language learners if it told you the pronunciation mistakes that you make.

As it is now, it's a little disappointing. I got 98% British but I have no idea why it came to this conclusion. It could be that my British accent is good, or that my accent is rubbish but doesn't sound American, or anything else really.

Re: Is Your English Accent British or American?

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Post by gfredtech »

thomasfoster96 wrote: post #33
gfredtech wrote: post #9

Even though I grew up in a Commonwealth country, it says I've got 85% British accent which is totally not correct

Huh? Why would you expect your accent to be more American if you grew up in a Commonwealth county?

Let's just say that I'm used to pronouncing words the American way

Re: Is Your English Accent British or American?

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Post by 115100 »

hliyan wrote: post #3

This is really hit-or-miss. My initial test gave me a 93% British (rather accurate considering I'm from a former British colony), but subsequently the results varied a lot, including a few cases where it claimed my accent is 74% American. The way I pronounce "ask", "plastic" and "Bob" should be dead giveaways that my accent is not American...

I've lived in London my entire life and the result flips between very American (~80%) or slightly British.

I pronounce "ask" with a long "a" so I'm not sure why it keeps flagging that pronunciation as American either.

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