Anonymous  +  774012 Wed, 10 Jun 09 10:16 AM “Only spies need to have perfect accents.”1 The rest of us, in other words, should be free to express who we are, including linguistically. Anonymous Accents

	farihasaleh  +  774169 Wed, 10 Jun 09 11:54 AM Hi, Can you please make your question clearer? Did you mean to ask a question or were you just making a statement? farihasaleh Joined on Mon, May 25 2009 Junior Member 72 Fariha

	Kooyeen  +  775662 Thu, 11 Jun 09 02:43 PM Having a specific accent is useless, too hard and not worth it, unless you are surrounded by that accent most of the time. Learners usually have to deal with several varieties of English (General American, Californian, RP, London, African American, etc.), so it would be pointless to try to speak exactly like someone from, like, Philadelphia or Edinburgh, when they'll be hearing those accents less than 5% of the time. It's not easy to make a decision. If you listen to 50% Estuary English and 50% American English, what are you gonna end up using? Mixing them might not be too bad, as far as the phonemes are still distinct. American English with glo'l stops would still be decent maybe, but making "me" and "may" homophones might not be a good idea. Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member 4,969 Parental Advisory / Explicit Posts Accents, American English, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States, American, Languages