Audiobook narrator Matt Haynes shares five highlights from his start on the Cuban accent, then uses his favorite practice technique of applying the accent to song lyrics. This week: "Broken" by Jake Bugg.
I am cuban and these are pretty closed. My dad would tell me "You need to focus." But it doesn't sound like that at all "You need to fuckus." And then I'd crack up.
I'm from miami and live in atlanta and everyone where tells me they can automatically just tell im from miami because my accent has a lot of cuban similarities
Awesome video. I really apreciate it because I'm cuban and I was able to recognize it. It kind of reminds myself speaking english. You are very good, hahaha.
Robert Duvall is excellent. I had to look him up on Wikipedia just now to see where he was born since he does southern accents so frequently and convincingly. Go figure, he's a Californian.
From 4:30 on, this is pretty damn convincing. I'm Latino though not Cuban and stink at accents. Without a lot of practice, I don't think I could an accent this convincing. Despite growing up around plenty of Cubans.
Thanks for cracking me up. That's very good. My older relatives who weren't born here sound just like that. Great job! As for tips, some people don't really say "you". Instead, it's more like "jew."
@@narratormatt I was friends with this lady who was originally from Minnesota. She was a single mom who had an 11 year old daughter. Due to this fact she was forced to work two jobs so consequently her daughter pretty much grew up on her own. Most of this kid's friend were Cubans and in no time at all she learned Spanish - well I guess that I should call it , Cuban Spanish. Anyway, I met them both years later and my friend's daughter was already married and had a very successful career. While conversing with this young lady I could have sworn that she had a bit of accent when speaking in English. When we then spoke in Spanish - had I not known her - I would have assumed that she was Cuban. And yes, most Americans who have Cuban parents do have a noticeable accent. By the way, in my opinion, the best Cuban accent ever done, in the cinema, is by Robert Duvall in a film called Wrestling Hemingway. If you have any other questions do let me know; I'm retired and bored! Ha-ha! Un abrazo y saludos de Miami!
There's something in the tone of the voice that was missing. I can't clearly identify it. But I think I expected to hear a lower tone and maybe a more relaxed way of pronouncing words.
Interesting ! Your approach is thorough and not a mere imitation. I was expecting some lines from Scarface but instead of Tony M., the Cuban character kind of sounded like Fez of "That 70's Show". :)
It's challenging, isn't it? I got a sample from an immigrant student of a friend. However, nothing quite beats International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA). Have you tried that?
Also if the accent sounds the same as other hispanic accents its probably because your ears aren't tuned to hear the difference. Just like I can't for the sake of my life differentiate most accents from Great Britain except by placing them in broad categories.
sorry but that's not the case for me at all he does not sound Cuban and believe it or not there are huge differences between different Hispanic, Caribbean and Spanish accents i live in a very diverse area where there are all sorts of Hispanics, Latinos, Caribbean people from Spain or Peru and its ALL different if anything HIS ears aren't tuned enough to hear the difference
@@BluhBunnny I beg to differ, As a Cuban born his accent did sound a little similar to how some Cuban natives would speak English, I can understand how at some point it can sound generic,it isn't a very thick Cuban accent but he didn't do too bad in applying the vocalness of it in my case 🤔
