Hi, fellows.
I am a first grade student from Belarus (Eastern Europe) and I need some help.
In our country we are forced to studying British English (RP (Recieved pronunciation)) which is quite posh and outdated. I personally don't like that.
So, to improve my speaking ability I would like you, my American friends, to be of help to me.
Could you please pronounce some words and sentences and record them using "VOCAROO"?
It is not going to take too much time (for a native English speaker).
Do not try to over-pronounce or emphasize anything. Pronounce the words the way you pronounce them in everyday speech.
Here are some words I have troubles with:
Where Were Wear We're Were
There Their They're Dare There're (There are)
Father Farther Further Feather
Order Odor Outer
Bare Bear Beer Beard Bird
Letter Ladder Latter Later
Hut Hot Hurt Heart Hearth
Shoot Shute Shut Shat Shot Shirt Short
Dog Dug Duck Dock Dark
Batter Botter Butter Better Bitter
Warm Worm Womb
Wander Wonder
Here Hear Her Herd Heard
Stump Stomp
Whores Horse Horrors
Hours Ours
One Won
Want Won't
Mare Mayor
Full Fool Fuel
Battle Bottle Buttle Bettle Bittle
Cut Cot Caught
Lack Lock Luck Leck Lick Lyck Look
Color Collar Caller
Rider Writer
White Wight
Diseased Deceased
Draw Drawer
There are four birds.
I gotta get the ladder later to get the latter letter.
I heard her.
I hurt her.
God and birds.
Garden birds.
B
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>>38052756
meme off
>>38052822
Wow rude tbh
>>38052392
I'll see what I can do, gimme a minute.
>>38052392
Central Texas
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1yDUAHgY20t
>>38052933
OK. I am waiting.
>>38052392
Calibro reportin' in str8 from them gnarly waves.
Pick a few, dude, I'm too lazy to read em all ;))))
>>38052392
I genuinely don't understand, do you not know a solid RP accent immediately conveys sophistication and education not to mention that it's a panty-dropping in many countries.
Accent r8 thread?
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0EE9NEYEWfM
No bully
>>38053119
>Texas
S E C E D E
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C
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D
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>>38053230
>forcing yourself to sound like a faggot
>>38053299
qt canabro/10
>>38053144
Northern Illinois
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0PJfRfMe9AY
>>38053321
>American banter
See, Belarus, you really want this?
>>38053299
Top Canuck
>>38052392
>>38053119
Thank you.
I got a question. For my ears, these words "Wander Wonder" sound alike. Do they really have the same pronunciation?
>>38053230
>OI MITE KEN AH GIT AH GLOOS A WOOTAH??
damn, got wet just typing that
Did this actually come out? It seemed silent when I replayed it.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1dPkQiK81dC
>>38053198
These sentences, please:
There are four birds.
I gotta get the ladder later to get the latter letter.
I heard her.
I hurt her.
God and birds.
Garden birds.
>>38053459
>Wonder
>Wunder
nah m8
>>38053459
They do in American English.
>>38053459
It depends on which part of the country you're from. In the South, they can sound similar, in the North, they often don't.
>>38053473
did you miss the bit where he said RP?
>>38052392
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0OBJ7XQxOju
>>38053459
http://vocaroo.com/i/s13k4N4gSgEH
>>38053434
There are good people, there are bad people.
And this thread isn't about people. It's about accents.
>>38053601
In my experience, the difference is subtle but definitely there. A heavy Southern accent will give you "wander" as "Wo(w)nder" and "wonder" as "wuhnder"
>>38053633
you have to be using a proxy...
>>38053527
It looks like the record is broken or something. I hear nothing but some digital noice
>>38053838
can we hear you read them, m8? i'm curious how you sound. i can give advice if you'd really like to sound like an amerifat
>>38053838
Try this one, I messed with it and ended up putting on headphones to kill the feedback.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0kLnRSJrnoo
Other anons r8 accent pls
>>38053750
why?
>>38053970
you're not nice enough
>>38054029
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0DvQPQOZlec
>>38053378
Nice one.
Thank you.
Also a question.
Does the words "Botter Butter" have the same pronunciation?
>>38053633
Did you do voice work for that /v/ beatemup that never panned out? I feel like I remember an audition similar to this.
>>38053378
Very neutral accent.
>>38053378
fucking faggot give my voice back
>>38054136
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0kEBeKYyK0j
>>38054136
>Does the words "Botter Butter" have the same pronunciation?
definitely no
>>38054193
ive never been on v
>>38054136
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1nM0LnEXXOu
>>38054288
That's probably for the best. It was a multi-board collaborative thing though.
>>38053653
Thanks. So I'm going to pronounce them almost the same way. Just as you do.
>>38054136
No. I was going to do a response but
>>38054310
points out the difference nicely.
Austin TX
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1gC0HgJtdmU
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0auVPH7bsu0
>>38054680
can you do what a wonderful woyld?
>>38054208
Thank you for the explanation.
They have sounded almost the same for me and my non-native ears but now I can hear the difference.
>>38054680
I am not very familiar with southeastern American musical art.
>>38054645
Thank you.
You have really good accent.
>>38053459
For some yokels.
>>38055496
a* really good accent.
>>38055496
thx, appreciate it m8
This is the most useful thread of the lasts months. I'm going to archive it.
