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Nika Mühl in the latest Mazda commercial

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Are we sure that's Nika's voice? Is she credited or did she reveal this in an interview? If that is her, I am very impressed. Extremely professional job.
 
Very interesting. That voice doesn't sound like my memory of Nika's voice but I really couldn't say for sure. Most of the time voice over work is done by people that have that as their primary skill.
 
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psconn said:
Are we sure that's Nika's voice? Is she credited or did she reveal this in an interview? If that is her, I am very impressed. Extremely professional job.
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Listen carefully. The "the" and "there" clearly sound like her. I think she probably had to do several retakes, but I'm pretty sure it's her voice.
 
MilfordHusky said:
Listen carefully. The "the" and "there" clearly sound like her. I think she probably had to do several retakes, but I'm pretty sure it's her voice.
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The last sentence sounds like her to my ears.
I have no idea how to find out who did the narration. But since I’ll be a passenger for a few hours it’ll give me something to do :)
 
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Bone Dog said:
She must have done some voice training. Her old Croatian accent is gone. That’s not easy to achieve. But Nika is not one to shy away from hard work.
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The change from when she was first considering Uconn is pretty remarkable. I remember an interview she did at that event for international prospects in the US where she struggled a little bit with the language and the accent was pretty strong. Now if someone heard her for the first time they might think she was born here.

Dorka is pretty remarkable too for a language that is not her native one.
 
oldhusky said:
The change from when she was first considering Uconn is pretty remarkable. I remember an interview she did at that event for international prospects in the US where she struggled a little bit with the language and the accent was pretty strong. Now if someone heard her for the first time they might think she was born here.

Dorka is pretty remarkable too for a language that is not her native one.
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I have taught lots of students from China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Germany, France, Italy, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Turkey, India, Pakistan, Nepal, etc... and it never ceases to amaze me how they are able to navigate a college education in a second language. I don't know that I could do it. Sure, they often have noticeable accents. So what? They are reading lots of books in English and writing papers in English, taking exams in English, participating in class in English, and getting good grades the whole time. It's all very impressive.

My hat's off to Nike and Dorka and Lou, and Svet, and anyone else I've forgotten... and when Blanca gets here, to her too... for taking on the same challenge.
 
Bone Dog said:
I have taught lots of students from China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Germany, France, Italy, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Turkey, India, Pakistan, Nepal, etc... and it never ceases to amaze me how they are able to navigate a college education in a second language. I don't know that I could do it. Sure, they often have noticeable accents. So what? They are reading lots of books in English and writing papers in English, taking exams in English, participating in class in English, and getting good grades the whole time. It's all very impressive.

My hat's off to Nike and Dorka and Lou, and Svet, and anyone else I've forgotten... and when Blanca gets here, to her too... for taking on the same challenge.
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It’s changed a LOT in the last few decades. The quality and amount of English instruction in central/eastern Europe and east Asia have improved markedly. I assume it’s partly the opening of some countries and partly the willingness of Yanks, Brits, and Canadians to teach abroad.
 
Bigboote said:
It’s changed a LOT in the last few decades. The quality and amount of English instruction in central/eastern Europe and east Asia have improved markedly. I assume it’s partly the opening of some countries and partly the willingness of Yanks, Brits, and Canadians to teach abroad.
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That's exactly what I've seen too. And there's some surprising connections you see. Like, I sometimes teach a French Lit class, and the Korean kids often have the best accents. Learning to speak French well is a big deal in South Korea, in addition to English. I sometimes also teach Ancient Greek classes, and the kids from Nepal and India have a huge advantage learning it because they tend to be familiar with Sanskrit, which is rather like Ancient Greek.
 
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Skeets said:
I worked with people from all over the Earth. The only guy I could not understand was in Scotland.
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You may find speaking to someone from Newfoundland to be a similar challenge. It's a unique accent in Canada:D
 
cancontent said:
You may find speaking to someone from Newfoundland to be a similar challenge. It's a unique accent in Canada:D
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I've read a bit about Newfoundland, mostly from Farley Mowat. I take it that it's a very unique place. Kind of it's own country.
 
nwhoopfan said:
I've read a bit about Newfoundland, mostly from Farley Mowat. I take it that it's a very unique place. Kind of it's own country.
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Unique, beautiful and the people are amazing from what I'm told. But if you end up speaking with someone with a strong accent, it gets challenging.

There's a book called Come from Away that is a great example of the charm of Newfoundlanders. Based on what happened when flights were stranded there during the Sept 11 attacks. Became a Broadway musical too.
 
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