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Guywithcrazyideas (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
In the youtube search box type "Ugly Thanks" it's the third one down. It's a language I developed to talk to youtubers who have lost their souls. Works like a charm too.
HoSayLiaoLah (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
The mother is on the deathbed and it is hard to say "I Love u"? Chines is such a hard language.
asuhisky (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
I am not sure what you mean by "Russian stress patterns" but probably you are right about this, since she's been in US since she was 12, if I remember correctly. My son is 30 yo and has been in US since he was 10. I do not hear his accent but he says that in rare occasions people do hear his accent. Go figure...
asuhisky (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
Actually right away, when she started speaking: 21:21-21:24 her accent popped up immediately. And it is her r's. See, Russians with bad accent (those who does not even try to pronounce english r's but just substitute them with Russian "р"), have r's as hard as arabic accent r's for exemple. However, when we try to pronounce "english" r... then it sounds way too soft, softer then American one. And it is recognizable immediately, at least for my ear.
kingofheartsxyz (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
HAROLD !!!!
FreaqyFrequency (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
I'm not entirely sure, actually - can you name a couple times at which it is particularly apparent to you? I think her r's are actually better than a few of my native-speaking friends, honestly, and she also doesn't even have a trace of Russian stress patterns, to my ear, which is one of the hardest things for native speakers to shed.
asuhisky (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
That is very interesting since my native language is Russian and I immediately heard her Russian accent :) How can that be explained?
ladybugsing (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
Raised in a three language environment, I was selectively mute until age 18, this is very painful subject.
FreaqyFrequency (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
The Russian woman has an absolutely jaw-dropping American accent. I've been studying Russian for five years, and not once was there a single betrayal of her mother tongue. I would've honed in on it immediately.Wow.
hendrickx88 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
I'm a native English speaker and these stories give me hope when learning Chinese. It also gives me hope learning Korean...in Chinese. |
