accents

[Leliel]

English (Canadian). I've heard plenty of accents, but I doubt I could imitate any of them convincingly enough to pass for my native accent.
Japanese (Kantou-ben).

Don't really speak anything else well enough to have an accent except my attempts to fake French, which is probably Quebecois, and Spanish which is probably a generic Castellano. I guess I retained that from my one year of high school Spanish, too bad I was in Ecuador when I had to rely on it

[Imralu]

Australian (native)
Not too confident about the rest.
RP
Cockney (my favourite)
Something American, General American, I think, but with errors.

When I try to do Irish, it turns into Indian for some reason.

I would love to hear everyone else's Aussie accents.

[ol bofosh]

When I try to do Irish, it turns into Indian for some reason.

I've got a little triangle like that between Indian, Jamaican and Welsh, lol.

I would love to hear everyone else's Aussie accents.

Grew up watching Neighbours, Home and Away and Flying Doctors. Not to mention Crocodile Dundee, Dame Edna Everage and Rolf Harris. Maybe those have stood me in good stead.

[Whimemsz]

Native: GA. I can pretty flawlessly do a Texan accent, though I don't ever use it. My Spanish isn't actually fluent enough for me to have real accents, though I can vaguely do Porteño and central Mexican.

Ideally this thread should be accompanied by recordings. (you first)

[ol bofosh]

I can (sort of) imitate the Galician musicality in Spanish.

[Lyra]

Native: GA. I can pretty flawlessly do a Texan accent, though I don't ever use it. My Spanish isn't actually fluent enough for me to have real accents, though I can vaguely do Porteño and central Mexican.

Ideally this thread should be accompanied by recordings. (you first)

(oh you're too kind!)

My English:
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0fngu43EGvq
Catalan:
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0YGzSvNovc3
Castillian:
http://vocaroo.com/i/s06XHuY7UfNu
Thai:
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0qrRlmAXhk7

I'll regret this.

~Lyra

[ol bofosh]

Lyra, I could understand your Catalan! Hooray, my ears are getting used to it. I don`t think you have such a strong Catalan accent, there's people that make me think "they make Castilian sound like Catalan". I don't consider you one of those. Even your Catalan accent sounds relatively "soft" to me. I've heard ls darker than that, lol.

And I'm looking at this Vocaroo thing. Looks good.

[Pinetree]

Hey Lyra, your English accent sounds slightly German.

[ol bofosh]

Esjury English: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0tW5ccO4M39
Cockney, Posh and Snob: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0ukBpvugLTi
Español: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0psYHzOQ2cG
Esjury Español: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0xYK9ImhW0Y
Catalan: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0cd3h9APo4v
French: http://vocaroo.com/i/s025WutaiOh5

I gave it a go, anyway.

Edit: if I didn't know what I said for Esjury Español, Catalan and French I'd understand almost nothing. Bad quality recording too. Oh well.

[Thry]

Native Spanish (Southern variety).

I can fake Andalusian (Seville I guess), Standard Castilian, Galician and Catalan Spanish accents, Cuban and Argentinian.

There may be more I'm not aware of / I can't recall right now.

[Ser]

Castillian:
http://vocaroo.com/i/s06XHuY7UfNu

Your use of in horrible instead of [β̞] was about the only thing that didn't sound like a native speaker to me, yeah. Well, that and whatever you said in the last second, because I didn't understand it.

[Thry]

Castillian:
http://vocaroo.com/i/s06XHuY7UfNu

Your use of in horrible instead of [β̞] was about the only thing that didn't sound like a native speaker to me, yeah. Well, that and whatever you said in the last second, because I didn't understand it.

Interference? In some Catalan dialects the situation has gotten as severe as [u.'ri.pl@] (for the Catalan word, I mean).

[Lyra]

Castillian:
http://vocaroo.com/i/s06XHuY7UfNu

Your use of in horrible instead of [β̞] was about the only thing that didn't sound like a native speaker to me, yeah. Well, that and whatever you said in the last second, because I didn't understand it.

Interference? In some Catalan dialects the situation has gotten as severe as [u.'ri.pl@] (for the Catalan word, I mean).

AS UUUURRRIPLAAAA, NEN!!!

Hey Lyra, your English accent sounds slightly German.

Wass?! Really?!
Never knew that.

Castillian:
http://vocaroo.com/i/s06XHuY7UfNu

Your use of in horrible instead of [β̞] was about the only thing that didn't sound like a native speaker to me, yeah. Well, that and whatever you said in the last second, because I didn't understand it.

VISCA CATALUNYA!!!
//*//

~Lyra

[Pinetree]

Here, listen to me ramble about my various accents for three minutes

[Thry]

@Lyra: just heard you. What did you say in Catalan, poule, poble, ... another variant? If it's poble, then did you just say a O_o? lol that blew my mind.

@Treegod: You don't sound that much English, congrats (for Spanish)! The weirdest things are your stress patterns. Also you said "corecto".
Is Estuary the dialect with the infamous th-fronting?
And your Catalan made me giggle :3

@Hubris: gotta love the Rrrusssian

I may record myself if I find how. I guess what you say in the recording has to be invented in the moment for it to be natural, hasn't it?

