Pronunciation Criticism

[Pacifica]

Here's an example: the different pronunciations of <ea> sometimes lead to terrible mistakes. For instance, I remember a friend saying something that sounded like "greet", except the word he had in mind was "great".

Once upon a time "great" did rhyme with "heat" (though I don't know what the sound was exactly!)

 

[Clemens]

Here's an example: the different pronunciations of <ea> sometimes lead to terrible mistakes. For instance, I remember a friend saying something that sounded like "greet", except the word he had in mind was "great".

I was confused by read and read when I was still learning to read.

 

[Clemens]

Once upon a time "great" did rhyme with "heat" (though I don't know what the sound was exactly!)

I wonder if it was how they pronounce "great" to this day in the north of England.

 

[kizolk]

For me the biggest difference between the sound of English and French are vowels and rhythm. Both languages have quite rich vowel systems but there's not a lot of overlap. I feel like this guy, for example, does all right with the actual pronunciations, but he has no idea of the rhythm or melody of French.

His voulez-vous vous en aller ? at 49:46 is quite terrible indeed.

Once upon a time "great" did rhyme with "heat" (though I don't know what the sound was exactly!)

Well, I've listened to enough of Foreman to know that if it's spelled the same, it was almost always pronounced the same

 

[Pacifica]

His voulez-vous vous en aller ? at 49:46 is quite terrible indeed.

That's a bit harsh! There's definitely an English stress pattern to it, but I don't think it's that bad.

 

[kurwamac]

You've been corrupted.

 

[Pacifica]

By English? That's possible.

 

[kizolk]

I said I'd post a Japanese sample, and Japan's upset victory today feels like a good occasion!

My Japanese's a bit rusty though :/ Both in terms of reading fluency and pronunciation (a few words came out a bit wrong, for instance *reikai or something similar instead of rikai towards the end).

By the way, to get back to something you talked about a while ago @interprete, that text doesn't have as many long vowels as you could find in more technical stuff, but there are three of them (almost) in a row around 00:31: jōhō o hyōgen. And I don't think it sounds particularly unnatural!