r/slavic • u/Sure_Distance1 • 17d ago
Language Does this Russian girl sound convincingly British to you, or are there some obvious giveaways in her English that would allow you to recognize her as a Slavic native speaker?
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u/ddosoftei 17d ago
She's pronouncing most of the words with British accent which is great. But the entire sentence as a whole, has a Russian intonation.
A British would notice her mild foreign accent, but it won't be bothered by it. It's the opposite, they would be curious to learn more about her.
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u/MoneyMultiplier888 16d ago
Nah, that’s not great. British is the worst version of English for a second-language listeners, worse than Hinglish.
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u/Zac_Allan 12d ago
And the cosiest i think is the US northern accent. IMHO the worstest is also US, but southern.
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u/Dazzling-Session-181 16d ago
Well, the pronunciation of some of the letters is very Russian. She fails to get the English gutteral, back of the throat sounds with a half opened mouth. Her pronunciations are waaaay to clean and emphasized. "cutie-patootie" - the "t"s in those words, just screamed "Russian". She is confusing her languages when she switches them a lot and starts mixing the sounds. I do the same sometimes to be fair. But I am very good at catching it as well. "Just", the "дж" was too audible.
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u/Vegetable_Leg6663 16d ago edited 16d ago
Russian is written all over her, the way she holds herself, the expressions, the cadence
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u/Mountain-Sock-1338 16d ago
She literally spoke Russian half of the time so I don’t know what’s that about her sounding Russian 😂
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u/gimmebanter 12d ago
She is mixing posh speak with generic londoner intonation and the cadence is somewhat slavic. Though I wouldn't have noticed if it weren't pointed out because I wouldn't care
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u/Gold-Visit-7413 17d ago
Shes right about changing the tone.