Can a Chinese person have a British accent?

Research in Chinese heritage language learning in the US points out that even learners with robust Chinese language may still acquire a so-called ‘overseas Chinese’ accent, which was referred as having a “bad” or “English” accent by these young people.

Why do Chinese sound British?

Many British English dialects use glottal stops in place of final T, just as Cantonese has glottal stop consonants K, T, P. Along with the many English loanwords more likely based on British pronunciation, these phonetic features may make Cantonese feel “vaguely British,” at least more than Mandarin…

Do Hong Kongers have British accents?

Most of the people in Hong Kong speak with their own unique accent. Not PRC Chinese Accent, nor British accent. Having said that, some of those from the high society where they were part of the British civil servants in the past, they too, speak with a British accent.

Does English sound weird to foreigners?

‘American English sounds very casual and more practical, while British English sounds much more refined. ‘ ‘British English is a lot quicker and much more aggressive. ‘ However, both agree English does not sound similar to any other language – despite it belonging to the same family as German, Dutch and Afrikaans.

Why does Stephanie have a British accent?

However, it’s obvious the reason for Stephanie’s horrible accent is because of her time working in England. Maybe she thought she sounded cool. She seems to believe she is British there for a second. Either way, her new manner of speaking sounded incredibly fake.

Can you live in Hong Kong and only speak English?

People Hong Kong can generally speak English so there shouldn’t be any problem in your daily life and your work.

Does China learn British English?

A lot of the answer depends on where in the Chinese world they learned English. When I was in China, I noticed that Southern Chinese mostly learned “UK” English, meaning Received Pronunciation for the most part, while Chinese from northern areas like Beijing tended to learn American English.

Do Korean learn British English or American English?

Koreans learn english from their early ages about 9, 10 in school. We learn english in american accent only. When I was young I didn’t recognize there would be another english except I learned in school. So people are not used to speaking and listening in british accent.

Does English sound like hissing?

Yes, but considering how soft Danish sounds, English would sound masculine. >> “Compared with most other languages, English has many sibilant sounds. One French lady said that English speakers always sound like snakes hissing.”

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