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Does the English voice sound natural?

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oristarA
 
Reply Fri 12 Apr, 2013 10:02 am

The Chinese teaches in English.

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http://video.jingpinke.com/details?uuid=f2e99ff9-13bc-1000-a2e7-171b5fc0e640
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Fri 12 Apr, 2013 11:26 am
@oristarA,
Which voice Ari
And not sure what you mean by "natural"

In the first selection any accent is very well suppressed
oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 12 Apr, 2013 11:45 am
@dalehileman,
dalehileman wrote:

Which voice Ari
And not sure what you mean by "natural"

In the first selection any accent is very well suppressed


Please look and listen some more.
The voice sounds very good to me.
dalehileman
 
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Reply Fri 12 Apr, 2013 11:49 am
@oristarA,
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very good to me
Yes it is to me too

However it's not natural to US

Baldimo
 
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Reply Fri 12 Apr, 2013 01:59 pm
@oristarA,
Very clear english but to my ear it sounds like someone who's primary language is not english. There is an asian accent to his voice but it in no way impacts what he is saying. Sounds like he has been speaking english for a long time and has worked on his pronunciation of words.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Fri 12 Apr, 2013 02:07 pm
@dalehileman,
Guess what? Not all English speakers are American. There is a very slight Chinese accent, but he reminds me a bit of Nigel Adkins. Overall it's very impressive.

InfraBlue
 
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Reply Fri 12 Apr, 2013 03:05 pm
His pronunciation is British sounding, and his English is very good.
izzythepush
 
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Reply Fri 12 Apr, 2013 03:06 pm
@InfraBlue,
Are you talking about Nigel Adkins?
McTag
 
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Reply Fri 12 Apr, 2013 03:07 pm
@oristarA,

He sounds very good.

He sounds as if he has spent some time in the UK.
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PUNKEY
 
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Reply Fri 12 Apr, 2013 03:19 pm
@oristarA,
Definite British accent
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Joeblow
 
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Reply Fri 12 Apr, 2013 03:51 pm
@oristarA,
Natural as in mother tongue?

I agree with izzy that there is a slight Chinese accent with some words and cadence, so I would guess English is a second language, but he sounds fluent. Articulate. He didn't learn to speak English in my part of the world.
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InfraBlue
 
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Reply Fri 12 Apr, 2013 04:29 pm
@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:

Are you talking about Nigel Adkins?


HA! No. I'm talking about the professor in Oristar's video.

Nigel Adkins is a Scot, right?
izzythepush
 
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Reply Fri 12 Apr, 2013 04:37 pm
@InfraBlue,
No, he's English, from Birkenhead, just outside of Liverpool.
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JTT
 
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Reply Fri 12 Apr, 2013 04:54 pm
@oristarA,
God, I hope that doesn't pass as teaching English as a second language in China, Ori.
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McTag
 
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Reply Sun 14 Apr, 2013 12:09 am
@InfraBlue,

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Nigel Adkins is a Scot, right?


Oh no. There are no Scots called Nigel.

They are usually called Jock, Tam, Wull or Eck, Jimmy or Shooie.
izzythepush
 
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Reply Sun 14 Apr, 2013 01:46 am
@McTag,
And they like sitting on buckets.
http://shop.thebroons.com/images/image/wullie-mouthie.jpg
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Sun 14 Apr, 2013 02:39 am
@McTag,
http://www.assetstorage.co.uk/AssetStorageService.svc/GetImageFriendly/721449441/450/600/0/0/1/80/ResizeBestFit/0/FRU/782619D45462FD3FF2F6898710BEC604/oor-wullie.jpg
contrex
 
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Reply Sun 14 Apr, 2013 03:36 am
@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:
oor wullie joke picture


Apart from the "dialect" stuff, there are two types of gross error that might mislead an ESL learner:

1. Almost every word is started with a capital letter.
2. Misuse of apostrophes in see's and say's.


izzythepush
 
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Reply Sun 14 Apr, 2013 03:38 am
@contrex,
What do you expect, it's Scottish?

You didn't mention the semicolon in its.
contrex
 
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Reply Sun 14 Apr, 2013 04:02 am
@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:

What do you expect, it's Scottish?

You didn't mention the semicolon in its.


You're right... and I missed the two-dot ellipses
 

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