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Does her American accent sound native?

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30 comments

HustleKong•
Clearly not native but perfectly intelligible.
mrsmojorisin34•
No.
DameWhen•
No. It isn't an American accent.
minecraftjahseh•
Sounds like a European (Dutch?) trying to imitate an American accent. The enunciation of the rhotic r is the most obvious tell imo. Pronunciation is still great!
ArvindLamal•
Non-native
fauxrain•
No, not at all. Perfectly understandable, but with a very distinct non native accent.
CaptainFuzzyBootz•
No - it sounds some sort of Asian accent. The L and R sounds are the give away for me. Also the way she says Never - it sounds almost like Naver
silverwolfe•
No. Her English is perfectly intelligible however it does not come off as a native American accent. There are some issues with stressing the wrong parts of words and some difficulties around the letter R. Sometimes too much emphasis is given to it or it blends too much with the letters/sounds around it. It's a tricky letter. The accent also comes off very much like a newscaster here, which while many newscasters are native speakers, that style of speaking isn't very natural in conversation.
DarkishArchon•
Adding to what others said for the fun of it, I agree she is totally understandable but sounds like a Dutch or German first language person to begin with. As others noted, the r - l mistakes reveal her to be a Chinese first speaker
MelanieDH1•
The person speaks English well, but from the first few words, it’s clear that this is not a native speaker.
jajjguy•
No
Dorianscale•
I would not say she has an American accent. She’s clear and understandable but definitely not a naive speaker.
skalnaty•
I can immediately tell she’s not a native speaker - her English reminds me of my Korean coworker’s - but still understandable ! I have to focus a *bit* harder than I would with a native speaker from my region because of some of the pronunciation, but nothing you wouldn’t get used to if you interacted with this person a lot.
BennRa•
It's good enough to where it would be difficult to make out an accent in day to day to situations.
mind_the_umlaut•
No, not a native speaker, but she is doing well.
Ozone220•
Could be native, but not an American accent. I wouldn't think anything of it if I heard it though. It kind of says second generation immigrant to me, someone who grew up with English but around people with accents
DudeIBangedUrMom•
Nope
IMTrick•
Very fluent, but definitely recognizable as a non-native speaker.
-Addendum-•
Very clean, fluent, but I do detect the accent. Especially around "r" sound like in "every", "favourites", and "unrealistic". She sounds like she's got trouble with the rhotic R, it's not sharp enough. Perfectly understandable though, very good.
atheologist•
Her Rs sound a bit pinched and some of the words are over-enunciated, but she's perfectly clear and understandable. I'm surprised to see from your other comments that she's Chinese. I would have thought German or Scandinavian from this.
MaddoxJKingsley•
She has a very good American intonation, overall! The vocal fry is at the right places, and the general cadence is very good. The biggest issues are the /É›/, /ÉŞ/, and /eÉŞ/ vowels. Those are difficult. I think these vowels should sound a little bit more back and low. She sounds like she's producing them quite tense and farther forward than an American would, especially her /eÉŞ/. (I'm not a phonetician, so I could be wrong about that though.)
AnInfiniteArc•
I’m very surprised she is Chinese. Her accent is like a blend of two people I know from Latvia and Belarus respectively. Very good, but not even remotely native. Definite “lived in the anglosphere for a decade or more” vibes.
DendragapusO•
no
SevenSixOne•
Very fluent and easy to understand, but doesn't sound American at all
Sea_Neighborhood_627•
I’m American, and I don’t think she sounds like a native speaker of American English. However, her accent is very easy to understand, and she sounds very comfortable with the language!
cardinarium•
Her pronunciation is very clean and controlled, and it’s very easy to understand. However, there are slip-ups and general patterns of error that reveal her as a non-native. As usual, the vowels are the primary culprit (e.g. “him” right at the beginning sounds somewhere between “hem” and “ham”), but she also inserts an /r/ in “obvious.” Notably, she stumbles and slows over groups of consonant clusters that are probably uncommon in her native language (“e[xp]ect u[s t]o [st]ay”). If you want more specific issues, let me know.
Kind-Manufacturer502•
Not even remotely. She sounds like a Dutch person who has only spoken English for a couple of years... or a German who learned English from a Dutch person.
Evil_Weevill•
No. She's very understandable and her pronunciation is good enough that I can't quite place her accent. I'm guessing maybe German? But pretty clearly not native
RipAppropriate3040•
No she struggles to much with certain words to be Native
monotonousgangmember•
No, but a very good American accent.