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philosophic nature wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 5:39 pm Hello members,

i have a problem. Even when im talkin to my Dad, he must ask twice what ive got to tell him.
Why am I so unconcentrated in my speech? I cant give power in my voice. So that the others could hear what im sayin.
Im so sad about it, that its nearly senseless, to communicate with others outside. Because no one understand what im tryin to say.

Can somebody find the reason why it is so?

I have a psychic illness, maybe it comes therefor?

Greetings
Dominik

Belinda wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2019 11:42 pm Harbal, I think , because for instance of his misuse of the word 'psychic' that he's not a native English speaker.

Belinda wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2019 11:42 pm Harbal, I think , because for instance of his misuse of the word 'psychic' that he's not a native English speaker.

I think you may be right, Belinda; although he could be a fortune teller going through a bad patch.

philosophic nature wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 5:39 pm Hello members,

i have a problem. Even when im talkin to my Dad, he must ask twice what ive got to tell him.
Why am I so unconcentrated in my speech? I cant give power in my voice. So that the others could hear what im sayin.
Im so sad about it, that its nearly senseless, to communicate with others outside. Because no one understand what im tryin to say.

Can somebody find the reason why it is so?

I have a psychic illness, maybe it comes therefor?

Greetings
Dominik

philosophic nature wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 5:39 pm Hello members,

i have a problem. Even when im talkin to my Dad, he must ask twice what ive got to tell him.
Why am I so unconcentrated in my speech? I cant give power in my voice. So that the others could hear what im sayin.
Im so sad about it, that its nearly senseless, to communicate with others outside. Because no one understand what im tryin to say.

Can somebody find the reason why it is so?

I have a psychic illness, maybe it comes therefor?

Greetings
Dominik

A_Seagull wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 4:55 am

philosophic nature wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 5:39 pm Hello members,

i have a problem. Even when im talkin to my Dad, he must ask twice what ive got to tell him.
Why am I so unconcentrated in my speech? I cant give power in my voice. So that the others could hear what im sayin.
Im so sad about it, that its nearly senseless, to communicate with others outside. Because no one understand what im tryin to say.

Can somebody find the reason why it is so?

I have a psychic illness, maybe it comes therefor?

Greetings
Dominik

You are not alone. It is a common affliction of today's youth.

Practice enunciating clearly. Or listen to Richard Burton or Michael Caine.. they both enunciate clearly and Michael Caine has a subtle lilt to his voice which makes it very listenable.

gaffo wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 5:48 am

A_Seagull wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 4:55 am

philosophic nature wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 5:39 pm Hello members,

i have a problem. Even when im talkin to my Dad, he must ask twice what ive got to tell him.
Why am I so unconcentrated in my speech? I cant give power in my voice. So that the others could hear what im sayin.
Im so sad about it, that its nearly senseless, to communicate with others outside. Because no one understand what im tryin to say.

Can somebody find the reason why it is so?

I have a psychic illness, maybe it comes therefor?

Greetings
Dominik

You are not alone. It is a common affliction of today's youth.

Practice enunciating clearly. Or listen to Richard Burton or Michael Caine.. they both enunciate clearly and Michael Caine has a subtle lilt to his voice which makes it very listenable.

try finding old Caine works - he was a horrid cockney! uninteligible. i assume he knew this because post 1970 he was understandable.

he had to have worked on it. he was BAD prior to 70. as an american i could not understand anything he said in his early works.

love Caine BTW - not disparaging the man, great actor!

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 6:00 am

gaffo wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 5:48 am

A_Seagull wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 4:55 am

You are not alone. It is a common affliction of today's youth.

Practice enunciating clearly. Or listen to Richard Burton or Michael Caine.. they both enunciate clearly and Michael Caine has a subtle lilt to his voice which makes it very listenable.

try finding old Caine works - he was a horrid cockney! uninteligible. i assume he knew this because post 1970 he was understandable.

he had to have worked on it. he was BAD prior to 70. as an american i could not understand anything he said in his early works.

love Caine BTW - not disparaging the man, great actor!

Michael Caine is very proud of his cockney accent. He made a point of never losing it or acquiring a BBC accent.

gaffo wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 5:48 am

A_Seagull wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 4:55 am

philosophic nature wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 5:39 pm Hello members,

i have a problem. Even when im talkin to my Dad, he must ask twice what ive got to tell him.
Why am I so unconcentrated in my speech? I cant give power in my voice. So that the others could hear what im sayin.
Im so sad about it, that its nearly senseless, to communicate with others outside. Because no one understand what im tryin to say.

Can somebody find the reason why it is so?

I have a psychic illness, maybe it comes therefor?

Greetings
Dominik

You are not alone. It is a common affliction of today's youth.

Practice enunciating clearly. Or listen to Richard Burton or Michael Caine.. they both enunciate clearly and Michael Caine has a subtle lilt to his voice which makes it very listenable.

try finding old Caine works - he was a horrid cockney! uninteligible. i assume he knew this because post 1970 he was understandable.

he had to have worked on it. he was BAD prior to 70. as an american i could not understand anything he said in his early works.

love Caine BTW - not disparaging the man, great actor!

gaffo wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 6:05 am

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 6:00 am

gaffo wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 5:48 am

try finding old Caine works - he was a horrid cockney! uninteligible. i assume he knew this because post 1970 he was understandable.

he had to have worked on it. he was BAD prior to 70. as an american i could not understand anything he said in his early works.

love Caine BTW - not disparaging the man, great actor!

Michael Caine is very proud of his cockney accent. He made a point of never losing it or acquiring a BBC accent.

he "changed" it - slowed it down at least! slow enough for me to understand.

you are right, though, not sure if it now still cockney (you would be the better judge of that than me), its not the "kings english"

i do find "kings englsh" the easiest to understand as an American (Kensington?).

sort of off topic, but find Irish almost American, Aussies in the middle and understandable, NZ have more "voul shift" and harder to understand, and Scots impossible to understand (and country Welsh - which i assume is now near extinct?).

off topic, "radioactive.fm" (wellington) is a great radiostation, listen to it all the time via my tabletop internet radio.

5pm over there now. have to wait for the breakfast show until tomorrow afternoon.

philosophic nature wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 5:39 pm Hello members,

i have a problem. Even when im talkin to my Dad, he must ask twice what ive got to tell him.
Why am I so unconcentrated in my speech? I cant give power in my voice. So that the others could hear what im sayin.
Im so sad about it, that its nearly senseless, to communicate with others outside. Because no one understand what im tryin to say.

Can somebody find the reason why it is so?

I have a psychic illness, maybe it comes therefor?

Greetings
Dominik