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Does everyone know the accents, but me? - sm

Posted: Feb 07, 2013

I have noticed on all of these job aps now they ask how many years you have experience with like Asian accents, Spanish accents, European accents, etc. Does everyone else know how to differentiate these, because I don't! I know I have ESL experience and have typed mostly ESL, but I couldn't tell you where the doctor is from. I had a recruiter ask me which ESL I had the MOST experience with???? I just don't even know, LOL, I told her all about the same.

Here's a site to listen - to accents

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by country. Just listen to the ones listed on the job app, listen to that accent, and decide if it's familiar to you.

Same here. :) 15 years' in field/15 years with ESL, and - and same answer. Frankly, whether

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someone's Indian or Burmese, Danish or Japanese (I was sure our Danish DIL's GPS was talking Japanese) would be of intellectual interest, but that's about all.

You can determine the probable - country or region

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of origin by the dictator's name. An ESL dictator with a Chinese name would indicate that he is probably from China, one with a Hindi, Gujrati, Bengali, or other Devanagari name would probably be from India, one with a German, French, Italian, or Spanish name would probably be European. A Slavic name would likely be from Eastern Europe or Russia.

Was going to suggest the same...SM - Anon

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The name of the doc might hold a clue. Dr. Juan Valdez is probably Spanish, Dr. Yves St. Laurent is probably French, Dr. Boris Badenov is probably Russion, etc. Oh, and Dr. Mr. Peanut is probably goober along with his physician assistant/stunt double, Peanut Butter Doug, PA-C.

On another note, I once transcribed for a Japanese/South American doc who had a cross between a Spanish and an Asian accent. It was very strange.

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