GUESS THE ACCENT - game

[Aunt Hilda]

http://www.languagetrainersgroup.com/accent-game.php



share your scores :P

[Kazimiera]

I got 17. :(

I'm shitty at this.

[Baldur]

26 points :P

[Aunt Hilda]

http://imageshack.us/a/img705/1988/84811566.png
the native speakers and the hungarian guy were easy.

[Atlantic Islander]

32 Points.

[Aunt Hilda]

I'm shitty at this.
its probably easier for native speakers

[Kazimiera]

its probably easier for native speakers

I speak English native.

[Aunt Hilda]

anybody else? :)

[liamliam]

31 points :)

[Dombra]

27. So you are supposted to know the difference between a French and a Belgian accent in English, spoken by an African :picard2:

[Aunt Hilda]

So you are supposted to know the difference between a French and a Belgian accent in English, spoken by an African :picard2:

it's called 'guess the accent' for a reason.

[Dandelion]

21 points. Got the Walloon one right (lol).

[Dandelion]

it's called 'guess the accent' for a reason.

Belgian French sounds harsher (and is spoken more slowly) than French French, also a French speaker of Belgium has less of a pronounced stereotypical French accent.

[derLowe]

http://www.languagetrainersgroup.com/accent-game.php



share your scores :P


You have found a very fun game!

I got 35.

31741

[Aunt Hilda]

bump :)

[Dacul]

Lol Migla you got 52 from doing that test first time?

[Aunt Hilda]

Lol Migla you got 52 from doing that test first time?

i got extra points for getting most of the cities right and a little luck with the europeans.

[Aunt Hilda]

bump
:D

[ChildOfTheJin]

26

[Aunt Hilda]

bump

[Graham]

23, the Glaswegian doesn't even sound proper Glaswegian, it's not nasally or ends like a question..They say in Edinburgh you talk through the mouth & in Glasgow through the nose.

The only regional I got was Toronto Canada. It's funny that I can recognise Canadian accents.



Also Migla cheated. :cool:

[Aunt Hilda]

23, the Glaswegian doesn't even sound proper Glaswegian, it's not nasally or ends like a question..They say in Edinburgh you talk through the mouth & in Glasgow through the nose.

its close



The only regional I got was Toronto Canada. It's funny that I can recognise Canadian accents.

not even Chicago, or Miami?



Also Migla cheated. :cool:

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8xn7zDtDJ1qg6ot9.gif

[Graham]

shenanigans!

The videos were too short.

[Aunt Hilda]

shenanigans!

The videos were too short.

there's this thing called 'reply button', if you press it you get to watch the video again :P

[Minde]

6 i get

[lI]

The Lithuanian one had a VERY atypical accent!! I know what Lithuanians sound like and she definitely didn't sound like one.


The Spanish Valencian guy sounded very French. I guessed the Canadian as Irish, the Scot & one of the English guys as Welsh (no idea what Welsh accent sounds like TBH), South African as Irish and German as Norwegian :redface_002:
About the Belgian & Austrian I had no clue, so those were wild guesses, both wrong. Austrian kind of sounded like a very watered down French.

In the end I got 23pts.

[Aunt Hilda]

The Lithuanian one had a VERY atypical accent!! I know what Lithuanians sound like and she definitely didn't sound like one.


she sounded Irish :D (Lithuanians have a variaty of accents, I think it depends on what other foreign language they learn. The ones who learn german, sound german, the ones who learn Russian sound Russian, IMHO)




In the end I got 23pts.
good job :thumb001:

[lI]

she sounded Irish :D (Lithuanians have a variaty of accents, I think it depends on what other foreign language they learn. The ones who learn german, sound german, the ones who learn Russian sound Russian, IMHO)

good job :thumb001:Well, thanks :)

I think most Lithuanians who learn English as their first foreign language (which is the vast majority of youths or some provincial people) have a similar accent - kind of like this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDxDAAk3kbE) (the interviewer, not Marcus Brown).

But you're probably right about those who don't. It probably depends on whom they learn English from too, e.g.: the actual ethnic Brits or Serbian roommates like our Minde here.

[Aunt Hilda]

Well, thanks :)

I think most Lithuanians who learn English as their first foreign language (which is the vast majority of youths or some provincial people) have a similar accent - kind of like this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDxDAAk3kbE) (the interviewer, not Marcus Brown).

