My accent - please rate and comment

Arath   Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:51 pm GMT
These are my two attempts at a British accent:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzDPWMT5raQ

http://search.data.bg/ready/db476f62eaeb9a6ce3e0bad5fe4fb9b6

Which is one is better?
I know that it's not a perfect RP accent, and I'd like to know what I'm doing wrong.
Caspian   Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:36 pm GMT
Recording 1:
Very good indeed, well done! Some minor points which could be fixed: Your pronunciation of 't' is, I think, with your tongue too far forwards in your mouth. Place it on the palate.
Also, there should not be a pause in between each word, try to pronounce words with the last phoneme of one word being the starting point for the next one.

I've recorded the same piece of text myself, for you to use as a guideline. Your recording is, however, excellent - have you lived in England before? Where are you from?

http://www.quickfilepost.com/download.do?get=598567eae32c6ae2c0edf4614ac18586
Arath   Sat Nov 21, 2009 9:17 pm GMT
Thanks for the recording and the remarks. I've reuploaded my second attempt:

http://www.quickfilepost.com/download.do?get=bee23f3d37831d290bf3b2c41ec69547

No, I have never lived in England. I'm from Bulgaria.