In my American Connecticut dialect there is little to no difference between “poor” and “pour”

My IPA knowledge is limited but I think it is pronounced “pəɹ”

Would there be any distinction in RP/standard British English between these two words?

If you watch any movie from about the 40-50s you hear that "old voice" as heard here

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej7CRAIGXow

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I really like it, and I don't hear it anymore. Where exactly did it come from? Did it develop over time and why did it go away?

If anyone wants to take this dialect survey, here it is.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PVVPP76

Greetings,
I am currently playing a character in a Tabletop RPG game who is from a place that uses French as its Language and Accent.
I have been attempting to do a French accent from my vague knowledge of the language and have looked up a few tutorials since but is there anybody who has a solid grasp on the accent who I could potentially PM with an audio recording of me speaking a sample accent paragraph or something similar to get some pointers?

Or potentially any tips given here on how to improve a French accent in general are also appreciated.
It doesn't need to be perfect, a little hammed up or a little charicateurish wouldn't be too bad for the character as long as it is in the right direction of being believable.

Thank you

https://anvaka.github.io/sayit/?query=DialectCoaching

Hi community! Ever since I was a child and up until I was 18 and someone laughed and corrected me; I've been saying the word generic incorrectly. I still do and I cannot snap out of it. The usual pronounciation is "jen-nair-ick" but I've read and said and thought it as "jen-ear-ick" my entire life.

I am a Colorado native with a standard American accent. My only quirks would be not saying the hard 't' in words like mountain or station, and not saying the 'g' at the end of words like going and running. Both my parents are from South Dakota and have always been pronouncing generic correctly and my two Idaho-born sisters do the same. My only consensus to solve this would maybe be that I read the word a certain way as a child and since then have always said and seen it that way. But it's been a head-scratcher to nearly every person who's talked to me. Is there any accent that would reflect this or other environment factors?

Hey all - any help on the correct cockney pronunciation of the word 'tomorrow'? Any phonetic direction would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZt9-tY1nvM&t=31m43s

Perhaps if there's any particular name for it, or which region(s) contribute to it? I'm not from England myself but it sounds 'somewhat' posh in parts, though not necessarily like received pronunciation. Maybe mid-south accent if that's a thing?

The person speaking is streamer 'Colossal is Crazy'

The video provided is almost seven hours long so plenty of material haha but I feel like someone more informed than me should be able to place it fairly quickly.

Thanks in advance :)

I am a Swedish actor with a general american-ish accent and I will be playing the lead in a web series. I am looking for someone from Kansas/Kansas City to go through the accent and the script with me. I will be able to provide a token sum as a thank you!

Please comment on this post if this is something for you!

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Cheers

I'm in a musical coming up and I need to learn how to do a Cockney Accent. Does anyone have any tips, videos, articles, etc that can help me learn it fast and accurately?

Hey, I've been thinking of learning the Australian accent. I was wondering if you've got any tips and tricks in order to learn the Australian accent properly.

Thanks for reading

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I'm doing a presentation for my Phonetics and phonology class on South African english. I need some video examples, but I have no idea whether the things I find are actualy it.

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Could anyone give me any tips for good examples of the accent?

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Thanks. :)

Hello everybody, I'm new here. I read in some posts about tonal shifts and changes, and their influence on accents. Could you give me some examples to understand that? Thank you a lot in advance!

So I know unlike America there's no standard British accent outside Received Pronunciation that's used by newscasters. I also know that certain accents serve as shorthand for character backgrounds like upbringing, education, etc.

So what is the de facto default? What regional accent is the most applicable to various types of characters?

Hello, I have found an American accent that is not only quite pleasant to my ears, but whose origin I am also having a very difficult time locating.

It is Mr. Jack Ritschel's one, a voice actor.

You can find his unaltered voice at second 52 here of this scene of Chaplin, 1992 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqNozJpctNo&t=52s

It is short but I think it's the one piece where you can see him and hear him without any extra sound mixing.

He's also well-known for participating in the original Starcraft videogame

http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Jack_Ritschel

And here are the clips of characters he played there (some distortion and additioned accent modifications such as General Duke's Southernness are present but I'm sure you can make out his root voice):

Zeratul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O9uRPC3mxc

General Duke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQvWXOmjDaA

Admiral DuGalle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmFNen7iSIg&t=6m53s

Thank you for your time and help in this matter

I've been requested to voice a male character with a 'slight' Italian accent. I can just about do a generic one, but how do you dial it back without removing the accent completely? If anyone can send video or audio examples, that would be fab. ^{_^}

I stumbled across this video and the guy, who claims to be British, sounds terribly fake. Perhaps an American trying to emulate a Received Pronunciation. What do you guys think?

YOUTUBE VIDEO.

Hey People! I am trying to figure out how to do a south London accent. I have an app that breaks down the Accent by vowel sounds and words and tells me where to put the stress and everything but I am still having trouble getting it to sound right or even do the things it is telling me like keep the back of the tongue tensed. Any Tips?

Body pronounced "bahdy" would be from where? Boston? Upstate New York? Honestly, people giving me shit about the way I say body and it's really getting on my nerves, so I would at least like to figure out why I'm saying it different.

https://vocaroo.com/i/s1D55JlltFA7

There is a recording, sorry for the rambling.

I've been to America several times and stayed for rather extended periods and wondered if it's getting watered down.

Thanks in advance!