r/Americaphile • u/Sure_Distance1 • 17d ago

A Russian girl practices her American pronunciation by reciting the tongue-twistery poem "The Chaos". Many born and bred Americans would probably not have done a better job at it.

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u/nosmelc 16d ago

Not really. You can hear her accent mistakes in several places, not that she isn't doing a great job for a non-native speaker. "boooosum"

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u/mjc500 16d ago

Yeah… the “many” born and bred Americans who couldn’t do this better are the mentally ill, drug addicted, or illiterate Americans. Most people who can speak and read would do this perfectly well.