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First of all: my admiration to anyone who really tries to do this. Secondly: I sang for 10-15 years, quite often in German, Italian, French, Latin, and a few o
by AlbertCory 4y ago
First of all: my admiration to anyone who really tries to do this.
Secondly: I sang for 10-15 years, quite often in German, Italian, French, Latin, and a few others. In the community opera I was in the chorus with, they always had a diction coach, so we didn't sound like a bunch of Americans ("tutti" isn't "tood-ee", it's "toot-tee"). I'm sure that to a native speaker, we still did, but at least the effect wasn't comical.
Lastly: a shout-out to native French speakers. Is it even common for an American to lose their American accent, especially one over the age of 35? I read somewhere about a class in Paris where the teacher had you speak while holding a pencil in your mouth (sideways); I forget what exactly that was supposed to drill into you.
- elliekelly 4y ago> I read somewhere about a class in Paris where the teacher had you speak while holding a pencil in your mouth (sideways); I forget what exactly that was supposed to drill into you. This is definitely a strategy for teaching the French “r”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrjMJ_PAlB8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrjMJ_PAlB8
- unsafecast 4y agoI was supposed to have learned the rolling r, since that's how it's pronounced in Romanian (my native language). It always came out as the french one though. Nowadays I can somewhat kind of do it for the common words so I don't sound terrible. I'm guessing with a bit of practice I can figure it out. It turned out right though, since I recently moved to France. It makes learning pronunciation _much_ easier. My r is already perfect.
- AlbertCory 4y agoI loved this. un crayon