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There is something about people who
learn English as a second language.
They seem pretty sophisticated, with
their mastery of multiple languages;
they must be quite clever, to have
become so proficient in English (a
language which, while easy to pick up
basic conversational skills in,
swiftly
becomes tricky when you
realise that all commonly used verbs
are irregular and that there are loads
of ‘just because’ rules) and finally, there
are some non-English accents and
speech patterns which are a bit sexy
when transposed into English.
So this is an app, like DuoLingo,
which helps people learn languages. In
this case, the app is aimed at
monoglot native English speakers and
helps them to learn to speak English
with the accent, speech patterns, word
choices and common errors of someone
who is, say, Dutch and who has spent
decades learning English to a very
high level.
The story behind Stephen Hawking's voice
https://www.reddit..../dr_dennis_h_klatt/
Dr Dennis Klatt [AusCan531, Mar 11 2021]
Morley, Prehistory of Music
https://books.googl...v=onepage&q&f=false
See chapter 5 onwards for non-linguistic vocalisation as the basis of speech [pocmloc, Mar 11 2021]
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When I was in grade school I wanted to get a Spanish
accent
like Antonio Banderas' "Puss in Boots" character from the
hit
movie "Shrek". It is probably for the best that I did not
succeed in this goal. My recommendation to you would be
to
do something reasonably virtuous that you enjoy,
repeatedly, so that over the coming decades you can
continue to have the contentment and inner peace of
being
who you are. |
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// sexy
Be that as it may, the Old Testament patriarchs tended to
find a wife by returning to the local watering hole in their
ancestral village; finding someone who spoke the same
language down to a very granular level of ancestry and
neighborhood. In retrospect, this advice would have
benefited me. |
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// Dutch
The Hitchhiker's Guide warns that the Babel Fish's
removal of communications barriers led to terrible wars.
Your app sounds straightforward in principle and well
aligned with current trends. So, I for one predict and
eagerly await the success of your app as it would lead to
re-armament of the Netherlands and a Fifth Anglo-Dutch
War. |
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If each brain has it's own unique unfolded processing on the universe, every first language is a really second language. |
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You're going to need some experts to guide you in the
development of this app, you can probably find some voice
coaches for actors who already do this if you know anyone
in
the film industry to help direct your search. |
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Not that I think
it's a good idea, when I was younger I often used to find my
accent mutating to match those I was with after just a
day
or two (sometimes mere hours), I often feared this might
be
perceived as taking the pee & might lead to physical
retaliation of this potentially perceived slight but couldn't
seem to stop doing it anyway. |
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I'm thinking this may
cause your app users some problems along those lines. |
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Virtual Accent text to speech |
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Virtual Accent text to speech |
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// learn to speak English with the accent, speech patterns, word choices and common errors//
Zere iz such app available already. C'est vrai! Iz being called GM for ze Dungeons & ze Dragons. 'Ere is a croissant por vous, mon petite 'ippo! |
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The more time I spend here, the more time I find myself
talking with Stephen Hawking's accent. |
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\\Stephen Hawking's accent\\ |
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See link for the interesting story behind that voice. |
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There needs to be new names for each accent
style. I propose these: Japlish, Frenglish, Germlish,
Irelish, Spanlish. Which one creates Dumblish? |
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OK think laterally. If you don't understand a language at all, then all you get is a vague impression of fast sequences of vowels and consonants, rising and falling intonation, and expressive vocalisation. |
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There have been studies that connect these features of human languages to animal vocalisations, expressions of emotion and connection between individuals. |
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So perhaps the logical conclusion is the "nonolingua" app which teaches you to make complex non-linguistic utterances that will be equally well understood by all humans and also by non-humans, i.e. divorcing human utterance from semantic content. |
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That's an entirely different idea [poc], one that
hinges on identifying instinctive human
vocalisations & their meanings in pre-linguistic humanity. |
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Unfortunately such qualifying
vocalisations
as there are, are too few & even augmented by
situational context too limited in the range
of information they convey to
be
really useful. |
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Most of them are probably to be found in the vocalisations
babies & infants use to elicit assistance & food from their
mother, not a lot of use there & we already all understand
all of them anyway by dint of them being instinctive so
there's really not a lot of point to the exercise. |
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I recall the parents of an Austrian friend of mine, inviting
me to dinner. Arno (friend's dad) asked Wilma (friend's
mum), |
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"How many are we for dinner this evening?" |
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Initially, I thought it sounded a little odd. Then I realised; it
was better English than I was used to hearing from native
speakers. |
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It's not so much better English as just a bit more formal than
is usually normal from native speakers .. then again, that
depends, what would you normally expect to hear in
it's place, from a native speaker among your associates ..
enquiring minds want to know just exactly what form of
knuckle dragging Neanderthals you normally associate with in
meat space? ;)) |
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I don't associate with other people in "meat space". I have
been social distancing since 1998. |
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Who was that I met at the National Gallery in London
then? :-) |
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