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In this clip I respond to the "allegation" that I'm not a native speaker of English. 😉
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This does bring up the question why so many people were certain that you were from Central or Eastern europe. I mean I suppose if you were raised in a community that has a lot of people from that area that might influence your accent.
Not just his accent, but also how Paul looks. To me he has Slavic facial features. This does prove that you should never just guess someones nationality though.
I get that a l lot, but I have no Slavic background at all.
He face looks slavic to me.
For a while I also assumed English wasn’t your native tongue but I think it may just be that you’re so deep into the world of a linguist that you’re influenced by them in your regular speech. Not even sure this makes sense, but going off of experience, seeing as sometimes my 2nd or 3rd languages influence how I speak English, especially when switching back and forth in the same conversation
it’s true, sometimes when you speak other languages they influence the way you talk your main one
I don’t think that’s the case with me. The much more obvious answer is that I speak very carefully and clearly on camera to make sure everyone can understand. And also, the topics I talk about require precision, because people relentlessly roast me if even one little detail is wrong. That means in a typical video everything is very carefully researched and scripted, and rather than just speaking I’m actually delivering a densely written script from short term memory while staring into the camera. That’s a recipe for sounding robotic and unnatural.
I always thought you sounded pretty Canadian.
Your ears are functioning well.
Ditto.
impossible
he never once said “sorry” or “hi there hello”
Haven’t heard him ask “Just out for a rip, are ya bud?” either. Very un-Canadian of you, @Langfocus!
PS if you (non-Canadians) haven’t seen the music video, look up Out for a rip, it’s great 😀
Same!
I’m from Eastern Europe, and you don’t sound or look like an Eatern European AT ALL
yeah i’m sure they’ve never heard an Eastern European if they say he sounds like one
In my opinion maybe he enunciates more than most people so it sounds foreign
That’s for presenting on camera to people from all over the world.
@@Langfocus
I think that’s awesome of you to do. I’m always impressed by your presentation skills.
@patax144 I also agree too much enunciation does make him sound like a foreigner… sorry
@@Langfocus I had never thought about that, but this is one of the channels I have the easiest time following. Thank you for enunciating things clearly for us non-native speakers!
This is true, I am also a native English speaker from Canada. I have been asked about my accent a few occasions 😂. It’s embarrassing to respond to the question “I love your accent, where are you from?” 🤣😂… edited to add… I’m a hypocrite as well because I thought he was a Slovak or Germanic language speaker 😅
I don’t understand those comments… I think it’s pretty evident that you’re a native speaker from North America.
I always figured you were Canadian, but I also lived in a US state that saw a lot of Canadian tourists. Your accent’s definitely in the range that I was familiar with.
I just enjoy hearing you talk. I never even thought about it being your native language.
Reminds me of an acquaintance who was asked by some fellow Brazilians how long he had been living in Brazil, since he spoke Portuguese very well for an American. They thought his “r” pronunciation was an influence from English, but that was just his native Caipira accent.
Hold the phone. Did someone genuinely mistake a Caipira accent for a Seppo accent? Feels like those fellow Brazilians need to get out of the house/ivory towers a little more.
I guessed you were Canadian before I ever saw you confirm it. I’m always keeping an ear out for Canadian Raising.
I have a bit of that, but it’s not too strong.
You’ve got a great speaking voice. I love that I can understand every word you say because you perfectly enunciate. Almost everyone mumbles their way through life. You are such a joy to learn language lessons from. ❤🤗xx
As a German you don’t sound German or Eastern European at all to me, native speaker would be my guess, as an A2 english speaker, but the way you enunciate certain sounds does throw me off. Can we get a clip of you speaker naturally like you would with friends, I have a feeling it’s a “presenting in front of a camera” thing.
As a non-native I think you have a standard North American accent!!! I have loved your videos for quite a few years already (like 5 or 6!) and had not thought about this. Greetings from a Venezuelan-Portuguese!
I’m from the US and your accent is essentially the stereotype of Canadian accents here.
There are many different English “accents” in Canada, although the differences are sometimes subtle. Someone from rural southern Ontario sounds different than someone from the Ottawa valley or from Alberta and definitely from Nova Scotia or Newfoundland.
The full discussion is linked under my username🎯
The most obvious feature in your accent that I immediately noticed in all your of previous vids was using canadian raising. At that point, I thought this guy must be a Canadian 😅
Well, from my point of view as a non-native english speaker (my native language is Spanish), I always thought that your English was particular, but not because it sounded as if English weren’t your first language, but because you really spoke clearly, so clearly that I could understand everything you said. And since I’ve been following your channel since I was still learning English, that’s one of the things I appreciated the most from you, Paul! So, keep it up!
Thanks! That’s a big part of why I speak the way I do on camera.
@@Langfocus It baffles me that it doesn’t even occur to those people that maybe you might be doing a bit of a teacher voice in your educational videos about languages aimed at both native and second language English speakers of varying fluency levels.
as a Iranian who do not understand small details and difference between english accent i think and believe you are a good soul.
keep the good work.
You have a similar accent as Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki. He grew up bilingually, but views English as his school and working language. Therefore his English is also more carefully enunciated. To me that way of speaking sounds intelligent, even though it’s not completely stereotypically North American.
I don’t know, I just had a listen and I don’t think my accent is anything like his. He sounds like a non-native speaker for sure, though he speaks almost perfectly. I can hear myself and I just sound like I’m monitoring my speech and enunciating. You could say OVER-enunciating, but that just sounds like overenunciation. It’s not an accent.
@@Langfocus True, but how many people understand the distinction, or can readily recall (if they even know) what enunciation is? I think many people just shove most aspects of how one sounds into the “accent” box, which partially explains their confusion.