Emmer  +  289302 Sat, 04 Nov 06 06:03 PM People often tell me I have a really strong Dutch accent. That isn't a miracle. Because I'm Dutch it would be really normal to speak with such an accent, but mine happens to be stronger than average. I don't know why and it isn't very important, because English-speaking people are able to understand me. I was in England last summer and met a boy living around Nottingham. He was young, so we played many games like tennis and we swam a lot. He could understand me, although he was four and hadn't very much experience with people from outside the country. I think the most important thing in a language is that you're able to express yourself and understand others. If that is with the strongest Japanese accent you could ever imagine (Japanese accents are sexy xD), it's all right. To listen to I prefer some not-to-strong British accent. If it's not very strong, you can hear it well and British sounds nicer than American, in my opinion. Emmer Joined on Thu, Nov 2 2006 Holland New Member 11 British Accent, Accents

	Marvin A.  +  329497 Thu, 15 Feb 07 02:59 AM >> When I say mixed accent, I mean an accent which is very close to a native accent. For instance, a Japanese or Yoruban person might speak 'Cockney', and Americans and Australians would think that Cockney is the speaker's native accent. However, Cockneys (and most other Londoners) would perceive the accent as Cockney with a foreign tinge without being able to guess at the speaker's nationality/original accent. Is this what you thought I meant? << Yes, it's amazing how well that works. Whenever I learn another language, I always try to learn a different dialect than that of the area I plan to visit (as long as they are intelligible of course). I've had people mistake me for a native speaker of several languages, some of which I knew very little, and it was very easy to pull off. Or at the very least, they wouldn't think that I was an English speaker, and thus revert to English, preventing me from practising the language I was trying to speak. Marvin A. Joined on Fri, Dec 8 2006 Regular Member 638 Accents, Dialects

	Nereus  +  350756 Sat, 14 Apr 07 12:03 PM In my opinion, everyone has his own tastes, so I think there is no best accent but there is only the accent you like best. I like American  English. I think it sounds soft. Nereus Joined on Thu, Apr 12 2007 New Member 35 Accents

	Tam Sadek  +  362737 Thu, 10 May 07 04:13 AM  Nereus wrote: In my opinion, everyone has his own tastes, so I think there is no best accent but there is only the accent you like best. I like American  English. I think it sounds soft. Which kind of American accent? Texas, Boston, Bronx NYC, etc. There are lots of different American accents btw. Tam Sadek Joined on Wed, Oct 4 2006 Full Member 265 The more you see, the less you know... Accents, American Accents

	WalterM  +  362945 Thu, 10 May 07 02:24 PM Hi everyone... this is gonna be my first reply in this forum. Exiting! *gg* From my point of view, trying to find the "best" accent is impossible as well as unnecessary. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or in this case of the listener. Personally, I consider the Australian and the American accent as very nice, maybe because they are the the easiest to understand for me. Funny enough, although I'm from Austria, which is located quite near to Britain, I'm struggling to understand the british accent from time to time. Especially in comedy or sitcoms they speak so fast, that I sometimes just give up to follow the speech. By the way, does anyone know Eddie Izzard? I think his British accent makes him even funnier than he already is. WalterM Joined on Tue, Apr 17 2007 New Member 02 British Accent, Accents, American Accents

	Charlotte_T  +  369338 Wed, 23 May 07 02:14 PM Well, I agree that accent which is too thick make people hard to understand what you're talking about. I don't know which is the 'best' accent, but I personally like the British accent very much. It sounds classical and elegant. Charlotte_T Joined on Fri, May 11 2007 Junior Member 59 British Accent, Accents