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Share your thoughts on my accent and help me with some tips to improve clarity!

1Sein
Hello, I am going to preface this by saying that I am (clearly) a non-native speaker and, on top of that, I got a bit nervous while recording myself. You'll hear a few mistakes and whatnot, but hopefully the overall audio is clear enough for you to understand my speech. Ideally, I'd like to receive some tips to improve clarity, but also have a bit of fun and have you guess where I might be from. [https://voca.ro/1lfiUWo27XEA](https://voca.ro/1lfiUWo27XEA) Thanks!

3 comments

pul_biber•
I think you sound clear and have a nice flow to your way of speaking. I think you add your personality into it somewhat as opposed to it being very monotone. I'm not sure where you are from. If I had to guess I'd have guessed something along the lines of Finland, but I'm not sure.
Rebeux•
I think you'd get a long way by adjusting the emphasis on certain words. The way you said 'Subreddit' for example. As for my guess, I was going to go with something Scandinavian initially, the first two sentences had me thrown. But I heard the way you say words that end on 'NG' and now I am thinking Eastern Europe, perhaps the Balkans. So my guess is Serbia.
Admirable-End-8208•
Maybe European accent. You are probably still using your native intonation when you speak English. I am not an accent expert tho.