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What quirks could you notice in such people? https://www.quora.com/Have-you-noticed- ... h-speakers
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Not many 'quirks'. I grew up in South America with an English-speaking father (I live in Poland now).

I think my English pronunciation is very close to my dad's as far as I can tell (he's from North London and has a somewhat polished accent, but not completely unplaceable). We do drop some h's and have glottal stops instead of intervocalic /t/ in some words, but it's rather irregular.

I have American vocabulary for some topics, especially those I don't talk to my dad much about (like television, or sex). However, when we talk about, say, sports I use consistently British vocabulary. My English is also riddled with yiddishisms, some of which I suspect are peculiar to my dad's idiolect, as I speak to English-speaking Jews relatively often and hear them used or pronounced differently.

Not sure if this is what you wanted to know.
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Rosenkohl wrote:Not many 'quirks'. I grew up in South America with an English-speaking father (I live in Poland now).

I think my English pronunciation is very close to my dad's as far as I can tell (he's from North London and has a somewhat polished accent, but not completely unplaceable). We do drop some h's and have glottal stops instead of intervocalic /t/ in some words, but it's rather irregular.

I have American vocabulary for some topics, especially those I don't talk to my dad much about (like television, or sex). However, when we talk about, say, sports I use consistently British vocabulary. My English is also riddled with yiddishisms, some of which I suspect are peculiar to my dad's idiolect, as I speak to English-speaking Jews relatively often and hear them used or pronounced differently.

Not sure if this is what you wanted to know.
This is really cool. That's all I wanted to say, as I was born in an english speaking country.
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Rosenkohl wrote:Not many 'quirks'. I grew up in South America with an English-speaking father (I live in Poland now).
I feel like there is quite a story behind this. English father, South America, and now Poland?
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Yiddishisms? I guess Rosenkohl is of Polish Jewish ancestry.
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Rosenkohl wrote:Not many 'quirks'. I grew up in South America with an English-speaking father (I live in Poland now).

I think my English pronunciation is very close to my dad's as far as I can tell (he's from North London and has a somewhat polished accent, but not completely unplaceable). We do drop some h's and have glottal stops instead of intervocalic /t/ in some words, but it's rather irregular.

I have American vocabulary for some topics, especially those I don't talk to my dad much about (like television, or sex). However, when we talk about, say, sports I use consistently British vocabulary. My English is also riddled with yiddishisms, some of which I suspect are peculiar to my dad's idiolect, as I speak to English-speaking Jews relatively often and hear them used or pronounced differently.

Not sure if this is what you wanted to know.
I mean, I'm personally a Filipino who was raised English-speaking, and I have an accent that fluctuates in thickness.
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teengirlsquad wrote:
Rosenkohl wrote:Not many 'quirks'. I grew up in South America with an English-speaking father (I live in Poland now).

I think my English pronunciation is very close to my dad's as far as I can tell (he's from North London and has a somewhat polished accent, but not completely unplaceable). We do drop some h's and have glottal stops instead of intervocalic /t/ in some words, but it's rather irregular.

I have American vocabulary for some topics, especially those I don't talk to my dad much about (like television, or sex). However, when we talk about, say, sports I use consistently British vocabulary. My English is also riddled with yiddishisms, some of which I suspect are peculiar to my dad's idiolect, as I speak to English-speaking Jews relatively often and hear them used or pronounced differently.

Not sure if this is what you wanted to know.
I mean, I'm personally a Filipino who was raised English-speaking, and I have an accent that fluctuates in thickness.
For example, when singing lessons hadn't lessened my singing accent yet, someone told me that I had a thick singing accent and that I should sing in my native language instead. Guess what? Both English and Tagalog are native languages to me. (Then again, I don't speak as much English as I used to because of the fear of being made fun of which I acquired as a teenager.)
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Rosenkohl wrote:Not many 'quirks'. I grew up in South America with an English-speaking father (I live in Poland now).

I think my English pronunciation is very close to my dad's as far as I can tell (he's from North London and has a somewhat polished accent, but not completely unplaceable). We do drop some h's and have glottal stops instead of intervocalic /t/ in some words, but it's rather irregular.

