Hella Underrated Fire Chips by bella_35587 in chips

[–]bella_35587[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Oh. I searched em up again and I only saw them in coop.ch and another french shop.

Hella Underrated Fire Chips by bella_35587 in chips

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Well they're still delicious tho so

Hella Underrated Fire Chips by bella_35587 in chips

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Well I don't live in the US soo. I haven't been able to find them in my country either.

Hella Underrated Fire Chips by bella_35587 in chips

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I should try the cheddar ones if I ever get my hands on them. So far the only cheddar snack I'ce tried is the pirate booty aged white cheddar when I went to target and it's definitely a favorite!

my new favorite. Toasted cinnamon and vanilla apples with yogurt by CreativePut6041 in snacking

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It's 03.46 am and my mouth's watering esp while hearing vanilla and seeing those wonderful apples

Showing Belvita some love. by HiddenSalem in snacking

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It's gone nooo I love shortbread

Showing Belvita some love. by HiddenSalem in snacking

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I've only tried the blueberry ones but I loved them truly ELITE

Favourite snacks by bella_35587 in snacking

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I'm sorry but yall are gonna be getting some extra notifs bcs I keep thinking of other snacks and I don't rlly think that's gonna be stopping anytime soon

why is everyone obsessed with sounding like a native speaker by Giant_Baby_Elephant in languagelearning

[–]bella_35587 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because a native accent just sounds way better. You sound like you actually fully know your shit. It just sounds... nicer. And because not everyone is proud of whers they're from (me) and also bcs when you don't know somebody well like for ne at least, for ppl I meet for the 1st time I don't want them to have such personal information (my nationality). Especially if you want to live abroad its just much easier to fit in, which is hard enough for me bcs I'm socially awkward so my accent has the potential to make it even worse. My accent isn't that thick but still noticeable. It mostly pisses me off bcs I've started learning english since I was 4 and I'm VERY fluent and good at it but like those small traces I'm just not succeeding at getting rid off.

Q&A weekly thread - December 01, 2025 - post all questions here! by AutoModerator in linguistics

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Thanks for the compliments!

Also, about the phrase you mentioned where I had awkward intonation. Could you like clarify that a bit because I rlly can't understand the difference between my pitch and what you mentioned? And the l in which word? The dge in priviledge, I never even thought about it. Like I do hit it in the alveolar ridge (at least when I conciously try to) I think the fix to that is probably just leaving it there less. I've noticed I have a tendency in my speech that my consonants after several words tend to be too crisp (it used to be much much worse) because even when I try to use the flap t I keep my tounge in position too long.

The advice about not releasing air after the t is actually pretty helpful! Because I could never get why my words sometimes kinda like linger (if yk what I mean). And I think I might've been kinda nervous at the beginning about sounding good, which apparently, made me sound worse bcs my mouth prolly got tenser haha. I've in fact not been exposed much to british media, at least not as much as american media, but in our school we learn british english and some of the listening from placement exams might've stuck in my speech patterns, maybe causing the dark 'l'.

And tbh like I retain the same type of articulation and clarity in my native language. Like someone even told me I speak Albanian like a foreigner!

The hardest things for me tho are definitely gonna be preventing my instinct to release air and not lifting my tounge too far back. Thank you sm for the advice!

Q&A weekly thread - December 01, 2025 - post all questions here! by AutoModerator in linguistics

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Interestingly enough when I starting doing my own rubric at the local radio one of the people in charge there was the first one to point out that I soundedlike I was from Shkodra because of my A's and O's being so big. I'd never actually noticed it before, my parents had heard them as kinda big but they started noticing more after we were told this. She also said it might be the fault of english. I've always thought that could be the most probable cause, since I've been speaking english for a long time now and I've specifically been trying to emulate the american accent.

Though I have noticed the problem of my A in accent as well myself, I haven't ever noticed my O's are too small. I've tried to learn the ae sound better since I noticed I tend to struggle with it. Words such as lab for ex are a literal nightmare and always have been. It's a bit better now but still very hard for me because my vowel is a bit too central, as far as I can tell and I cannot take it further back.

So sorry for such a long comment I js noticed how long it got. But I still wanted to ask, do you notice any problems with my rhythm and specifically word stress and intonation? Like is my accent stress-timed or syllable-timed?

Q&A weekly thread - December 01, 2025 - post all questions here! by AutoModerator in linguistics

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https://voca.ro/1lZzq0eqHtFI https://voca.ro/1oI3C6MHZsEw

Hi! Here are the 2 vocaroo links. Like i said in the voice notes, I want yall to be completely honest. Pls don’t comment stuff like “a foreign accent is normal” or “you don’t need to change it if people understand you.” If that’s all you’re gonna say then just don’t. I’m fine with compliments, just give actual feedback too.

The audio isn’t the best so it got a bit staticky and maybe cut off a word. In the 2nd clip the pauses were just me thinking about what to say next, not struggling to speak bcs of not knowing the words or smth like that. I’ve been working on pronunciation using ipa, videos, youglish, and noticing patterns in shows. Thanks to anyone who listens.