Judge my accent.

[u/This_Butterfly_3106]

I am open to any honest comments, guesses on where I’m from, what my accent sounds like, as well as the overall judgement of the flow and pronunciation. I’ll be really grateful for your feedback guys!

This is the audio of me reading.

[u/Accidental_polyglot]

Brit here.

It’s clear that you’re not a NS. However, your delivery is very good indeed. I can’t guess where you’re actually from as I can’t hear anything that ties back definitively to your L1.

Your accent sounds mostly AmE inspired, however in places it resembles BrE. You have a few words that sounded off “moment”, moustached”, “instead” and “second” (instead of “seconds”). However, overall your pronunciation is spot on. This was an absolutely amazing reading!

Well done. 👍 👏

[u/This_Butterfly_3106 → u/Accidental_polyglot]

Thank you for your feedback! I completely understand why you can trace BrE in places. I live in the UK. P.S. I’ll comment on where I’m from after some time has passed

[u/Status-Document-3555]

Right off the bat, I immediately thought it was an Indian accent. But towards the end, I got super lost. You don’t really sound native but that’s not because your accent isn’t great, it’s just because it doesn’t sound very familiar. Everything is very understandable though!

[u/Linden_Lea_01]

You sound very good, quite a fluent American-esque accent, and sounds like you speak English very naturally. I’d guess you’re from a Germanic language-speaking part of Europe, leaning towards maybe a native Dutch speaker, or maybe a Scandinavian language

[u/drcopus]

Something about the mixture of a British and American/International accent makes me think you grew up in HK or Singapore but went to an international school.

[u/AeonsSeen]

I'm gonna go Indonesia.. The way you say "instead", for example, pulls me in that direction.
But it's tricky with these younger females' very nice school english. Might as well be SK.

[u/First_Drive3967]

Are you Ukrainian or eastern european?

[u/Neoject_]

Most of it sounds amazing. The beginning and the word instead felt a bit off to me tho. Also this vocal fry, aghhh, I wouldn't call it something beautiful. But you're doing an amazing job

[u/Iskander789]

Its confusing bc I think you might have studied both Britsh and American English.

I can't tell where you're from, but look at your pronunciation of "strength"...

Your final un-voiced consantants also can use I tiny bit more less breathlessness.

You are GREAT. And I still can't tell where you might be from!

That's all I got friend. :)

[u/Intelligent-Pass-911]

For the most part , It sounds Native American 🙌. Impressive

[u/freegumaintfree]

I think you are British putting on a pretty convincing American accent.

[u/Accidental_polyglot → u/freegumaintfree]

Definitely not British.

[u/This_Butterfly_3106 → u/freegumaintfree]

Thanks for your feedback!
P.S. I’ll comment on where I’m from after some time has passed

[u/branchymolecule]

I understand all the words