Me speaking American English, what needs to be improved? (Warning: profanity)

[Azera]

Well, recorded myself ranting and spouting nonsense (may make sense to some people), and I was wondering what I have to improve to genuinely sound like your average American.



http://vocaroo.com/i/s0jv6RdKFqvI

http://vocaroo.com/i/s01QewYVqjcx

I'm afraid I sound very nasal...

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

You're doing fine! I don't think you need to work on a thing. I'm impressed. Most non-native English speakers who think they sound native don't.

As for sounding nasal, you're not bad at all. Lots of white citizens of northern U.S. sound a little bit nasal. That's why African Americans call us honkies.

 

[emsr2d2]

There appear to be several possible ideas on the origin of that word: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honky

The OP should know that this is not a word that should be used on a day-to-day basis.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

There appear to be several possible ideas on the origin of that word: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honky

The OP should know that this is not a word that should be used on a day-to-day basis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YblRW2E2qg

 

[SoothingDave]

There appear to be several possible ideas on the origin of that word: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honky

The OP should know that this is not a word that should be used on a day-to-day basis.

It's a bit dated, too. We're "crackers" now.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

It's a bit dated, too. We're "crackers" now.

No, cracker is older than redneck. So is peckerwood.

 

[ms_wondergirl]

With all of the bad language and swearing, I'd say you're coming from Northern Europe. For some reason, people over there seem to have a weakness for that sort of language, especially when they speak English. That's just a dead giveaway, most of the time.

 

[Tdol]

They're probably picking it up from the British.

 

[ms_wondergirl]

I guess they're mostly picking it up from American tv shows, as they've been exposed to a lot of that stuff recently .

 

[Tdol]

What I meant was that swearing is very common in some areas in BrE.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

It's very common in every area of the U.S! Azera's profanity is pretty tame.