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I sometimes worry about my accent and pronunciation when I speak in English. I know that my English sounds with a Japanese accent. So, I've been learning an American accent with two textbooks.
When I chatted with my American friend about a Japanese hologram idol, Hatsune Miku over Skype yesterday, he sent me two very funny video clips from YouTobe. Hatsune Miku is a vocaloid, so her singing voice is programed by a computer soft.
In the first video clip Hatsune Miku is singing a song in English.
The second video clip is the original one that Miku is singing.
The third one is Kagamine Rin&Len who are another vocaloids from Hatsune Miku is also singing a song in English. According to my friend, the Rin and Len's version sounds better.
The last one is original song that Luka is singing.
When I listened to their songs, I couldn't helping laugh out loud. Both of them sounds a very strong Japanese accent, called Katakana English or a Korean accent. I really hope my English never sounds like that. I also hope I will be able to improve my accent step by step.
When I chatted with my American friend about a Japanese hologram idol, Hatsune Miku over Skype yesterday, he sent me two very funny video clips from YouTobe. Hatsune Miku is a vocaloid, so her singing voice is programed by a computer soft.
In the first video clip Hatsune Miku is singing a song in English.
The second video clip is the original one that Miku is singing.
The third one is Kagamine Rin&Len who are another vocaloids from Hatsune Miku is also singing a song in English. According to my friend, the Rin and Len's version sounds better.
The last one is original song that Luka is singing.
When I listened to their songs, I couldn't helping laugh out loud. Both of them sounds a very strong Japanese accent, called Katakana English or a Korean accent. I really hope my English never sounds like that. I also hope I will be able to improve my accent step by step.
I know that my English is spoken with a Japanese accent.
So, I've been learning an American accent using two textbooks.
When I chatted with my American friend about a Japanese hologram idol, Hatsune Miku, over Skype yesterday, he sent me two very funny video clips from YouTube.
Hatsune Miku is a vocaloid, so her singing voice is generated using computer software.
The second video clip is the original version.
The third one is Kagamine Rin&Len which are two other vocaloids [from Hatsune Miku is also singing a song in English]. [Sorry Yumi, the meaning of the bold text is not too clear to me.]
The last one is original song that Limahl is singing.
Both of them sound like a very strong Japanese accent, called Katakana English, or a Korean accent.
To answer your question, you sound nothing like a vocaloid - your voice is much more natural and easy to understand. Don't worry :)
Thanks for the comment. It made me feel happy, Martyn.
> The third one is Kagamine Rin&Len which are two other vocaloids [from Hatsune Miku is also singing a song in English]. [Sorry Yumi, the meaning of the bold text is not too clear to me.]
I wanted to say: The third one is Kagamine Rin and Len who are different vocaloids from Hatsune Miku. If I say, is it clear for you? Should I use "which" instead of "who" because they are not humans?
I know that I have a Japanese accent when I speak English.(sounds more natural).
So, I've been reading some textbooks to try to get an American accent.(you don't really need to specify that its [two] textbooks, you can, but its really not necessary)
The second video clip is of the original song.(just another way to say it, I thing it sounds nicer this way because it keeps you on the subject of music. version could be used for anything, right? =P)
The third one is Kagamine Rin&Len who are two other vocaloids from Hatsune Miku who are also singing a song in English.(saying "who" is ok if you consider them to be characters. even if the character is fictional, who can still use "who". but if you consider them to be nothing more than a piece of software then you would say "which". it all depends on the way you see them. ^_^)
When I heard these songs, I couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Both of them have a very strong Japanese accent called Katakana English, or maybe a Korean accent.(its "I have an accent" not "I sound like an accent". and I added "maybe" because it makes this sentence much clearer I think)
I also hope I will be able to improve my accent over time.(just a different way of saying it, sounds more natural in this case. ^_^)
Having a little bit of an accent isnt that bad. Its really pronounciation that's more important.
For example, I had alot of trouble pronouncing the "th" sound when I was learning English, so I spend alot of time just practicing "th" words like "this, them, that, they, the" untill I could say it.
But if someone tells me that they can hear a little bit of an accent when I say a word I don't really mind because they can understand everything I say just as if they were talking with a native speaker.