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Not sure if the distinction between accent and pronunciation is very relevant here? I have a particular/personal 'French' accent that heavily influences the way
by sheepdestroyer 7y ago
Not sure if the distinction between accent and pronunciation is very relevant here? I have a particular/personal 'French' accent that heavily influences the way I pronounce words. As stated, it mainly comes from the way I learnt : I often straight up applied french pronunciation (but with some basic informed knowledge of what could be the proper way) to what I read. So, to answer your examples, I pronounce those exactly like the french "beau", "tire" and "rot".
For me, English has been a mostly literary language for years with most spoken forms coming to me with simultaneous subtiles. So, it's rare that I encounter a new spoken word that I haven't read before, but with time and familiarity you develop some kind of heuristics I guess (and enough of English comes from French that there is no need to be too lucky).
I now live in Japan and used to guide, in English, foreign tourists in Kyoto. Amusingly only native speakers seemed to sometimes have difficulties to understand my strange pronunciation/accent.
- StavrosK 7y ago> So, to answer your examples, I pronounce those exactly like the french "beau", "tire" and "rot". That's where the problem comes in: You can't pronounce those words without context. "A row of people was watching the row". "A tear in the painting brought a tear to my eye", "I bow to your skills with the bow".
- sheepdestroyer 7y agoI can : all the same to me. Context, mostly, makes me understood
- StavrosK 7y agoI mean, yes, all languages are easy if you don't care much about correctness.