I am from Arizona, U.S. I have been working on a London, England accent for a few years now. Yesterday I posted a recording of what my accent sounded like, and with your tips, I improved on it. Now here is the accent as I have improved it. If you have any tips on how to improve on it more, please tell me! Cheers!
Yesterday's Recording:
http://s259.photobucket.com/albums/hh314/LynsieA1/flix/?action=view¤t=Accent.flv
Recording of my improved accent:
http://s259.photobucket.com/albums/hh314/LynsieA1/flix/?action=view¤t=Better.flv
Do you think any of you Londoners could post a recording of your voice for me to hear?
Sorry mate, but I don't think it's that good really. I've read a lot of comments from other people on the other questions you've posted and your main feedback is coming from other americans and they think it's good…so if you are trying to fool an american then yeah it's probably fine, but you don't sound english to me!!
For one thing, you sound too posh to be a Londoner, and the phrases you use just aren't fitting in with the dialect you are aiming for! You speak quickly but draw out the ends of the words slowly (a very american way of speaking) and your accent seeps through when you do this! Your a's just don't sound right…they sound odd, but I can't explain exactly why. I'm from the north, so obviously we have a very different accent to southerners anways, but I have spent a lot of time down south and my closest mates are at uni in london…
You say ah and umm between words, but English people are more likely to say erm or err…and your o's sound odd when you say a lot…it sounds more like 'a lawt' than a lot to me.
Also, at points you come across sounding Australian or South African, which is a little odd. And your accent, if anywhere, would be south western England as opposed to London persay.
Try picking up English terminology to improve the authenticity of what you say…if you use words that are typically English, people won't notice discrepancies in your accent so much.
Looking back on what I've said I feel like I'm being a little critical…so I'll add that your accent is a hell of a lot better than the majority of American's takes on English, but it's just not authentic sounding!
Why do you want to do this anyway? I mean, why not just be happy with who you are?? And why do you want a London accent as opposed to an accent from elsewhere in England?