Quick question – have you heard about ‘the accent tag challenge’ before? I remember it got viral 5 years ago or so.
If you’re not familiar, this challenge was created by the linguist Bert Vaux when he posted a corpus of words and questions on his Harvard website back in the early 2000s. Little did he know that what he started will become a global craze!
There were two parts to the challenge but for now we will only be doing the first part. The first part requires the participant to pronounce a list of words the way it is normally pronounced in his or her area. This will help to determine the accent of the participant. This part is called the accent tag words.
My online friends here at ConnectPals and WhatsApp group got so excited to be part of this blog while also sharing their accent tag challenge audio.
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Thus, I created the below challenge with its instructions:
CHALLENGE OF THE DAY
The ‘Accent Tag Challenge’ is a classic! The challenge aims to compare one’s accent to another. I first heard about this almost 5 years ago and it had gone viral since then.
Rules are simple. Just send an audio while following the instructions below.
1. Introduce yourself first with your name, your country, & your language)
3. Then end the audio by saying “thank you” in your language.
With 30+ nationalities participating in this challenge, here is how each one pronounces the Accent Tag words in his normal accent. So get your earphones ready!
QUESTION: Whose country representative do you think has delivered the best pronunciations? The worst? And the most hilarious? What’s your favorite accent from the following audios? Let us know in the comment section below.
Angola 🇦🇴
Native Language: Portuguese
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Angola
Argentina 🇦🇷
Native Language: Spanish
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Argentina
Brazil 🇧🇷
Native Language: Portuguese
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Brazil
Burundi 🇧🇮
Native Language: Kirundi
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Burundi
Chile 🇨🇱
Native Language: Spanish
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Chile
China 🇨🇳
Native Language: Chinese
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from China
Colombia 🇨🇴
Native Language: Spanish
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Colombia
Czech Republic 🇨🇿
Native Language: Czech
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Czech Republic
Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
Native Language: Spanish
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Dominican Rep
England 🏴
Native Language:English
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from England
France 🇫🇷
Native Language: French
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from France
Germany 🇩🇪
Native Language: German
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Germany
Greece 🇬🇷
Native Language: Greek
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Greece
Hong Kong 🇭🇰
Native Language: Cantonese
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Hong Kong
Hungary 🇭🇺
Native Language: Hungarian
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Hungary
India 🇮🇳
Native Language: Hindi
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from India
Indonesia 🇮🇩
Native Language: Indonesian
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Indonesia
Iran
Native Language: Farsi
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Iran
Iraq 🇮🇶
Native Language: Arabic
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Iraq
Italy 🇮🇹
Native Language: Italian
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Italy
Japan 🇯🇵
Native Language: Japanese
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Japan
Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
Native Language: Kazakh
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Kazakhstan
Mexico 🇲🇽
Native Language: Spanish
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Mexico
Peru 🇵🇪
Native Language: Spanish / Quechua
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Peru
Philippines 🇵🇭
Native Language: Filipino
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from the Philippines
Poland 🇵🇱
Native Language: Polish
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Poland
Portugal 🇵🇹
Native Language: Portuguese
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Portugal
Russia 🇷🇺
Native Language: Russian
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Russia
Scotland 🏴
Native Language: English
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Scotland
South Africa 🇿🇦
Native Language: Afrikaans
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from South Africa
South Korea 🇰🇷
Native Language: Korean
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from South Korea
Taiwan 🇹🇼
Native Language: Chinese
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Taiwan
Tanzania 🇹🇿
Native Language: Swahili
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Tanzania
Thailand 🇹🇭
Native Language: Thai
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Thailand
Turkey 🇹🇷
Native Language: Turkish
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Turkey
United States 🇺🇸
Native Language: English
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from the US
Vietnam
Native Language: Vietnamese
Accent Tag Challenge Audio from Vietnam
So there you have it!
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Good job. I like all your accent. 😉