Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:11 am Post subject: Let's hear you...
The audio forum was fairly popular on the old forum, and since we have several new members, I think it's time for it to return. :wink: _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
I'm not the first person at LangCafe2, who recorded something from scratch :) , but I feel obliged ;) to tell you about the site with many audio materials (not only). Probably most of you know this site, but for some it may come in handy.
In general, the site is devoted to Low Germanic languages, however when clicking first link, we get onto the page on which we can find many audios in different toungs.
On the site we can also join the subscription and after that we will get resources so that we study languages that we had chosen before.
I hope, the site will be useful. :roll:
Losse _________________ "- Med tid og tĺlmodighet, blir morbćrbladet silke.
- Mit Zeit und Geduld, wird das Maulbeerblatt Seide
- With time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes silk"
That was the first time I've ever heard Hungarian! And I liked your English accent! _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
That was the first time I've ever heard Hungarian! And I liked your English accent!
Did you...? Where would you think I'm from if you didn't know I'm Hungarian? _________________ Az alvástól megéhezem. Az evéstől elálmosodom. Az élet szép.
That was the first time I've ever heard Hungarian! And I liked your English accent!
Did you...? Where would you think I'm from if you didn't know I'm Hungarian?
I would've had no idea! East European languages are not well known here. _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
That was the first time I've ever heard Hungarian! And I liked your English accent!
Did you...? Where would you think I'm from if you didn't know I'm Hungarian?
I would've had no idea! East European languages are not well known here.
Or do you mean your English accent? It sounded British to me (London), I would've assumed you're British. _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
This London accent thing is interesting...Answering Walkers' question, I've been to London many times but I've spent much more time in Northern England. Funnily enough, I've been told several times that I had a southern accent. I've spent some time here and there in England but never settled down for a long time in one particular place, which resulted in a hotchpotch accent. It might not be noticeable when I read out as I that time I try harder to adhere to the rules of RP (which my accent isn't in fact). The northern influence might be noticeable when I speak. I don't know as I can't really listen to my speech objectively. But I always hear that something is fishy about my accent...that may be my Hungarian intonation patterns creeping into...
As far as Hungarian is concerned, it's an odd-one-out in Central/Eastern Europe, being a Finno-Ugric language. _________________ Az alvástól megéhezem. Az evéstől elálmosodom. Az élet szép.
Liz, I think your English accent is great! It sounds like a kind of Estuary-influenced RP. Apart from a small number of instances, I think you really sounded like a native in that recording.
This London accent thing is interesting...Answering Walkers' question, I've been to London many times but I've spent much more time in Northern England. Funnily enough, I've been told several times that I had a southern accent. I've spent some time here and there in England but never settled down for a long time in one particular place, which resulted in a hotchpotch accent. It might not be noticeable when I read out as I that time I try harder to adhere to the rules of RP (which my accent isn't in fact). The northern influence might be noticeable when I speak. I don't know as I can't really listen to my speech objectively. But I always hear that something is fishy about my accent...that may be my Hungarian intonation patterns creeping into...
As far as Hungarian is concerned, it's an odd-one-out in Central/Eastern Europe, being a Finno-Ugric language.
I too would have thought you were British. For instance, your glottal stop in "stru' around the office..." and your 'r's that inbetween vowels sometimes sounded almost like a 'w' indicated an English accent.
I too would have thought you were British. For instance, your glottal stop in "stru' around the office..." and your 'r's that inbetween vowels sometimes sounded almost like a 'w' indicated an English accent.
So you fink I speak loik Jonathan Woss...? Vat's weally intewesting...
Sowwy, bu' I couldn' wesist vat...
And the guy *really* speaks like that. Well, not exactly...I'm exaggerating a bit. _________________ Az alvástól megéhezem. Az evéstől elálmosodom. Az élet szép.
I too would have thought you were British. For instance, your glottal stop in "stru' around the office..." and your 'r's that inbetween vowels sometimes sounded almost like a 'w' indicated an English accent.
So you fink I speak loik Jonathan Woss...? Vat's weally intewesting...
Sowwy, bu' I couldn' wesist vat...
And the guy *really* speaks like that. Well, not exactly...I'm exaggerating a bit.
I don't! I was merely pointing out some of the englishness in your accent. It's good that you didn't misunderstand my comments. Your accent is lovely and thanks for sharing it (along with your voice).
No, I didn't misunderstand your comment...I just couldn't resist that.
Thanks anyway.
DEBORAH:
Yes, his r-to-ws are not so noticeable anymore. Still, he he comes in for a lot of criticism even nowadays. _________________ Az alvástól megéhezem. Az evéstől elálmosodom. Az élet szép.
That was the first time I've ever heard Hungarian! And I liked your English accent!
Did you...? Where would you think I'm from if you didn't know I'm Hungarian?
oh yeah, absolutely sounded very much like an english accent to me, though people from England probably would have noticed the subtle differences a lot easier.
Hi Liz, I've just found this site from Antimoon and the discussions seem to be a lot better (though slower). I've never heard you speak before and I have to say that I'm even more impressed than by your written English. I like to think that I could pass for a native Francophone in writing, but I certainly couldn't in speech; you on the other hand, can. I also think it sounds London; certainly not northern with the way you pronounce 'o' (GOAT, etc.).
I've posted my accent sample on Antimoon before, but here it is, if anyone's interested: http://media.putfile.com/Comma-Passage. I'm Canadian, from Ottawa and I've lived here all my life. _________________ L'homme est comme Dieu l'a fait et un peu pire/ L'homme est le seul animal qui détruit pour le plaisir
Location: San Francisco, Noord-Kalifornië, Noord-Amerika
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:33 pm Post subject:
Liz wrote:
Where would you think I'm from if you didn't know I'm Hungarian?
Not being from the UK, I would have thought you had some British accent that was very slightly different from ones I was familiar with. And possibly the only reason I think that is that, being aware you're Hungarian, I was being terribly aware of anything that sounded "suspicious" to me. For all I know, the rare word that I thought sounded out of place, or like a different British accent from the one you're speaking in, generally, may not be out of place at all. In any case, I think your accent is very impressive.
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And I liked your English accent! 