Why do Germans have almost Oriental sounding accents?

**happycow** · 09-15-2019, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by coolfrenchguy

it's because you don't know the good ones,like me ,with more testoterone hopefully for us there is HARSHREALM(not the the tv show or the manga) in the japanese bands,a bit special in the way of singing sometimes but fucking good,even than they have a killer bass player,they kick-ass in a the elektro-tekno-metal genre,because me too the Aidoru/lolita with blue hairs not really my cup of tea listen that maybe you should have another idea of japanese moderrn music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zc9...4bGaKDBUV413wY sayonara happycow san! haÏ ! hey OP San you have hearing troubles,japanese is ten miles away from german,they rolling the R like the italians, put your tongue up against your teeth and say Aidoru/idol (japan pop shit) but the R is between an L and an R something like AÏ, like in HI but shorter more dry,do like in domino,and RLU, ou like in you,indeed japanese is easier to learn phonetically than german,yes because the kenjis and the hiranagas you need to wake up very early

Flower Travellin' Band is the only asian band I like. They are Japanese. But they are a classic rock band so I guess I am biased.

**Graham** · 09-15-2019, 11:02 AM

These kind of threads are what i like about the forum.

haha, up there with the classics.

Now I need to find a German speaking to a Chinese person. Never crossed my mind.

**Richmondbread** · 09-15-2019, 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by ♥ Lily ♥

In terms of US accents, my favourite is Jim Morrison's accent.

I absolutey love both his voice and his accent.

But accents and nasal voices are two different things. A person's voice is not the same as their accent. They are two different mediums. Someone with a different accent doesn't necessarily have a nasal voice. That is a misconception. The General American accent is pretty close to many counties in England, such as Suffolk , Devon, and Somerset. The Americans do speak higher pitched than the British, but that doesn't equal nasality. It's more way the voice rise and falls. The Irish speak more highly pitched as well. Some Irish have nasal voices, others do not. John Lennon and Princess Anne talks through her nose. Not all English do. It's all upon the individual.

**Richmondbread** · 09-15-2019, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by ♥ Lily ♥

That's as absurd as saying that Germans sound like Orientals.

Most people agree that Americans have a nasal accent and that British people generally talk more from the throat area during speech. I'm fine with nasal accents btw.

I agree though that Cockney is rough and a lot of them scare me. Traditional cockney was friendlier sounding, such as Dick van Dyke impersonating a cockney accent in Mary Poppins.... but modern cockney is associated more with east end gangsters.

It's kind of like NYC has a variety of accents like London has a variety of upper class/posh, middle class, and lower class accents... which are generally heard more in the poorer and rougher east end of London. The West End is the area where most of the wealth is distributed and where most of the tourists visit. The royal palace homes are also in Westminster, Hyde Park, etc. Manhattan accents differ from the rougher accents in the Bronx.

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This born-and-bred Londoner below scares me a bit. 7:30

I don't think many West Country English people moved to the U.S. compared to the amount of Irish and German settlers there. (Well the U.S. is a mix of lots of people, including British, French, Spanish, and Dutch settlers there too.... and I think all the different settlers there have played a role in forming U.S. accents.) Jamaicans also talk with a rhotic R due to the Irish influence there too.

Nasal vs accent

https://vocaroo.com/i/s1Meif9xObB6