But you're probably right about those who don't. It probably depends whom they learn English too, e.g.: the actual ethnic Brits or Serbian roommates like our Minde here.

in my experience you guys sound like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ib7AfGGJZU

[lI]

in my experience you guys sound like this
Yeah, for him English probably wasn't the first foreign language lol

She'd be a better example of a Lithuanian English accent unspoiled by too much learning (the blondie):


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnNyj_eyOMo


Different from that of Butkevicius', isn't it?

[Aunt Hilda]

Different from that of Butkevicius', isn't it?
sounds similar, slightly harsher but still similar.

[noricum]

That was quite hard for me as non-native speaker.
http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu227/roapazeinli/guesses_zpsebbfed38.png (http://s650.photobucket.com/user/roapazeinli/media/guesses_zpsebbfed38.png.html)

[Vesuvian Sky]

I stopped cause quite honestly, I don't believe that all of the people they used actually represent the local accent they claim to rep as Tr00 as they could do to certain factors.

[Comte Arnau]

I stopped cause quite honestly, I don't believe that all of the people they used actually represent the local accent they claim to rep as Tr00 as they could do to certain factors.

I think that too.

Same thing with the Spanish equivalent they offer. Some were not that representative, so even natives will probably score low.

[Vesuvian Sky]

I think that too.

Same thing with the Spanish equivalent they offer. Some were not that representative, so even natives will probably score low.

I got the one guy from Valencia, Spain believe it or not but IMO the Belgian and Chicago, Illinois examples were total BS.

[Aunt Hilda]

I got the one guy from Valencia, Spain believe it or not but IMO the Belgian and Chicago, Illinois examples were total BS.
Chicago was spot on.

[Vesuvian Sky]

Chicago was spot on.

Oh no way.:)

That was Chi-town light as far as I'm concerned. Here's Tr00:cool: Chi-town:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lCBPaNE12w

Some of these people were speaking "short" to kinda mask where they're from just to make it harder and the Chi-town lady was kinda doing that.:nono:

[Aunt Hilda]

Oh now way.:)
I've been to Chi-Town they do sound light that.

[Vesuvian Sky]

I've been to Chi-Town they do sound light that.

Me too and relatively recently (2008) but that's a town that gets its far share of newer arrivals generation after generation. The stereotypical Chi-town accent is all about "Da bears" and is very distinct.

That's another thing about the test, is that we have in our minds very stereotypical dialects/accents in our heads to represent certain regions but these can change over time.

[Aunt Hilda]

That's another thing about the test, is that we have in our minds very stereotypical dialects/accents in our heads to represent certain regions but these can change over time.

stereotypes are stupid.

[Siberian Cold Breeze]

11 pts 3 pts from Hungary rest is by sheer luck .

took the test second time : 47 pts good memory prize

[Vesuvian Sky]

stereotypes are stupid.

well they are usually based on a degree of Tr00th.

[Aunt Hilda]

well they are usually based on a degree of Tr00th.

usually it's ignorance.

[Vesuvian Sky]

usually it's ignorance.

not always:


A stereotype is a thought that may be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things, but that belief may or may not accurately reflect reality.

So the degree of tr00thulness can be high or low ultimately depending on the circumstance or situation it arises out of.

[Aunt Hilda]

not always:



So the degree of tr00thulness can be high or low ultimately depending on the circumstance or situation it arises out of.

in other words, stereotypes are useless.

[Vesuvian Sky]

in other words, stereotypes are useless.

mmmmmm...not necessarily. depends more on who's promoting the view and if its being unfairly politicized in some way shape or form.

in relation to group behavior stereotypes are often based on observable traits/characteristics of a group that repeat themselves over and over but can potentially be used to misrepresent the group particularly if the promoter of the stereotype has an agenda or is biased.

some stereotypes are tr00-er then others. but not all are useless per se.

[Aunt Hilda]

Different from that of Butkevicius', isn't it?

truth be told, these guys are not very good examples. this guy actually speaks english (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeWpfMxZ9aI)

[meera]

My hobby is playing different video games. I like to play action games but mission impossible is my favorite one till to my childhood. I never feel boring by this one game also the racing games are interesting in playing.