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Pronunciation: Is this a British accent?

Hello. Our English teacher asked us to watch different parts of cartoon series and movies she has in a CD for Beginners. We are supposed to guess accents. I'm not good at it.

This is one of the cartoons: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xoaglq_and-then-y...

The questions are:

- Are them native English speakers? If not, justify it.

- Is it a British or an American accent? Justify it.

THANKS A LOT.

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  • 9 years ago
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    I'm English and have always lived in England.

    Although the pronunciation is good, it sounds slightly more European than it should. At some points it sounds somewhat Scandinavian and other points more Eastern-European. They are definitely not native speakers.

    It doesn't sound American for reasons mentioned above.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Not native, GB or US. I would guess the blonde guy was Dutch and had a US, English teacher.

    The dark haired guy was more obscure, French? German? European of some sort, can't justify either.

    Source(s): Natural English speaker/resident 65 years.
  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    HAHAHAHAHA nooooooooooooooooooooooo it isn't.

    I grew up in England. Trust me, that is not a British accent. It might be a bad imitation of one. It isn't 'Merican either. I also know this because for the other half of my life I've used American English and am currently in college in Ohio.

    They are not native English speakers. I suspect they are European. Their speech, however, seems somewhat disjointed (perhaps they recorded it in intervals). It's not quality English, that's for sure.

  • 9 years ago

    A complete guess here: Northern European – possibly Dutch or German speakers.

    <edit> I'm an Aussie – doesn't sound like it's from anywhere around here ... unless it was voiced down at the local deli or in at the Löwenbräu Keller. :)

  • Snezzy
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    It's dreadful, and not appropriate for people trying to learn English. To me it sounds vaguely Australian or maybe Martian.

    See if you can learn RP British English or midwestern US English. (Don't try to learn both at once!)

    Check out the source below.

  • 9 years ago

    That's an ad they play all the time here in Australia, I'm guessing it is an Australian accent.

  • 9 years ago

    i dnt think so they are native american or british speakers, they sounded more latin to me, the way they said ' talking' and 'what' was quite non native

  • 9 years ago

    not native ( i can't justify)

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