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Hello, my name is Anpu and welcome to my YouTube channel.
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Today I wanted to introduce the Indian accent to you.
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I'm very well aware that today there's a big variety of Indian accents.
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Not just Indian, there's Sri Lankan and Pakistani and you know, in all of the South Asia there's different accent.
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But I wanted to introduce to you the South Indian accent.
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You know I'm very interested in accent, you know, if you've ever interested in learning the Indian accent,
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perhaps you have an acting role where you have to learn Indian accent,
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this video will cover the basics of the Indian accent.
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So without further ado, let's get straight into this video.
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Let's just address the elephant in the room,
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you're clearly judging me on my Indian accent, won't you?
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You know, I'm also passionate about identity and racism, but that is not the topic of today's discussion.
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Today's discussion is about Indian accent and if you follow a few simple steps and a few simple rules,
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you'll be able to master the Indian accent, you know?
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Really easily.
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Let's start off with the t sound.
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So the Ts sound something like this:
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"tur", not "ter".
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So your tongue is actually further back in your mouth,
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so for example, if you want to say the word "but",
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in the Indian accent is "but".
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So not "but", "buT".
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So let's try "dot", it's not "dot", it's "doT".
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Okay, so I'm really exaggerating the t here, "doT".
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So trying to practice that sound /t/, yea?
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And then turn it down a little bit, "doT".
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"It", "iT".
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So in the sentence "don't try it" becomes "don'T Try iT".
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So once you've practiced that, the next sound practice is the L sound.
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So, let's take the word "table" for example.
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When we say the word "table", we don't actually pronounce the L in table.
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You've got the T sound which we talked about earlier, and this L sound.
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So practice the start: not /te/, /tæ/.
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And then it becomes "table".
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Not "table", "table"
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So "can you put the groceries on the table, please?"
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The next sound is the W sound.
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British people will pronounce w as "wa", and so the word "water" turns into "vater", okay?
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So the w turns into a v and then the t in the water is the sound that we practiced earlier.
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And the R is the last sound that we gonna practice.
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So R isn't /r/, is "rrr" (rolling).
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So vater.
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Another word could be "Peter".
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"I spoke to Peter on the phone".
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Alright? So, I'm sure you can hear the difference there and I've tried to break down the particular sounds that sound different.
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So go away and practice that and you know I might do a Part 2.
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So hit like on this video if you found the video useful.
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And you know, this video is not intended to make fun after any accent, you know, it's purely educational.
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And you know, this video is all about if you're wondering what Indian accent sounds like and how exactly to do one.
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I hope this video helped.
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I will see you in the next video and take care of yourself, bye!