JCC Test your fake British or American accent

My shame is palpable

 

It probably accessed your camera, saw the six fingers and couldn’t tell if it was Manchester or Arkansas.

 

haha scoom.

 

Likewise, P.

@Ender Sai join us

 

He’s a

 

Ok, I need a sample text so I can share my silly Scottish accent(s)... And some idea of where to upload.

 

my normal english accent is apparently 54% british and 46% american. how weird it must sound.

 

normal accent is 99% british. but i don't sound british irl

 

Go here:



In the sample pages, go to page 8 (marked as page 3). There is your sample text.

For the upload, use either youtube or I think artists like @tom use soundcloud?

 

Lol, Paul, I know you think I'm being a stupid American, but I've read Trainspotting and know there's absolutely no passage there that can be read on the JCC. Also, the Edinburgh accent I do isn't a Leith accent. Nor do I speak Scots. I do a slightly more posh Edinburgh accent. Not Morningside posh, but, you know. General Edinburgh.

I found a better solution and will present it later today when I'm bored enough, or when the NFL playoff games

 

"You're browser doesn't support the app"

100% heartbroken

 

O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June;
O my Luve's like the melodie
That's sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair are thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my Dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.

Till a' the seas gang dry, my Dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun:
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only Luve!
And fare thee weel, a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho' it were ten thousand mile!

 

where'd the quality bants go?

 

I don't know what you mean. There were some sick Burns in Watto's post right there.

 

I can't wait to hear your accents.

 

Right now I'm not bored by the NFL games. But it's coming eventually.

 

Okay, fellow dorks. Here we go. One of these is me, but I won't say which one yet. We're all reading the same passage, and the other two are real Scottish women from the Edinburgh area.


Sample 1
Sample 2
Sample 3



I would say let the mockery begin, but I'm pretty sure it's been going on a long time now

 

#2 sounds off to me, but I think you're #1?

 

I think Ender is right about you being #1, not because the accent is bad (I think all the samples sound convincing, but I readily admit to not having an ear for accents), but because #2 and #3 sound very relaxed, while #1 is very precise and focused, and I associate you with being very intense.

#2 sounds off because her microphone is letting in more background noise than #1 or #3, imo; I think she sounds a bit younger than I'd expect solojones to sound, but that might just be the slightly higher pitch of her voice.

 

The thing is, with enough practice you can probably do a very good accent but the trick really is to learn the intonation and rhythm of the dialect and be able to speak freely, without a script, that makes an accent good. #1 feels like it's working on all fronts; the other 2 sound like they're reading but #2 is a much more diluted Edinburgh accent, suggesting maybe a private education or time away from Scotland?