Re:Parisian Accent in 1912
by watermelon59 on Thursday January 14, 2021 @12:57PM
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> My friend, on the other hand, just seemed like a French person but with a faint speech anomaly and an oddly limited vocabulary at times.
Damn, now I wonder if that's how I come off when speaking English.
I'm from South America and have been living in the US for the last 8 years. But even before that, I always really liked English and as a kid worked really hard to emulate the way I heard it spoken in American TV shows.
The way I speak has been described as, "pretty much no accent, but you don't sound like you're from anywhere in particular." Other immigrants sometimes think I'm American, but most people say I sound like someone who speaks English as their first language, but they aren't be able to tell which country I could be from.
Maybe I should just have a bit more of a foreign accent, after all :D
Well your written English is flawless. Pretty cool.
Re:Parisian Accent in 1912
by watermelon59 on Thursday January 14, 2021 @09:07PM
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Thank you :)
What you described reminds me of Rosamund Pike in “Gone Girl”, I kept wondering what the deal was with her accent. But it turns out she’s British and did accent lessons. Her English wasn’t incorrect but just sounded really strange to my Midwest ears.
Re:Parisian Accent in 1912
by watermelon59 on Thursday January 14, 2021 @09:07PM
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Oh hey :) I remember your username. I replied to a comment of yours yesterday.
Interesting. I'm gonna watch that movie when I get chance.
It's not surprising that people initially took my version of French as an effort to learn a language properly, and hers as a sign of cognitive issues or trouble with language. Even once someone's aware of it, it won't necessary change the fundamental reaction (kind of what taller children go through - even when people learn they're much younger, they still apparently have trouble applying the standards they normally would for younger children).
Not sure what else to say about this, other than that I've seen it exactly was you describe (though not quite with the "heavy" accent, more of a moderate but immediately noticeable one).