AccentsOff Speech and Voice Improvement

10/31/2025

Interested in pronunciation science and why certain names and words are so tricky? Here’s a great article about NYC’s probable next mayor’s name and why it’s difficult (for Americans) to pronounce.

A lot of people seem to trip over Zohran Mamdani’s name. The reason may not be as simple as it seems.

10/11/2025

We are fortunate to have Julia Burton on board as our new instructor! Julia is smart and luminous and fun to work with. Welcome, Julia!

10/10/2025

Today a client made up a beautiful English idiom! He has a new baby girl and he said when he sings to her she "goes peaceful". I loved this and apparently the phrase is not used and doesn't exist in this context. It does now!

06/23/2024

Meet Farrah Pukin, our lovely new instructor on the AO team. Farrah is a speech-language pathologist with expertise in both accent and voice. She is also a pianist and singer and speaks Russian. She is seeing clients 1:1 in our NYC office and on Zoom. Welcome, Farrah! https://accentsoff.com/our-instructors/

01/10/2024

We have a new American accent and voice instructor! Sari Koppel is a speech pathologist with a strong background in voice improvement. She's got a musical theater background as well! Love the combo. Welcome, Sari!

You can meet Sari and others on our team by scheduling an accent or voice evaluation. Find out more by scheduling a 20-minute Discovery Call: https://accentsoff.com/contact/

12/25/2023

Crazy Festive Accent Fun with Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer 😹

12/21/2023

Happy Holidays! Here is one of my fave videos - it’s a peek into Voiceover Hell. 😹

http://www.procommvoices.comEven Santa can have a rough day in the voice over studio. Check out the viral video from Dailey and Associates called 'The Santa ...

11/09/2023

Who grew up outside of the U.S. and learned English watching "Friends"? A lot of our students did. Here's an article that talks about it:

Language teachers say the show is a near-perfect amalgam of easy-to-understand English and real-life scenarios that feel familiar even to people who live worlds away from the West Village.

08/29/2023

How do you pronounce "kitten"? Like "kidden"... or some other way? The T-N combo is interesting! In Standard American English ends of words that contain T-vowel-N are usually pronounced with a "glottal stop". Here's a short video that explains it: https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/glottal-stop #:~:text=The%20Glottal%20Stop%20in%20American,%3A%20before%20syllabic%20%2Fn%2F.