I have American vocabulary for some topics, especially those I don't talk to my dad much about (like television, or sex). However, when we talk about, say, sports I use consistently British vocabulary. My English is also riddled with yiddishisms, some of which I suspect are peculiar to my dad's idiolect, as I speak to English-speaking Jews relatively often and hear them used or pronounced differently.

Not sure if this is what you wanted to know.
For you not to acquire an accent, I have a feeling that the natives did not try to talk to you in English.
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I feel like there is quite a story behind this. English father, South America, and now Poland?
Expat dad marries local woman? Not that interesting. The Poland bit is a tad weirder, sure, but I came here later, nothing to do with my parents.
Yiddishisms? I guess Rosenkohl is of Polish Jewish ancestry.
Yes, partly Galizianer.
For you not to acquire an accent, I have a feeling that the natives did not try to talk to you in English.
I am a native Portuguese speaker, so what motivation would they have to do that? I knew other children of expats growing up, and none of them had foreign-sounding accents, I really don't think that happens.
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Rosenkohl wrote:
I am a native Portuguese speaker, so what motivation would they have to do that? I knew other children of expats growing up, and none of them had foreign-sounding accents, I really don't think that happens.
I guess that's it. I too am a native speaker of the native language of my place, but most Filipinos are also capable of speaking English despite the fact most of us aren't native speakers, so that means I was also heavily influenced by the accents around me.
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How the native Anglophones of my country sound like: https://youtube.com/watch?v=s2XAX5EyYSA https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q0ba6SwtXPQ
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teengirlsquad wrote:How the native Anglophones of my country sound like: https://youtube.com/watch?v=s2XAX5EyYSA https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q0ba6SwtXPQ
I wonder how such accents would sound like from a foreign perspective.
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teengirlsquad wrote:
teengirlsquad wrote:How the native Anglophones of my country sound like: https://youtube.com/watch?v=s2XAX5EyYSA https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q0ba6SwtXPQ
I wonder how such accents would sound like from a foreign perspective.
Dialects don't really sound that different (That is, unless you're paying close attention to an RP speaker, or they're Texan)
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GamerGeek wrote:
teengirlsquad wrote:
teengirlsquad wrote:How the native Anglophones of my country sound like: https://youtube.com/watch?v=s2XAX5EyYSA https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q0ba6SwtXPQ
I wonder how such accents would sound like from a foreign perspective.
Dialects don't really sound that different (That is, unless you're paying close attention to an RP speaker)
That's so false. Brooklyn English is miles away from Valley English, which is more miles away from Geordie.
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teengirlsquad wrote:
teengirlsquad wrote:How the native Anglophones of my country sound like: https://youtube.com/watch?v=s2XAX5EyYSA https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q0ba6SwtXPQ
I wonder how such accents would sound like from a foreign perspective.
OK, so both examples are like, total caricatures. Here's a more natural-sounding example: http://www.dialectsarchive.com/philippines-9
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teengirlsquad wrote:
teengirlsquad wrote:
teengirlsquad wrote:How the native Anglophones of my country sound like: https://youtube.com/watch?v=s2XAX5EyYSA https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q0ba6SwtXPQ
I wonder how such accents would sound like from a foreign perspective.
OK, so both examples are like, total caricatures. Here's a more natural-sounding example: http://www.dialectsarchive.com/philippines-9
That sounds quite nice, actually.
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teengirlsquad wrote:
teengirlsquad wrote:
teengirlsquad wrote:How the native Anglophones of my country sound like: https://youtube.com/watch?v=s2XAX5EyYSA https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q0ba6SwtXPQ
I wonder how such accents would sound like from a foreign perspective.
OK, so both examples are like, total caricatures. Here's a more natural-sounding example: http://www.dialectsarchive.com/philippines-9
How do you suppose would this accent sound like from a foreign perspective?
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Who here has heard my vlogs where I don't put on a conaccent/talk in my conlang? How could you describe the way I talk?
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