Why do Germans have almost Oriental sounding accents?

[TheMaestro]

When I hear Nina sing in English, I somehow pictured her an Oriental girl at first

I think you have no idea what even oriental is

[PaleoEuropean]

When I hear Nina sing in English, I somehow pictured her an Oriental girl at first

She sounds very Euro to me , she has more testosterone in her voice than an Asian woman. Asians are very shrill.

[PaleoEuropean]

This is an Asian voice


Chinese (more testosterone, even with autotune)

Japanese (Less)

[Richmondbread]

This is an Asian voice


Chinese (more testosterone, even with autotune)

Japanese (Less)

Yes, that's the more common. But there's a mellower version that somehow sounds more on pitch with the German accents.

[♥ Lily ♥]

r's are hard in american english, plus a lot of foreigners have a bit of a british english influence from school

It's not just Americans who have rhotic accents (with a harder R pronunciation,) but also Canadians, West Country English people in south-west England, Northern Irish, Irish, and Jamaicans (due to the large Irish settlement and influence in their culture - both Irish and Jamaicans have strong R sounds and both have problems pronouncing 'TH' and say 'ter' instead - they both say 'ter-tee tree' instead of 'thirty three',) all have rhotic accents too and a harder R sound.

One of the varieties of rhotic West Country accents from south-west England (below.) I'm originally from the West Country and not all of us have these accents, although some of my aunts and uncles on both my maternal and paternal sides have these accents. They're stereotyped in the UK with farmers due to all the farmland in the West Country.



Cornish rhotic West Country accent.


Irish rhotic accent.


A few Scottish regions have rhotic accents too. The extremely unpopular and much hated Scottish feminazi leader of the disgusting and anti-democratic UK 'Lib Dem' party, Jo Swinson, (who wants to cancel our democratic vote to leave the EU by erasing the referendum we had,) has a rhotic accent.



The independently elected Lexiteer in England (a 'Lexiteer' is portmanteau of someone who is on the left - but is also on the side of UK independence and also a Brexiteer, as Brexit isn't just about right-wingers wanting independence from the EUSSR,) George Galloway, is of Scottish and Irish descent... and he often rolls his R's during speeches like a trilled R. It's very unique in the UK to hear a trilled R sound.


A lot of native English speakers in the US and UK struggle to roll our R's like the French when pronouncing French words. This famous French singer makes a lot of trilled/rolled R sounds in this song. I find it easy to impersonate the American R sound, but I struggle to pronounce the French and Spanish rolled R.


The R sound is even longer and rolled out even more in Spanish, and I think the Italians also use a trilled R in some of their word pronunciations. There's a special technique to mastering making a rolled R sound using the tip of the tongue against the roof of the mouth, and requires much dedication and practice.


The Americans and Canadians are also well-known for their higher pitched nasal accents like the French, whilst the Irish, English, Scots, and Welsh have more throaty accents and use a wide range of tones during speech using both the throat and mouth area during speech.

The Germans don't sound Oriental.

German accents. 1:07 A German living in the U.K. who tries to speak with a Received Pronunciation standard southern English pronunciation, which is often used in the media and broadcasting. The R sound is kept soft.


Germans trying to speak using a higher pitched U.S. pronunciation of words and the harder R sound.

[Gaditanian]

This is an Asian voice


Chinese (more testosterone, even with autotune)

Japanese (Less)

Lol this is Madness, thanks for sharing, to favorites list

[Richmondbread]

It's not just Americans who have rhotic accents, but also Canadians, West Country English people in south-west England, Ireland, Jamaicans, etc. The Americans and Canadians have also well-known for their higher pitched nasal accents like the French, whilst the Irish, English, Scots, and Welsh have more throaty accents and use a range of tones during speech from both the throat and mouth area.

The Germans don't sound Oriental.

American are not more high pitched and nasal, unless they are in the Northern US or parts of California.

[PaleoEuropean]

German

[Tauromachos]

I never noticed..

[PaleoEuropean]

^^ that chick looks like 15 and she already has more testosterone