Tuesday, November 25, 2003, 03:43 GMT
Hello mates and girls!
Well, I've been studying English for almost 3 years by myself. Actually I'm just improving my pronunciation and I've taken the British pronunciation (RP) as a standard because I prefer it. The nasal accent of many americans just annoys me. I think my pronunciation is quite good but it's too americanised. Just as someone said - I can't tell you if it has been said in this topic - It's easier for anyone to pronounce in the american way because of the american cultural domination. For example, my ex-boss is american and I've practiced a lot with him, then I tend to speak with american accent. What I've been doing is just a re-education of my accent. I love the study of languages and actually I've been learning German too. I'm perfectionist and that's why I want to master the English pronunciation. Although English grammar is easy, the pronunciation is not. I mean, it's not difficult to articulate the words, but to pronounce them correctly. There are too many exceptions and you can't follow a standard at all. English was influenced by many languages so the pronunciation of a word depends a lot on its root. That's quite difficult for non-native speakers to pronounce correctly since it requires the speaker to study hard. I'll get a microphone and record something for you so you can laugh at my frustrated attempts of sounding like a British! ;)
Regards,
ICQ: 72802358
ODIGO: templum_salomonis@odigo.com
Well, I've been studying English for almost 3 years by myself. Actually I'm just improving my pronunciation and I've taken the British pronunciation (RP) as a standard because I prefer it. The nasal accent of many americans just annoys me. I think my pronunciation is quite good but it's too americanised. Just as someone said - I can't tell you if it has been said in this topic - It's easier for anyone to pronounce in the american way because of the american cultural domination. For example, my ex-boss is american and I've practiced a lot with him, then I tend to speak with american accent. What I've been doing is just a re-education of my accent. I love the study of languages and actually I've been learning German too. I'm perfectionist and that's why I want to master the English pronunciation. Although English grammar is easy, the pronunciation is not. I mean, it's not difficult to articulate the words, but to pronounce them correctly. There are too many exceptions and you can't follow a standard at all. English was influenced by many languages so the pronunciation of a word depends a lot on its root. That's quite difficult for non-native speakers to pronounce correctly since it requires the speaker to study hard. I'll get a microphone and record something for you so you can laugh at my frustrated attempts of sounding like a British! ;)
Regards,
ICQ: 72802358
ODIGO: templum_salomonis@odigo.com