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Too monotone!

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by artistrix6156 » December 31st, 2011 5:30 am

And LOL - he is certainly NOT British!! :lol:

:lol:

He sounds very American, but has a pleasant, non-nasal accent. I'm from the UK so I should know!

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by artistrix6156 » December 31st, 2011 5:40 am

To me, monotone is infinitely preferable to the excitable English TV newsreader type audio featured in the free online lessons. This is definitely not normal english conversation. How am I to know if the Russian I'm listening to is similarly unnatural?

I totally agree. I could only listen to one or two of these podcasts without getting annoyed. I can understand that it might be amusing to speak like this every now and again, but if it's through the whole thing, podcast after podcast, I wouldn't pay for it – you should be able to focus on the lesson without getting irritated. I doubt he speaks like this constantly in real life lol.

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missing them

by russian_guy » February 22nd, 2012 7:13 am

I miss eric and anna will they come back one day? would be great.

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