So I have an accent, too. Sometimes I slip back into it while speaking and then lose everyone. It’s important to practice proper pronunciation.
You might run into an issue here or there. But more likely you’ll be the one struggling to understand them. Don’t stress about it, just focus on learning as much as you can.
Say this in your strongest Canadian accent:
“Dah, eh, me and Gary we were like sitting in the bahck of his truck outside de arena with like a flaht of Labatt’s, right? And then Gary’s girlfriend, she comes up and is all in his face about him cheatin’ on her, right, and I’m like “Sahlly, chill baahck and caaahlm deuwn, eh? Ya doon’t need to be like thaahht!”
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So I have an accent, too. Sometimes I slip back into it while speaking and then lose everyone. It’s important to practice proper pronunciation.
You might run into an issue here or there. But more likely you’ll be the one struggling to understand them. Don’t stress about it, just focus on learning as much as you can.
Say this in your strongest Canadian accent:
“Dah, eh, me and Gary we were like sitting in the bahck of his truck outside de arena with like a flaht of Labatt’s, right? And then Gary’s girlfriend, she comes up and is all in his face about him cheatin’ on her, right, and I’m like “Sahlly, chill baahck and caaahlm deuwn, eh? Ya doon’t need to be like thaahht!”
Then, go to the [あかさたなはまらやわ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiragana#/media/File:Table_hiragana.svg) row of Hiragana. The vowel sound in each “a ka sa ta na ha ma ra ya wa” is almost the same tonally as the “bahck” in “bahck of his truck”
You’re going to be fine. (Source – Canadian, lived in Japan 15 years)
I’m in Japan and no one’s accent resembles a native’s. I think it’s better if there are 100 people and only 1 person.