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slk_23
06/20/21 10:51:59 PM
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Do you hear a Chinese accent in her English?


She speaks fluent Chinese in her other videos. But the comments are saying that she has gotten so used to speaking Chinese that now her English has a Chinese accent. She is originally from California, USA and moved to China for university. But can living abroad for too long make you lose your original accent?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNNXS0l2UC8

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DrizztLink
06/20/21 10:53:06 PM
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slk_23 posted...
But can living abroad for too long make you lose your original accent?
I mean, yes.

Obviously.

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Njolk
06/20/21 10:58:53 PM
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Uh of course you can, I went from "Downday estaw El BAN YO" American English to returning to the states after a year in South America, having forgotten certain english phrases and pronouncing my R and Z like they do in spanish

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Baneseeker
06/23/21 3:12:54 AM
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BabyRoxann posted...
No she doesn't have a Chinese accent, she just sounds like a 5 yr old anime girl.

This. Also people lose their accents when they move to a different place. As a Californian though, she sounds accent-less to me which probably means she just sounds Californian.


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Kastrada
06/23/21 3:27:09 AM
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My country ass American accent is more pronounced when I'm talking to my coworkers and students.

I sound Korean when I talk to my family back home.

*shrugs*

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Machete
06/24/21 1:25:50 PM
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BabyRoxann posted...
No she doesn't have a Chinese accent, she just sounds like a 5 yr old anime girl.


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Lathissamus
06/24/21 1:27:44 PM
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CommonStar
06/24/21 1:36:14 PM
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Yes, I can hear it. It's pretty subtle, but it's there.

It isn't uncommon to pick up accents when you live in other language speaking countries. Happened when I lived in Japan, and South Korea.
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Shezarr
06/26/21 6:56:52 AM
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I can kinda hear it but im not sure I would if I wasnt told to look for it. If it exists its extremely mild

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Fam_Fam
06/26/21 7:02:37 AM
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not really
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