A week ago I happened to run into this girl who works as a speech therapist. As we were chit-chatting, I discovered that accent modification was her favorite topic when she was studying speech therapy, and what do you know - she volunteered to give me accent modification lessons for free!
I had my first lesson yesterday. Apparently -
1) I barely pronounce anything correctly.
2) Pronouncing things correctly is HARD.
3) English speakers move their lips less than Hebrew speakers. I'm practicing minimal lip movement.
My homework includes a long list of "i" words (kill, dig, big, rich, and about 50 others). We'll see what happens.
Tomorrow's my seder. Lots of work. Wait for the pics on Sunday!
About Me
- nogaboga
- Top 3: 1. SuperBoggle 2. A good safety 3. Personalized video screens on airplanes ///// Bottom 3: 1. People who play games on their cell phones on the subway without turning off the sound 2. Katie Couric 3. Gossip magazines
3 comments:
hehe... this is funny.
turnes out that we are pretty good with understanding "foreigners". our ear is just better at that! but i'm still having a hard time understanding some of the black people in downtown...:S
on the other hand, ben can't distinguish between an israeli "reish' and "lamed", especially at the end of a word.
let me know how your miss doolittle recreation works out.
i bet your next homework will involv "look at the cook book hanging on the hook", or "i pulled a muscle playing pool by the pool" :)
can you distinguish between color and collar?
Like "sheets?"
I hate you both. My "looks" are fine, I think; my "sheets" are still dodgy. (I'm not sure. make me say it next time I see you, Beth.) Color and collar - I can hear the difference when other people say them, but I'm not sure whether they hear it when I say them. I'll bring it up with my teacher and will report back next week.
BTW, Keren - I'm in Chicago next week! Got a free evening on Tuesday/Wednesday?
Post a Comment