Assistance with english accent assessement

I did not listen to your link, but the best way to speak without accent is to practice it by watching English movies. And/or, you can hire a speech therapist.

Do you live in France? If so catch the ferry over here.

I don't live in France unfortunately,
I am in South Africa,
I just wanted to a quick feedback from a native or near native speaker
for the 2:25 audio I recorded just to give me a rough assessment of my accent.

Hi, I understand you perfectly,
I just wanted to get a quick and rough feedback from a native or near native speaker who could listen to the 2:25 audio I recorded just to give me a rough assessment of my accent.

The only accent you'll pick up living in South Africa is a South African one, regardless of how many episodes of British telly you watch.

I have spent a short time in South Africa, mostly in Cape Town and Stellenbosch. Your accent is what I heard on my visit to that part of the world.
It's been some time since I visited there, and wonder if you don't mind answering a question for me. It was a period when equality was beginning to spread in your country, and we observed that there were a few students attending university. Has it improved much since then?

Did you listen to the recording?

No I didn't, but I will now.

Heard it, definitely sounds African.

You have a beautiful voice! But I could not understand much of it, due to the British accent. Many times it sounds like the Brits have marbles in their mouth. They don’t open the jaw enough when speaking. Yes, there is an African base with strong British accent heard.

(American English speaker)

He doesn't sound British.

African, Britished schooled

It sounds African. Btw, Britain is three countries, England Scotland and Wales, all three countries have very distinctive accents with lots of regional variances. There is no such thing as a 'British' accent. What you probably mean by British is a Southern English accent.

The OP wants to know if he sounds English to someone who actually is English, not an American. Americans thought Dick Van Dyke and Stewie Griffin had 'British' accents. They both sound like Americans.

Hi cicerone,

Thank you for giving your opinion to my request, much appreciated.
In fact, I am not a south african citizen though I have lived in SA for 8 years now. However, I have a fair understanding of the post-apartheid situation in SA.

In fact, Mandela got into power with the agenda of reconciliation trying to
heal the country from its past wounds, reconciliation, an agenda that is still to be pushed.
Honestly, it is quite peace time, there is freedom of speech in the political arena, universities are opened for everyone and interracial marriages are witnessed. On a general note, people are really expressing themselves (the south african citizens), though the wound of segregation is yet to be healed completely as there is still quite some fear and distance among white and black. But change is very much visible, the rainbow nation is slowly coming into place.

However, the biggest challenge currently is economical freedom, wealth is still in the hand of the minority of the population, white economical supremacy per say creating an imbalance. It remains the major issue in the south african post-apartheid time. The state and the current ruling party are yet to do it right as corruption has invaded the very top. In my opinion, there are great hopes for south africa but it takes visionary leaders to finish off what started in 1994.

I hope I answered your question.

Kind regards

Hi everyone,
Thank you very much for all your comments in their diversity,
Still working on the english accent and your inputs are helping.
I am open to criticism and open-minded contributions.
Regards

Thank you. It was good to learn that there is much progress in South Africa. I still remember walking through the ghetto in Cape Town, and the children held our hands as we walked through their "town." I also remember how they connected wires to get electricity in some haphazard way. I hope there's been some improvement since that time.

As a Japanese American who lived after the Great Depression, during and after WWII, we suffered much discrimination in California where I was born.
However, there has been a huge amount of progress, and we have been able to achieve some semblance of success. Especially because of the 442nd Infantry made up of Japanese Americans from Hawaii, US concentration camps on the West Coast, and mainlanders who fought during WWII in Europe with distinction. They also fought in the Pacific theater as interpreters and code breakers of the enemy. They were the most decorated unit for its size of any war the US has been involved in.

I believe blacks in our country has had it the hardest, and they still suffer discrimination in many ways. Legal equality doesn't exist for them. Many suffer harsher sentences for the same crime whites commit. It's still a difficult world for blacks. https://www.searchencrypt.com/search?eq=hAgeiDGT8PRWcGr50LmNQcXRvkmhWOF8uWJK6HY1lJNWz7tovrvsbEPnBlM7LEt%2Fg%2B0XbsaYvpXe8K2h6reI0Q%3D%3D
I hope we see improvement during my lifetime: It's way past due.

I think you're at the stage where you can't go much further. You could probably convince an American you were from the UK but if you want to convince an Englishman/woman you're going to have to live here for a bit.

Btw, there's nothing wrong with your accent, it's fine just the way it is.

I agree. Even in the US, different parts of the country has different accents. Boston is a good example. http://www.bu.edu/mfeldman/Boston/wicked.html

I see. There is indeed a great work for all races in the world to transcend colour and start considering the neighbour as a human being in the first place.

Believe it or not, there is interdependency between countries and I will dare to extend it to people. Injustice is just nurtured by human greed and pride.

PS : I couldn't view your link