Can we call the speaker as a native speaker?

[Truth4vahid]

Can we call this speaker as a native speaker?

https://vocaroo.com/1jKXV9IkwL6q

If it's not. Please say the sentence according to a native American accent.

 

[probus]

Can't see or hear it. Please try posting the link again.

 

[5jj]

It may be this: https://vocaroo.com/1jKXV9IkwL6q

 

[emsr2d2]

If that's the correct link, the answer is no. He's clearly not a native English speaker.

 

[Glizdka]

Your browser doesn't seems to be a native speaker of HTML. :-D

 

[Truth4vahid]

Could you repeat and record the sentence according to the native language specially American accent?

 

[Truth4vahid]

Link corrected.

 

[probus]

As Bart Simpson would put it: if that guy's a native speaker I'll eat my shorts.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

As Bart Simpson would put it: if that guy's a native speaker I'll eat my shorts.

It sounds like Tommy Weisau. And no one knows where he's from:

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Could you repeat and record the sentence in an American accent?

I cannot.

Why not just listen to Americans?

 

[probus]

It sounds like Tommy Weisau. And no one knows where he's from:

I take it you mean Tommy Wiseau, originally from Poland, and maker of The Room, ​widely considered the worst film ever made.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Yes, I did. Thanks for the correction and for Tommy's true provenence.

I understand that for many years he insisted he was from the US.

 

[probus]

My understanding is that he has lived in the US for many years, so he has at least some basis for calling himself an American.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Absolutely. And he took it further, insisting he was born and bred here. Very interesting character!

 

[Truth4vahid]

Thanks for extra info. :lol: How can I be an American without being born and bred in the US? I just need the accent :-D

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Thanks for extra info. :lol: How can I be an American without being born and bred in the US?

You can become an American by applying for citizenship and passing the exam.

I just need the accent :-D

Actually, you don't!

 

[probus]

Thanks for extra info. :lol: How can I be an American without being born and bred in the US? I just need the accent :-D

It may not be easy to become an American, but it is far from impossible. The USA, like Canada, has a large number of immigrants who are on the path to citizenship.

 

[probus]

Of course Tommy Wiseau cannot hear the defects in his pronunciation. That is precisely why they exist and persist. And it's also why he imagines he can fool people, including us.

 

[Skrej]

Can we call this speaker as a native speaker?
https://vocaroo.com/1jKXV9IkwL6q

We told you in this thread, where you posted the exact same clip (only slightly slowed down), that most of us thought the speaker was a Russian (or other Slavic language) speaker. Why would you re-post the same person, and ask us if we think he's a native speaker?!

The clips sound very much like the guy from the Youtube Channel RussiaPlus. He's a fluent English speaker, despite a fairly strong Russian accent.

 

[probus]

I consider it an infraction to post the same question in two threads.