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I was told I have a nice European accent when speaking English, but I'm from Asia (never lived in Europe or anything)

[–]Colonel__Corn 34 points35 points  (0 children)

One of my Dad's ex-students (he's a music teacher) is Korean and speaks both fluent Korean and English very well. She has a slight Korean accent when speaking English, but not much. But, and here's the kicker, she has an Australian accent when speaking Korean (I live in Australia)

[–]giulia_cat_eyes 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I was told that I sound spanish (understandable, since I'm italian), and russian (wtf?). Only one person told me that I sound like a stereotypical italian from mafia movies (not being sicilian or neapolitan I definitely do not have a "mafia" accent in any language).

[–]FreezeyBees 1 point2 points  (3 children)

What does European accent even mean? There are so many and they're all so different.


Aaked another English native today (American), and he said he'd place it as "vaguely French", which I also have nothing to do with at all

[–]FreezeyBees 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Well, what is your accent?


I have no idea after this happened lol. I'm Bahraini, but grew up with American TV, so I thought It'd be standard American sounding.

[–]GinaMariaSpaghetti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you, perhaps, learn English from a British/UK teacher? I found, living in Germany, that most people there who spoke English had a very distinct way of speaking it that was very clearly NOT American. That included the Asian immigrants who'd taken the initiative to learn, not only German, but English, as well. It's a lovely accent.