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by d1sxeyes
941 days ago
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It’s a good question. I’m not sure of exactly the answer, but I suspect the answer is similar to the answer “why do Americans speak German with an American accent?” If you learn how to pronounce specific vowels, consonants, etc. in a particular way, it takes a LOT of effort to learn how to pronounce these in a different way. You can approximate to a good extent, but most researchers say that if you don’t develop this skill as a child, you won’t ever be able to pronounce things in a way that sounds like a native speaker. Presumably, the models have been exposed to significantly more American accents than other accents, and learning how to pronounce phonemes with subtle differences without accepting a “close enough” approximation is a big challenge, especially given that there is already a threshold for acceptability at which level you can still sound like a native English speaker. |
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