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Which U.S. accent does this sound like? Or is it not native?

Which U.S. accent does this sound like? Or is it not native?

Little-Form2036
https://v.redd.it/6ey4udare4he1

21 comments

New_Entrepreneur_191
Are you Asian by any chance? It sounds somewhat southern to me.
Specialist_Wolf5960
Not native English speaker but is able to put a bit of a southern sounding twang on some of the words but the "r"s give it away. I would think maybe eastern European?
lilbittygoddamnman
An Asian that's lived in Texas for a long time
Key-Ad8521
It's not native
elian_opel
You sound good enough to me, friend. Understandable and friendly
Hungry_Mouse737
I noticed the hissing sounds. Hmm, If I really had to make a choice, I would say Central Europe, from Poland to Romania or so.
_KamaSutraboi
Hmmmm I’m thinking southern/asian or southern/hispanic
Sunset_Lighthouse
Sounds like an irishman ttying to be a texan cowboy
GeilerAlterTrottel42
Does not sound native to me, like a Slavic person trying to do Louisiana accent or something?
Background_Form7658
It's not a native accent. Your pronunciation is a relatively minor issue. Some vowels have a drawl that resembles a US Southern accent, but your pitch and voice placement are too high for it to be a native US accent. Your voice has a nasal quality, which is often linked to Asian accents. Try lowering your pitch and adding more resonance for a deeper sound. Breathe from the diaphragm and relaxing your tongue might be a quick fix.
Helpful_Ant_2617
To me, it sounds like Spanish might be your native language?
Little-Form2036OP
For anyone asking I’m Greek. Thanks for the replies.
papa_commie
Are you brazilian?
ExtraSquats4dathots
Sounds like an Asian immigrant that was raised in small town Texas . Maybe viatnamese, Laos,thai is what I hear
ButternutCherry
Very easy to understand. Doesn't quite sound native but if you told me you lived in an isolated southern town where this is just how people talk, I might believe it.
Denkmal81
Not native. 
Majestic-Finger3131
It's not native. Sounds Spanish.
hardmetal1
It sounds like you're trying to do a southern accent with your native accent. Sounds like you're from Europe
East_Excitement5307
Sorry if my critques make you feel like your English is worse than it is, you definitely have on the best native sounding accents on the sub. But since no one really gets critiqued on this sub like this, this might make you feel like you are getting singled out. But I want to give actual feedback. Genuinely, this sub should do this more. And the mistakes often sound jarring in a thick southern accent. (Also I'd like to let you know, at some points it almost sounds like you have a lisp) suggesting a possible Spanish origin. Your accent is impressive, but I don't think it sounds native. your vowels and your intonation are your biggest problems. The "L" in your first "hello"sounds odd. I'm not trained in linguistics, but it is either too dark or too light. And the "O" is too open. Same thing with everbody. your "O" has to be less open. even in a Southern accent. "its friday the third" - your "I" sound is too long. and your intonation is really exaggerated. Although Americans often exaggerate it the same way while (mockingly) immitating a Southern accent. If you want to sound natural you need to put less emphasis on "day". "How did you feel when you woke up in the morning?" that sounded a little Irish to me. the "O" in "woke" needs to be less open. same with the "U" in "up". those were some of the major things I noticed. Don't worry, with some work you can eventually sound native.
accentamazing
Definitely sounds like a non-native speaker trying to some Southern US style English. My guess is either Brazilian. It's vague and pretty good, but I still here non-native elements, it's just not very identifiable. I'm an accent coach and here is my analysisː The "o" in "everybody", sounds close to \[a\] rather than \[ʌ\], meaning your mouth is probably too open. The /r/ in "third" seems very overemphasized like you're trying to exaggerate it to sound American. The "i" in "drink" sounds like the \[i\] vowel found in many european languages that sits halfway between English vowels \[iʲ\] as in "Pete" and \[ɪ\] as in "pit", suggesting your native tongue doesn't have that vowel distinction. Then you say "one" and it sounds a bit nasal, like \[wɐ̃n\] which sounds like the "ã" vowel in Portuguese, which is why I think you're Brazilian. Then you say "conversation" without much aspiration on the /k/ sound. Then again you say "six" and it sounds like /i/ instead of /ɪ/. Then you say "woke" and there isn't much of an offglide, so the vowel sounds like \[o\] rather than \[oʊ\]. Finally you say "respects" with a very long \[ɛ\] vowel on "spects", which is unusual since native speakers of English typically shorten this vowel in this type of voiceless obstruent-ending syllable, but you lengthen it. And finally, i'm pretty sure you meant to say "respect" but you made it plural, and I don't think it's usually plural, so this grammatical mistakes makes me think you're non native Hope this analysis helps. Overall it's pretty goodǃ
bobmcardie
Sounds european