Do I sound American or Australian?

[ILA]

Strange thread, but ...

People who have heard my voice either react with surprise - "you sound like a Yank!" or "yeah, definitely Australian."

I think more people react with the former more so than the latter.

I'll upload some recordings I made:

http://media.putfile.com/Sanrin-ni-joussance

http://media.putfile.com/Blow-your-horn

Earlier in the year I did some poem recitations, so they can stand alone.

So, what d'you think ... ? hehe

[trof]

1. I can't tell what you're saying.

:shrug:

[ILA]

2. ...

Oh.

[Goblinmonger]

3. I am not an expert on Australian dialect

but I wouldn't place you as American.

[Karenca]

4. Not American

Your accent made it difficult for me to understand what you were saying.

[TheBaldyMan]

5. You sound foreign - German? Austrian ? Swiss ?

[ornotna]

6. Oz

You don't sound American to me.

[Bear down under]

7. You don't sound Australian

or American either. I would have picked your accent (which is not very strong) as Dutch.

[sakabatou]

8. Something in between... Austrilica!

[philosophie_en_rose]

9. Sounds like an American accent. Maybe Canadian.

But more American.

[u4ic]

10. Let me guess

an accent for a voice & speech/drama class? Trying to sound American?

Your "away" is giving you away in the first clip. Plenty in the second - horn really stands out in that one, for example.

Yes, I hear Aussie, especially with the vowels (the key to any accent). :hi:

[ILA]

12. No ...

I made these recordings with the original purpose of helping a French woman I know with her English.

I didn't "play around" with my voice, I assure you. :)

[mockmonkey]

11. The putfiles

didn't play very well for me. But I do hear the Australian side of your voice at times with some shades of Yank and a sort of German sound. It's an interesting voice, unlike my boring Midwestern U.S. accent.

[ILA]

13. Thanks for the responses, everyone.

Sorry that my voice is hard to understand for some. Sometimes I am asked to repeat myself - not speaking clearly enough, or hurrying my speech, an unfortunate tendency sometimes.

For the record I'm from Melbourne, Australia and have lived here all my life.