[Lyra]

@Lyra: just heard you. What did you say in Catalan, poule, poble, ... another variant? If it's poble, then did you just say a O_o? lol that blew my mind.

Well, yeah, I guess I did. It actually should be ['pɔβɫə] in catalan, /b/ /β/ between vowel and liquid.

~Lyra

[Pinetree]

@Hubris: gotta love the Rrrusssian

ес, энд ит гетц инту еверий плейс ит кен.

[Whimemsz]

don't forget there was this from a few years ago too

[ol bofosh]

You don't sound that much English, congrats (for Spanish)!

Excellent. I think I've managed to avoid using [æ ɛ ɪ ɒ ʏ], and approximating the Spanish vowels, lol.

The weirdest things are your stress patterns.

Oh yeah? Tell me more.

Also you said "corecto".

[r] always gives me trouble. I know how to do it, but in the middle of a word it gets stuck. It feels more natural for me to do it in a posh English accent.

Is Estuary the dialect with the infamous th-fronting?

It's more a Cockney thing than Estuary, but yeah, it can and does happen. In my more colloquial/vulgar moments I do it.

And your Catalan made me giggle :3

Glad it did something.

Here, listen to me ramble about my various accents for three minutes

Interesting. To my ears you English accent was good, although I'm having difficulties listening to Vocaroo this morning. It's downloading slowly, and its fragmented. Do like your range of accents though.

[Thry]

Excellent. I think I've managed to avoid using [æ ɛ ɪ ɒ ʏ], and approximating the Spanish vowels, lol.

Aww aren't [a e i o u] easy as hell? Easy to type, easy to pronounce!

[ol bofosh]

Easy to locate on a vowel graph, y todo. Yep.

[Thry]

Well, yeah, I guess I did. It actually should be ['pɔβɫə] in catalan, /b/ /β/ between vowel and liquid.

~Lyra

How can you do both that and the desonorization to [p] at the same time? I mean, I've heard a politician saying "un poble" as "un popla".
PS2: You have the weirdest "ll". Entre eso y decir "castellano" en vez de "español", canta a la legua tu procedencia jajaja. casteiiiiano

[Lyra]

Well, yeah, I guess I did. It actually should be ['pɔβɫə] in catalan, /b/ /β/ between vowel and liquid.

~Lyra

How can you do both that and the desonorization to [p] at the same time? I mean, I've heard a politician saying "un poble" as "un popla".
PS2: You have the weirdest "ll". Entre eso y decir "castellano" en vez de "español", canta a la legua tu procedencia jajaja. casteiiiiano

My elles are horrid in both Catalan and Spanish, I guess it's because my dad spoke to me in the Barcelona manner which makes "ll" either /j/ or /i/.

~Lyra

[Thry]

Well, yeah, I guess I did. It actually should be ['pɔβɫə] in catalan, /b/ /β/ between vowel and liquid.

~Lyra

How can you do both that and the desonorization to [p] at the same time? I mean, I've heard a politician saying "un poble" as "un popla".
PS2: You have the weirdest "ll". Entre eso y decir "castellano" en vez de "español", canta a la legua tu procedencia jajaja. casteiiiiano

My elles are horrid in both Catalan and Spanish, I guess it's because my dad spoke to me in the Barcelona manner which makes "ll" either /j/ or /i/.

~Lyra

Eia! La princesa Leia!

[Thry]

Native dialect: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0CcirzJYjbr [hi.Go[ for [i.Go] "ficus", [ho] for [o] "hoz", scythe.
Castilian: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0NnVzzI49Ip <- I'll especially regret this one. I said [a.de.'mah] wrong lol XD.
Catalan: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0AWSdXlM9WM
English: http://vocaroo.com/i/s08vWtkfqE6c
Portuguese: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0VaHrSwEXz3

Irlandic: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0Bl2Vx57bZV
Transcript: Acor vais fabler en meia lenga inventada i en seus dialects.
Primar, manya clar, vais vos dediquer uns verbs neia lenga astándard,
que es la lenga deia capital, Cavedesir, astyl tal l'espanyol de Madrid.
Digam i, bens ja es mult reducta, es la mais "pura" deias lengas n'Ir.

Cordesiran Irlandic (North): http://vocaroo.com/i/s0Gmbfa4w0f7
Passem tonc al dialect de Cordesir, la capital del Nord. El dialect deia zona
nord es caracterizad per ser mult mais reduct. Quí it nais m'adir dire
les "ers" al fen dels verbs, i y ha mens diphthongs purs. Veiam, acor
fal l'últim dialect, el dialect del sud.

South 'French' Irlandic: http://vocaroo.com/i/s05u81LRjFmB
Ren faldrá unç haia finid con el dialect del Sud. Hais pensad nais
nel nom del cividad al dialect. Mas cerc deias costas,
la lenga es mult influxa al francés. I ja hais nulcos mais a dire.
Adéi a tods qui m'asculten.

The text in my conlangs is semi-read. The ones for the natlangs are spontaneous.

I'll just click submit before I regret this -_-, to second Lyra.