Tips on how to loose an accent (useless thread #4652345)

[UkrainianAmerican]

Ok, so I hev zees rushn aksent. And I vont to get rid of eet.

[Fintin]

practice...its how i picked up the countless accents i can do....force yourself to say words the way you want to say them...in this case im guessing an "american accent"....im sure if you searched google you could find tips....i know there are pages like that for developing russian accents..

[Vance]

Ok, so I hev zees rushn aksent. And I vont to get rid of eet.
You wanna get RID of that ****? Man, let me have it then...

[UkrainianAmerican]

Ok, so I hev zees rushn aksent. And I vont to get rid of eet.
You wanna get RID of that ****? Man, let me have it then...
It might be good at a party, but oftentimes employers judge your command of english by your ****unciation. :(

[Fintin]

google is good (http://www.americanaccent.com/)

am i the only one here that can use google

[mocking_loudly_died]

I usually adapt my accent according to the required situation. A Ruskie one might be a challenge to lose though.

[UkrainianAmerican]

I usually adapt my accent according to the required situation. A Ruskie one might be a challenge to lose though.
Tell me about it. :|

[mocking_loudly_died]

I usually adapt my accent according to the required situation. A Ruskie one might be a challenge to lose though.
Tell me about it. :|

An easier solution is to kidnap potential employers family members and then commit some blackmail.

A toe usually fetches $10,000.

[UkrainianAmerican]

I usually adapt my accent according to the required situation. A Ruskie one might be a challenge to lose though.
Tell me about it. :|

An easier solution is to kidnap potential employers family members and then commit some blackmail.

A toe usually fetches $10,000.
Still when I go to Dominican Republic, locals dont believe me that i am an Americano :(

[Fintin]

stick your ***** in a blender...that should change the way you sound....then smash your nuts with a pile driver....not the wrasling move...the big huge hydrolic hammers that pound things....that should get your voice where you want it

[UkrainianAmerican]

stick your ***** in a blender...that should change the way you sound....then smash your nuts with a pile driver....not the wrasling move...the big huge hydrolic hammers that pound things....that should get your voice where you want it
It will change the way I sound. But I dont think I will have an 'American' accent.

[born_to_love]

my accent went away after like 2 years but every now and then i ****ounce words funny

[UkrainianAmerican]

Btw, I heard somewhere that after 11 years old (which is exactly how old I was upon arriving here) its impossible to loose your accent since your brain has matured too much or something.
Any truth to that?

[Fintin]

stick your ***** in a blender...that should change the way you sound....then smash your nuts with a pile driver....not the wrasling move...the big huge hydrolic hammers that pound things....that should get your voice where you want it
It will change the way I sound. But I dont think I will have an 'American' accent.

like i said....just practice....consentrait on a few words every day....start with words you use alot...ok not words you use alot but ones that are important...like hello...good bye...things that might come up in a job interview....and just practice saying them how you want to say them...i got a kicking irish accent...by just trying to get it right....that and heredity...the english ones not too bad....just talked to my old next door neighbors alot.....you just have to try....go slow....it doesnt just happen at once

[UkrainianAmerican]

stick your ***** in a blender...that should change the way you sound....then smash your nuts with a pile driver....not the wrasling move...the big huge hydrolic hammers that pound things....that should get your voice where you want it
It will change the way I sound. But I dont think I will have an 'American' accent.

like i said....just practice....consentrait on a few words every day....start with words you use alot...ok not words you use alot but ones that are important...like hello...good bye...things that might come up in a job interview....and just practice saying them how you want to say them...i got a kicking irish accent...by just trying to get it right....that and heredity...the english ones not too bad....just talked to my old next door neighbors alot.....you just have to try....go slow....it doesnt just happen at once
Thanks a lot for the tip!

[Fintin]

stick your ***** in a blender...that should change the way you sound....then smash your nuts with a pile driver....not the wrasling move...the big huge hydrolic hammers that pound things....that should get your voice where you want it
It will change the way I sound. But I dont think I will have an 'American' accent.

like i said....just practice....consentrait on a few words every day....start with words you use alot...ok not words you use alot but ones that are important...like hello...good bye...things that might come up in a job interview....and just practice saying them how you want to say them...i got a kicking irish accent...by just trying to get it right....that and heredity...the english ones not too bad....just talked to my old next door neighbors alot.....you just have to try....go slow....it doesnt just happen at once
Thanks a lot for the tip!

and people said i make pointless posts......NO PANTS TIME...RA...keep the lighter away from my ass

