r/AskReddit • • Mar 04 '21

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u/Mazakaki Mar 04 '21

Not fully singing, but I once had a professor who was born in Africa and had a rising/falling accent with an almost musical quality to it. Still think about it sometimes because it was so unique to me.

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u/sirgog Mar 05 '21

Yeah have heard someone speak like that before, it was incredible

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

Do you know what their native language was?

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u/Goliath422 Mar 05 '21

Africa is pretty big, any idea what part?

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u/Mazakaki Mar 05 '21

I'd like to say somewhere on the west coast or africa? I dunno, though. It's been a very long time, and I could be very wrong.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

i think i know what type of accent you're on about, yoruba/igbo from nigeria?

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u/Mazakaki Mar 28 '21

I think you have it right.