美式英語 vs 英式英語 vs 港式英語 vs 其他國藉英語

shadeslayer

原帖由 btrue 於 14-03-13 發表
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聽YouTube 學不到，要 Annie 話齊拍拖先得。

講開又講，呀女可以模仿一D英國音，幾好笑。

Cheeselover

終於等到＂RP"出現，沒有royal English, 只有Queen English, QE也屬於RP一種，London（Western end)近乎RP；另一類是GA的 pronouncation。RP是upper class English, 即有教養的人說的英文，不一定富（土豪），花錢教得一口RP口音也沒有用，因為教養和內涵非金錢可買。最後Try my breast是英文水皮，Try my pest才是發音不準。

btrue

Thanks Cheeselover for bring up GA. I think RP is very pretty, but if I had to choose a style for someone learning english in a non-english speaking environment, it would be GA, simply because it is easier to understand for others who are not good in English. Besides, it seems to me (don't know if anyone else feels the same way) that the accent of BBC News has been changing over the past 20-30 years, and is gradually acquiring a hint of GA!!

GA is the official accent of large TV broadcasters.  It is now taught in jornalism schools and comes from Nebraska.  Why Nebraska of all the states in the US?  I've been told people generally can't associate this accent with any one state, which is good for national TV.  I sure can't associate anything with Nebraska!

My sister in Toronto has recent acquired a Californian accent (!!) because according to her it's a trendy thing in the eastern part of Canada and NE part of US to speak like you're from California. If this trend continues,I'd not be surprised if GA adds a hint of sunshine in the future!
Just my 2 cents.
For this weekend, have fun watching Audrey Hepburn My Fair Lady!

shadeslayer

原帖由 btrue 於 14-03-14 發表
Thanks Cheeselover for bring up GA. I think RP is very pretty, but if I had to choose a style for so ...

Why is GA easier to understand than RP?

Cheeselover

To me, I've no preference to either RP or GA, but I'd do dictation by Queen Eli than Mr. Obama. For 2nd language, GA is the choice for sure coz of its popularity. My English is not good enough to distinguish any accent change in BBC past 20 years, they may acquire more people outside London today. In HK, graduate at UK and officer become less, and the impact of Uncle Sam, GA will be dominant.
I am not familiar with US culture. I've no idea why people like Nebraska accent. People just like it in mass media.
I won't force my daughter playing any accent. She speaks who she is. To my surprise, her pronouncation is awfully precise and fluent. That's an question to myself whether should I give her phonics. I hardly use any words I couldn't pronounce.

1773

原帖由 royusare 於 14-03-10 發表
我覺得語言係用黎溝通~對方明白就得~唔駛理佢咩口音~~

對呀，李超人潮州口音英文都無阻佢發展國際業務㗎！

shadeslayer

1773 發表於 14-3-15 08:43
對呀，李超人潮州口音英文都無阻佢發展國際業務㗎！

對呀，李超人， bill gate, Steve jobs 全不用讀大學也不阻佢地成功，請留番個大學位比別人。

shadeslayer

Cheeselover 發表於 14-3-14 23:48
To me, I've no preference to either RP or GA, but I'd do dictation by Queen Eli than Mr. Obama. For  ...

Emm, You were saying GA is easier to understand because it is spoken by more people than RP?

annie40

講難聽到噁心的口音的人很多，李超人就得一個。李超人講潮式廣東話，大眾會內心仰慕，用心思考，聽唔清楚是自己的損失。其他如「雷勁」之流，彼此間不頻繁的F一番才奇怪吧！

言語表達思維內涵，高低音頻語調速度是近乎藝術之作，完全唔明白講話者，也能感受文化之美，親身見識這類人種，就明白甚麼是氣度。能學好還是要用心學好吧！沒有這麼的緣份，學下欣賞也好。

btrue

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RP doesn't pronounce the letter R in some cases, and can sound the same as another word. Also, for multi-syllable words, they may speak one of the syllables softer.  For audiences who are non-native and margnial in their english ability, every letter every sound would help to understand.