[General] What accents?

[holdenenglish]

Hi teachers

In the following video, I'd like to know the difference between the two speakers (one wearing glasses, one without glasses). Does the one with glasses speaking with a Hong Kong or American accent, while the other one with a Hong Kong/British accent (or is it English, Scottish, or Irish)? Are both of them considered native English speakers?

https://youtu.be/u4NrAq6H960?t=126

Cheers

Holden

 

[emsr2d2]

I listened to the first minute or so. From that brief sample, I would say they guy with glasses definitely has a non-native accent although I'm not sure I could have said where he was from without visuals and context. The guy without glasses sounded, with the exception of one word, like a native speaker with a British English accent.

 

[GoesStation]

They're both completely fluent. The guy with glasses has a slightly stronger accent, mainly evident in his Rs. The older guy sounds more British-influenced than the younger one. Neither has a remotely American accent.

 

[jutfrank]

Firstly, neither is a native-speaker.

They both have slight foreign accents, but the one wearing glasses more so. The Chinese guy has a barely detectable Chinese accent behind a very British public school accent and manner. I'd bet my house that he was educated in the UK.

The guy with glasses' accent I really can't place but it isn't Chinese or American.