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Please tell me if my accent is American

Elijahredditing
Some people tell me I sound American, but I find it hard to believe, I like the thought of it, and I need insights from people I've never spoken to before, or have never heard me speak. I want to know if my accent sounds like that of an American's, or at least close. On a scale from 1-10, how American is my accent? [https://voca.ro/1bjfgmsBpoHn](https://voca.ro/1bjfgmsBpoHn)

33 comments

Gnumino-4949•
The vowels and stress are very close. Stress and phrasing it seems are some of the very difficult areas that peopke struggle with, and you are very accomplished here. So very close and it could be achievable. Your accent is such that it's present, but not identifiable and not distracting.
neronga•
Yeah sounds totally American imo, you wouldn’t sound out of place in my area at least. You sound kind of like one of my friends from Texas
Complete_Aerie_6908•
You do sound like you’ve got an American accent!
Ill_Journalist_6269•
Yeah you sound pretty American like an 8. I’m guessing you’re Asian?
JonnyAU•
Yes, it's very clearly in the style of a non-regional American accent as opposed to any other English accents. Only thing that was little off was the word "don't". The O vowel sound would be a bit further back in the mouth for most Americans.
PukeyBrewstr•
I'm not American and I think you sound foreign but my american husband says you sound 100% american so 🤷‍♀️
Commercial_Pattern55•
Sounds close to American, but one giveaway for me is that there’s generally more « ssss » in your pronunciation of words with Ss than a native-born American English speaker would use. Also, an American man would not likely say that achieving a certain accent would be « very beautiful » But it wouldn’t hit me straightaway, and I can’t place your first language, so good work! Must have taken lots of practice!
rhrjruk•
Self-consciously chewing up words with northeastern US vowel sounds from 1960s, which ends up sounding like a foreign actor trying to do an American accent.
lyn02547•
It’s pretty good, but really hard to judge because you repeated the words American and accent several times instead of providing a wider sample range. When you said “don’t know” it sounded a little off.
callisto_orange•
Your accent is “american” in that that’s the closest anglophone accent to your speech, but you are still clockable as not-American to me. Especially your pronunciation of “really” in the first sentence. I had a hard time making that word out.
saffash•
American from the midwest here. You sound just like many of my 19 year old's male friends. I'd clock you as a middle class relatively well educated American, maybe a musician? I don't know why I say the musician, other than the slower cadence of your words sounds like my kid's musician friends?
Shmoneyy_Dance•
I mean, I can tell you aren't a native speaker, but your accent is extremely clear and "American" sounding.
lolamay26•
I can tell that you are not a native English speaker, but it is very subtle and most people would not pick up on it. Your accent is definitely American and very close to spot on. Your pronunciation is nearly perfect but your cadence in speaking (as in hesitating to think of the words) that gave it away for me that you aren’t American.
Same-Turnip3905•
Frankly, if you are from the Phillipines it’s quite normal that you sound American. 
TreeOfLife36•
Yes it's an American accent. It has some slight non-native sounds but it's excellent for a non-native speaker, and it's an American accent as opposed to British or your home country-based sound.
TheEarthlyDelight•
Yes you sound like you’re from California. The vocal fry
EulerIdentity•
I'd say it's close but not quite to the point where you could have long conversations with someone and have that person assume you're a native speaker of American English. It doesn't really matter though. Your pronunciation is so good everyone is going to understand what you say and that's all that matters.
ekittie•
Hmmm. "know" is different, and your intonation and emphasis is a little different than conventional American- a little more musical, but it's around 8.5.
KaylaxxRenae•
I think you sounded super American, honestly. Like great job! The **only** tiny thing I would mention is the "r" and "l" in "really." Your pronunciation sounded like you natively speak Korean for example. But other than that, great! 🥰💜
Mushrooming247•
That does sound like an American accent. Just a few little things sound different from a generic American accent to my ear, like the way you say “do,” sounds like “duo” to me, a little bit like the way a Russian would say that letter, when Americans say “do” it’s entirely in the front of our mouths, with our lips pursed like we are kissing. None of the o sound is in the back of our mouth. But it could also be a regional American dialect, different areas of the US sound very different.
Imateepeeimawigwam•
It's good. If i passed you on the street and spoke to you for as long as your clip, I'd think, not from around here, but from the US.
andtilt•
I watch this YouTube channel called Yes Theory which often features two men, Thomas and Staffan. Thomas sounds like he was raised in America, but has a very mild Swedish tinge to his voice, mostly noticed in words that begin with “t” or “d,” or when a “t” is in the middle/end of a word and followed up with a vowel (such as “getting” — Americans would say it like “gedding,” while English accents outside of North America favour pronouncing the “t” sound, as in “get-ting”). Staffan has a thicker Swedish accent and often speaks in a sing-songy sort of cadence, as well as kind of “swallows” his English R’s (I’m not sure how to describe this sound quality; it sounds like the sides of his tongue sit on top of his molars, which is probably an even-less-comprehensible description). You sound much closer to the “Thomas” side, but there’s a little bit of the “Staffan” cadence and R-swallowing here and there. When you said, “But I *don’t know*…” the “d” sounded like a “dt,” the “o”s were rather short, and the intonation bounced up and down a bit. I’d guess you’re either Swedish or German (maybe Danish or even something out of left field like Faroese) and began speaking English pretty young and have a strong grasp on the language. Your accent is super solid and perfectly understandable; I’d give it an easy 8 on the 1-10 American scale. There were even a few phrases where I was like, “Hold up, where did that accent go?” Great job brother 🤝
Prestigious-Fan3122•
If you were a representative of a business I called, and answer the phone, I might immediately suspect you weren't born and raised in the US or UK. When listening to you, I'm reminded of a Lithuanian man I know who did all of his education, undergrad through Phd, here in the US. His English is excellent, but his speech is very lovely to listen to… While I wouldn't call it accented, I'm also wouldn't call it native American English. Did you get at least an 80% or 85% American sounding. Your voice is very mellow, and we Americans' voices sometimes are more strident.
turkeyisdelicious•
Definitely American. I’d say 10/10.
LisbonVegan•
To me it's a ten. And I'm kind of surprised that people are saying they can tell you are not a native speaker. Maybe I've been away from the US for too long (but I am a native). Where are you from?
razorsquare•
It sounds very close to an American accent, but it doesn’t sound like it’s native.
auntie_eggma•
I would assume you were American, especially if I wasn't listening carefully with the foreknowledge that you weren't. Your cadence is unusual, I suppose, but the accent is very American. I can't even pinpoint any clues to your original accent or language.
TattieMafia•
You do have an American accent but it's not slow enough for me to fully believe you are American near the end. It's more American than anything else. If you stretch some of the words out in an American way, you could probably be very convincing. I have met a few people who had American English teachers that had a similar accent to yours when they spoke English.
Autodidact2•
Very American, a bit slow.
Sanest_Human•
Sounding american, is essentially just not sounding british/australian. Basically what many would call "international english", since the US is pretty big "actual american accent" would rather be categorised in states/cities "texan/LA..."
ThomasApplewood•
Your accent is 100% American meaning it’s not British English or Australian et cetera. You do have an extremely slight accent that I can hear in a few words but it’s almost perfect.
Tales_From_The_Hole•
You sound American to me. Where are you from?
Anxious_Reporter_601•
I think you mostly sound American but not entirely. To me you sound like an Asian person who has lived in America for a long time.