Want to hear different accents?

[erratio]

I know I do!

http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_language.php

A lot of the speakers are way too fluent though. I would have liked to have heard thicker accents. And I'm slightly disappointed that they don't have different accents of English speakers on file (Australia, US, etc).

Sorry for all the linguistics-related posts people, this is what happens when I start trying to do my linguistics essay - I get caught up in all these tangents that are *way* more interesting than my essay topic

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linguistic experiment

[(Anonymous)]

Hi - you don't know me, but you may be interested in a linguistic experiment of sorts that I've done in a quest to find out what 'Fake English' (as spoken by non-English speakers) sounds like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C5EZmyJ9ik

Re: linguistic experiment

[erratio.livejournal.com]

Hey not bad, mystery person. Most of the pieces sound like the real thing. I don't think I'll be able to help with the fake English though - since I don't speak any oter languages it would be kinda hard for me to know anyone who doesn't speak English already :p