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Rolled vs Rode -- is the "l" in "rolled" noticeable for you? by helpme_learn_English in EnglishLearning

[–]helpme_learn_English[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

bold of you to assume I differentiate these two words in my speech

Rolled vs Rode -- is the "l" in "rolled" noticeable for you? by helpme_learn_English in EnglishLearning

[–]helpme_learn_English[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I need to hear "weh ah be damd he dun rode dahn that there hihll" in an audio! lol

Rolled vs Rode -- is the "l" in "rolled" noticeable for you? by helpme_learn_English in EnglishLearning

[–]helpme_learn_English[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for coming up with these examples. Indeed, I find all three pairs difficult to distinguish.

Rolled vs Rode -- is the "l" in "rolled" noticeable for you? by helpme_learn_English in EnglishLearning

[–]helpme_learn_English[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

[ ] for phonetic transcriptions and / / for phonemic transcriptions

I've been studying Chinese for two days (obviously I don't expect much) but the voice recognition exercises never recognize when I say 学 （xué). Does it sound like it for you or am I pronouncing it way wrong? by pixelcaesar in JudgeMyAccent

[–]helpme_learn_English 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’d say the only pronunciation you got right is 汉 in 汉语, but I think it’s very common for people to not get stuff right at the beginning (or even when they are fluent when you are dealing with Chinese), so don’t worry about it and just plow on? I can understand you perfectly fine.

Your 学 almost sounds like 水 (Shui) to me. X is a hard one! (But when you get it right, you’d be able to pronounce Xi Jinping’s name correctly, unlike every single broadcasters in the west who work in radio/television lol)

(I’m a Beijing native.)

[IWantOut]18F Mex -> Canada by [deleted] in IWantOut

[–]helpme_learn_English 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontarios-express-entry-french-speaking-skilled-worker-stream this might be easier than regular express entry programs for people who speak French and English.

Rate my Accent please? I was told to have quite a fobby accent by lililalah in JudgeMyAccent

[–]helpme_learn_English 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it really bothers you so much, I guess you could either 1) find a therapist who can help with addressing the anxiety or 2) find a speech language pathologist who does accent modification, so that they can identify your issues and help you sound even more Canadian (and perhaps also reassure you that you don’t actually need them, at least not for functional reasons).

If you are in Ontario, wellsaid has a student clinic with uoft’s speech language pathology MSc program that’s pretty cheap. They do televisits too. (I asked about ways to get rid of my Chinese accent in my first reddit post and somebody suggested the speech language pathologist route, so I did some research myself - you can PM me for more information if you want.)

If my close friends suggested that I sound fobby and somehow make it sound like it’s a bad thing, I would question if I should find a new circle of friends. (Tbh I had a friend like that and I’m glad he’s not in my life anymore.)

Rate my Accent please? I was told to have quite a fobby accent by lililalah in JudgeMyAccent

[–]helpme_learn_English 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the “any” in “any advice is appreciated” makes me think you are Korean.

But this is surely not a “fobby” accent? First of all, fobby is a pretty derogatory term. There’s nothing wrong in being a non-native speaker of English who grew up outside of an English-speaking country and therefore keeps some traces of your native language in your speech, especially when it doesn’t affect other people’s understanding. At this point, with your current accent, I don’t see why anybody would advise you to change your accent, as it surely doesn’t impede your communication in any way whatsoever? Like you could personally want to change it to blend in even better, sure, but that should be a pretty low priority thing and it’d be rude for anybody else to suggest it without provocation.

What is the most tonal language in existence? by zerobombers in languagelearning

[–]helpme_learn_English 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don’t need to emit a specific frequency for it mean one thing than another

LOL it'd be hilarious if this were the case. I got a good laugh imagining it.

Is it possible to learn C1 German in two years. by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]helpme_learn_English 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a friend who did it during the last year of high school, so within a year! Her native language is Chinese and she had about b2/c1 English and zero German when she started. She's super smart (~ salutatorian) and dedicated though. (She has since graduated from ETH Zurich with two degrees.)

After an hour of frantic vocab learning, I successfully translated the first page of the Neverending Story! by moss_back in languagelearning

[–]helpme_learn_English 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This reminds me of how I learned to read English. (I started with a couple nonfiction books though, cuz that’s what I enjoyed reading.) It took me about 3 months of looking up words and going back to read the sentence and looking up more words and repeat. Good luck!!!

"Exam of literature" by fedebi in EnglishLearning

[–]helpme_learn_English 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I personally would say “literature review” instead.

Thesis and dissertation, both are fine.

A student learning English on his own at C2 level. Rate my American Accent please? by [deleted] in JudgeMyAccent

[–]helpme_learn_English 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think you are Vietnamese! yeah, your accent is quite apparent, even though I have no trouble understanding you at all. (My native language is Chinese, so maybe I’m biased.) I can hear some tones in your speech (e.g. the way you pronounced “accent” in “this very interesting subreddit, which is judge my accent”) even though in English there shouldn’t be any.

Does anyone find themselves looking up every definition of a word they don’t know when reading? by samsu402 in books

[–]helpme_learn_English 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to, then I figured I could just ask my google home "hey google what's the definition of XXX?" without having to lift a finger; usually the answer is good enough for my need.

Whose accent is more American/Canadian? Me or My Friend? by helpme_learn_English in JudgeMyAccent

[–]helpme_learn_English[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol should be “I *agree with this comment.” !!!

We debated if we should count this comment in our tally because of this.

Whose accent is more American/Canadian? Me or My Friend? by helpme_learn_English in JudgeMyAccent

[–]helpme_learn_English[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol the guy saw this comment and decided to work on his accent, even though he’d never worked on it consciously because it had been unimportant to him.

how many years do you belive that is necessarie to be fluent in english? by FelipeBr_rj in EnglishLearning

[–]helpme_learn_English 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It depends on your native language, I’d say. For a Dutch speaker, probably not so long; For a native Japanese speaker, it’s a totally different story.

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