[UkrainianAmerican]

stick your ***** in a blender...that should change the way you sound....then smash your nuts with a pile driver....not the wrasling move...the big huge hydrolic hammers that pound things....that should get your voice where you want it
It will change the way I sound. But I dont think I will have an 'American' accent.

like i said....just practice....consentrait on a few words every day....start with words you use alot...ok not words you use alot but ones that are important...like hello...good bye...things that might come up in a job interview....and just practice saying them how you want to say them...i got a kicking irish accent...by just trying to get it right....that and heredity...the english ones not too bad....just talked to my old next door neighbors alot.....you just have to try....go slow....it doesnt just happen at once
Thanks a lot for the tip!

and people said i make pointless posts......NO PANTS TIME...RA...keep the lighter away from my ass
Layter et ze redee!
IGNEESHN!

[molly747]

Chicks dig accents. I should know.

[Ratamacue]

If I get really engrossed in some conversation and thus start talking real fast, my New York/Long Island accent tends to come out. Never even noticed it until I moved away.

[gaz]

I talk like an Englishman which is very odd when you consider the fact that I was born in England and have lived here for twenty five years.

[digrar]

Move to New Zealand. My sister started talking like a Kiwi about 6 hours after she moved there. :cantbeli:

[WolverineBlue]

RA -- a Russian accent is pretty intelligent-sounding -- keep it. Just speak good American :P

[Lt_Crooks]

oh my friggin god do you know how hard it is to ask a russian for directions :cantbeli:

[molly747]

Move to New Zealand. My sister started talking like a Kiwi about 6 hours after she moved there. :cantbeli:

What's the difference between a New Zealand and an Australian accent?

[EvanL]

Move to New Zealand. My sister started talking like a Kiwi about 6 hours after she moved there. :cantbeli:

What's the difference between a New Zealand and an Australian accent?
One of em sounds like your shagging a sheep p-)

[Jehuty]

I can't and i don't want to loose it.
And now go away or i shall taunt you a second time.

[mocking_loudly_died]

Move to New Zealand. My sister started talking like a Kiwi about 6 hours after she moved there. :cantbeli:

What's the difference between a New Zealand and an Australian accent?

We say fish and chips and they say fush and chups.

[Mr Gently Benevolent]

You might never lose it RA my uncle was in Brooklyn for over 50 years and sounded as Scottish as anyone over here.

[mack pl]

I usually adapt my accent according to the required situation. A Ruskie one might be a challenge to lose though.
Tell me about it. :|

An easier solution is to kidnap potential employers family members and then commit some blackmail.

A toe usually fetches $10,000.
Still when I go to Dominican Republic, locals dont believe me that i am an Americano :(
So, dont go to Dominikana Banan Republic again man ;) .

btw you could learn spanish, they will not know that you have ruskie accent ;)

:lol:

[UkrainianAmerican]

oh my friggin god do you know how hard it is to ask a russian for directions :cantbeli:
Ahsahahhahahahhaahhahahahhahahhahahahahahhahahahha!

[digrar]

Move to New Zealand. My sister started talking like a Kiwi about 6 hours after she moved there. :cantbeli:

What's the difference between a New Zealand and an Australian accent?

We say fish and chips and they say fush and chups.

We say fridge they say frudge, we say six they say sux, we say mate they say cuzzy bro, ect ect

[G1]

It's too bad that you want to get rid of your accent, Russian ones are very nice. Accents bring some spice into life. But if it's just for work... :)

[UkrainianAmerican]

It's too bad that you want to get rid of your accent, Russian ones are very nice. Accents bring some spice into life. But if it's just for work... :)
Yeah, its pretty difficult to find a job as a representative of some sort (telemarketer for example :lol: ) with an accent.

[WolverineBlue]

Netherlands - Ireland friendly at 1400 EDT...

[Threelions]

i have only been in canada for 6 years, but i allready sound pretty canadian! But, get a few pints of kieths in me and its a mes.. Naw'a mean? HAHAHA!!

Cheers

[Jack Mehoff]

My accent really shows when I'm nervous and/or drunk, but I'm fine other than that. Viktorin thinks I have a little southern accent :|

[CZ]

RA, my mother-in-law had the same problem (Spanish accent) because when they moved to the states she tended to speak mostly to other latinos (they live in Miami so it's not hard to do).

If you spend most of your time talking with your family or other Russian-accented people it won't help, you have to get out and converse more with others. Try chatting with waiters/waitresses when you go out to eat or talk to sales people in stores, etc. It won't go away immediately, but eventually you'll lose the majority of your accent. Another idea is to recite back things you hear people say on TV, though people may think you're crazy for talking to the TV!!.