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Posted Monday, February 6, 2023
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ISFJ
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I want to ask a native English speaking person .. here? Are you even a native English if you speak with a British accent that you understand or miss sometimes
For me my problem: I try to speak and listen to British English accent, it's very difficult and I sometimes don't understand they speak very fast ๐ and always need them to repeat again until it's clear.. (edited)
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Don't worry, most of us native speakers start to lose the abikity to comprehend what people are saying once you go past Birmingham ๐๐๐ don't even get me started on Glasgow lads, they're a nightmare and a half, it sounds like a totally different language . There are almost a hundred different accents in UK so don't feel so bad ๐๐
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I'd say English is the weirdest language. With almost every other language, they have specific pronunciation rules. There may even be some tone marks to indicate what kind of emphasis to put on some sounds. But with English, people pronounce things however they want; usually influenced by where they learned it. Amazing - uh-may-zing Amazon - ah-muh-zon Animal - ah-nih-mul Apparel - uh-pehr-ul Why is the letter A so inconsistent and have so many different sounds? Non-native speakers usually play by the rules they were taught of their own language, and that's what causes accents. The happy hippo eats the hamburger. Filipino accent: Da hoppee heepoh eets da homboor ger (Rs roll through the tongue) Indian accent: similar to Filipino accent, but up and down tones French accent: Zee uppee eepoo eetz zee omberger Actually... lemme upload a voice message, sponsored by Google Translate. 1) American 2) Filipino 3) Punjabi 4) French 5) Vietnamese 6) Japanese 7) Russian
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Scorpio
I understand your problem! Don't worry about asking to repeat something, because we do it to each other too. ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ Learning English as a secondary language is harder than learning it as a first, and listening to it is even worse, because of the variety of dialects within the accent. Don't feel bad or embarrassed. We know it's difficult and any decent person will be patient with you about it. ๐
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Sagittarius
It's easy unless people use slang words. Which in different regions are different. And then there are accents which could make it worse. I have a habit of talking a bit slower for foreigners as I'm used to just slowing down when talking to them. My dad is Cockney so I have to translate for people ๐
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