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Episode 6: Sound Advice (Accents and Pronunciation)

Posted on January 4, 2019January 5, 2019 by dave

How do you acquire a decent accent? What do those weird symbols in transcriptions and fancy books mean? What does our mouth need to do in order to sound like an authentic Mongolian speaker, and will it get us arrested or admired? Heck if we know, but we talk like we do. Now with 20% more incoherent rambling!

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Show Notes

Here are the highlights to save you from pain and anguish:

01:43   Rick reveals his motivation for craving an authentic accent

03:20   Rick admits he can read after all

03:48   Rick and Dave discuss prosody

05:01   Rick discusses “accent replacement” vs “accent reduction”

12:23   Rick the Pottymouth asks about the IPA

13:27   Dave’s 2nd attempt at explaining the IPA

   [ʃ] = “sh” [i] = “ee”, [æ] = “a” as in cat

17:18   Dave’s original attempt to explain IPA and mouth positions

23:23   What are diphthongs?

And links to some things we talked about:

Olle Kjellin’s web page

Audacity software & free download

WorkAudioBook (The correct name of the software)

utalk

Rosetta Stone

Olle Kjellin PDF on accent reduction

PRAAT software and free download

The standard IPA chart

An interactive IPA chart

Handbook of the International Phonetic Association

Accents: A Manual for Actors

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