I am a Filipino. I always practice & research about the three English native speakers' accents:
1) American - it is very common here in the Phils. & we Filipinos are used to it...
2) British - I always watch BBC World & Bus Stop, plus I'm a Harry Potter Fan
3) Australian - ABC news, Wicked Science, etc.. and I always watch Iya Villania speak
WHY IS IT VERY HARD TO SPEAK W/ AN AUSTRALIAN ACCENT! I know some stuffs like:
heller (hello), sir (so) their 'ow' bcums 'er' . And I also heard a Fil-Oz saying "KIRK FLIRT" - Coke Float
die (day), etc..
I am used to Brit & Am accent but it is bloody hard to speak w/ an OZ accent well...
2006-07-10 18:23:38 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I understand because a Fil-Oz TV host even said that she couldn't hear "er" when she says the word "hello." I think there would be no such thing as "accent" if the pronunciation would be right.
2006-07-11 22:16:26 · update #1
Saka I'm proud to be Pinoy noh, wala nmang msama if I love to learn different accents & languages dba?
2006-07-11 22:17:35 · update #2
heres a good site: http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html
2006-07-10 18:28:01 · answer #1 · answered by oz_gurl2005 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your concern is like asking a cat to bark. A cat can always be trained to bark but it needs to be raised together with puppies in order for it to bark like a dog. The inflections of a person's speech aparatus is shaped by training and constant way of speaking over time - exception of course are the ones who are "gifted" to languages as others to "mathematics", and so on - those who can acquire these skills pretty quick. Sometimes the construction of your speech aparatus also plays a vital role.
Pag nahirapan, sabihin mo na lang..."you know..." ayos na 'yun.
2006-07-23 13:40:34 · answer #2 · answered by JR P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.American because there are so many different types of languages mixed in and different pronoucations in different parts of the country.also different words that depend on where in America you are.
2. Australian a mix of two or three different languages.
3.British like the other two it depends on what part of the country and class your in as to how you pronounce your words.
2006-07-24 15:22:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
American is the most common and understandable by most people.
Just watch out for words that have a different context in different versions of English.
2006-07-24 17:00:22 · answer #4 · answered by Ed M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say the Australian accent. Very cool.
2006-07-20 09:59:58 · answer #5 · answered by Susana 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I happen to be Australian and....your pronounciations are VERY wrong...maybe you would like to hear me talk...
I think that, we don't have to strong an accent, people on television generally are told to emphasize stereotypical sounds.
I think Australian or British....
Just a note; we say Coke, and day, not die ...and if you come to Australia sounding like that, people will think you mad..
2006-07-10 21:41:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
well Americans don't have that much of an accent.. the hardest are Australian because they are mixed with British accent.. and British accent is hard too, but more underestandable than Australian..
2006-07-10 21:46:26 · answer #7 · answered by Nazanin 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You seem to have a very stereotypic view of the Astralian accent.
2006-07-10 18:28:08 · answer #8 · answered by Monty Python 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Accents that are "learned" always sound phony. To really sound like a local, you need to live there for years.
2006-07-21 12:48:45 · answer #9 · answered by ginabgood1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dapat proud ka sa sarili mong language kaya, magtaglaog ka na lang.
2006-07-10 22:54:05 · answer #10 · answered by john 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is like asking which is easiest language; Indonesian, Indian or Thai. To an Indonesian, Bhasa Indonesia is easiest, to an Indian, his language is easiest and so on....
2006-07-24 17:03:16 · answer #11 · answered by J99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