Take a walk down a busy street....not too difficult if you are in India.... and you can easily hear as many versions of the letter R as to give you an accent shock. One moment... a 'girl' will probably sound like curl with a growling rumbling sound. A stab at "never ever leave her" may leave you gasping. The "var part could sound like fur with as much of the guttural as you could muster. The mistake lies in finishing the R R R's with the tip of the tongue. All you need to do is ...to imagine yourself seated on a dentist chair....off-course opening your mouth and wait for a smart quick jab of pain that injections bring. The shout that comes out could sound like aaah or aaaar as in far, car, star. Get this one right and you're well on the way to leaving a billion behind in your progress towards right English pronunciation. A good coach who has actually traveled to the United States may actually be the right one to guide you with more tips on how to change. As they say , you have nothing to lose but your accent.
AuthorFor the last 25 years Beejay has run his own business with a Degree in Technology. a grounding in Management , Experience from being a Serial Entrepreneur coupled with a score of US visits Coaching On Demand O n l i n e Voice & American Accent. He works from home for Organizations and Project managers all over the world to improve Soft Skills and many of them have been counted as good friends. He often writes a helpful but sometime irreverent blog Beejay's Accidental Musings at http://www.beejaysenglish.com/blog ArchivesCategories |
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