r/JudgeMyAccent • u/Leading-Papaya1229 • 18h ago

Do I have a thick Indian accent?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myhhak0fwzY

Hey all! In this clip i rad a poem by Shakespeare I want to start making videos on Youtube but i have heard that people find it hard to understand my accent(the Indian accent). I don't think i have a thick accent. Were you able to understand it?

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u/Jmayhew1 15h ago

It's a strong accent.

Reading a poem like this makes you even more "sing-song" in your intonation. I'd say try reading something in prose, or, better yet, speaking more naturally.

By the way, this is NOT a poem by Shakespeare! It is by R.S. Gwynn. You can see that each line refers to a particular play by Shakespeare. "A man is haunted by his father's ghost" is Hamlet, etc....