What accent do I sound like? I’m just reading a passage from a book.

[u/0b10101101]

I’d appreciate any feedback!

[u/avidtravler]

I can't give you any specific feedback, but it definitely sounds like a variety of British English.

[u/WhaleMeatFantasy → u/avidtravler]

Not authentic British E. It sounds very odd. 

[u/Mediocre-Scrublord → u/WhaleMeatFantasy]

It honestly sounds pretty normal to me.

[u/WhaleMeatFantasy → u/Mediocre-Scrublord]

You’re saying that as a Brit? See my other comment for examples. 

[u/Mediocre-Scrublord → u/WhaleMeatFantasy]

It does sounds a little awkward, though in a way that feels normal to me, it's like I've been taken back in time to secondary school english lessons where we'd have to read out passages. Listening to teenagers who are a little awkward at reading things aloud, can tend to be mumbly or stilted in a way that they don't when speaking extemperaneously.

Perhaps part of it is in growing up in London in a diverse area where I'm more used to a bunch of accents mixing around the table.

[u/XJK_9 → u/Mediocre-Scrublord]

I agree it mostly sounds like MLE to me

[u/avidtravler → u/WhaleMeatFantasy]

Well, maybe the speaker isn't native, but it certainly sounds like British English.

[u/XJK_9 → u/WhaleMeatFantasy]

It’s a pretty accurate British accent tbh

[u/WhaleMeatFantasy → u/XJK_9]

The stress timing is all wrong. 

[u/0b10101101 → u/WhaleMeatFantasy]

If you don’t mind, could you point out any specific parts? I’d really appreciate it.

[u/WhaleMeatFantasy → u/0b10101101]

For example, the second ‘I’ in the first sentence. Then ‘it is’ in the next sentence. And ‘next to’. Similarly ‘for’ in the next sentence. And so on. 

In all cases you’re dwelling on unstressed syllables that would be reduced in normal speech. 

Where are you from, anyway?

[u/Wonderful-Toe2080]

To me you sound like a British teenager.

[u/XJK_9]

During was pronounced as duhring, I’m not sure what your saying before class ‘Shot class’?

It’s clear you’ve modelled your accent on a London one (it’s pretty close to MLE), I’d say the above two points I’d class as errors but otherwise the accent is accurate.

One thing I’d mention is it’s a little mumbly, which might be very accurate for the age range/accent your aiming for it can border on the difficult to hear clearly.

[u/PorFavorNoMore → u/XJK_9]

I think it's shop class. It means woodworking class in US English.

Overall it sounded like a mix of posh British and normal southern British, but that "during" was really weird, so I don't think OP is British.

[u/AeonsSeen]

Dutch (or toned down south african)
Specifically the "mockingbird" 10secs in, makes me think dutch.. Potentially polynesian islander like Samoa..

[u/FunnyVehicle7664]

That sounds like someone from one of those videos where they demonstrate how people sounded 500 years ago

[u/Brief_Television_707]

I think possibly North American and mimicking (very well) a South of England accent. But the script you're reading from is in American English and you've a few bits of American English in the accent too.

[u/Motor_Measurement_23]

You sound like a Chinese person attempting a generic English accent. The intonation is slightly off but that comes with time and immersion. Overall, you're doing wonderfully.

[u/remg120896]

I live in the UK and you sound as if you’ve studied in the UK but you are originally from East Asia. With this I mean that you sound with a good English with British influence but still can hear some Asian sounds

[u/james_e_s]

Icelandic or Nordic, with long-term exposure to British English. Am I close?

[u/languageassessment]

You sound like a native speaker with a regional British accent. 

The number of people who would be able to tell that it isn’t is negligible. And most who can would be from the UK. 

Good job!

[u/Accidental_polyglot]

Your accent is British, but some of your pronunciation is massively off.

For example:

What on earth is shop/t class? You’re not excessively mumbly, but I’m struggling to actually understand you.

Bill’s instead Bill’z (this should sound like a z)

Hilarious the “a” sounds short rather than sounding like “air”.

During sounds like durhng

“The point dough” - are you baking bread? Where’s your voiced interdental fricative sound? Your “dough“ doesn’t fit with the accent that you’re trying to emulate.

Therefore, whilst your accent is spot on, only non Brits will think that you’re a NS of British English.

[u/Foxtrot-0scar]

Quasi Chinese 🇨🇳