USA or UK

I think British English, but that is difficult too

hallo Iam Vlada,I live in Serbia and I want to lern english but j need a help

Thethenothere123 wrote:

Grammar Geek wrote: I haven't read through all the pages on this topic, but has anyone commented on how NON-homogeneous UK and US English is? It's not like there's one "British English" or one "American English" unless you're been to broadcasting school. Someone from Yorkshire and someone from Cornwall have about as much in common as either does to someone from Alabama or Maine. That's a good point. I honestly can't remember whether or not anyone has made it. However, I did try to make the point that for the vast majority of the people that speak English, the only real difference is the accent and certain prefernces in word usage (which are almost always understood perfectly well by everyone). In addition to that, there are some extremely minor differences in grammar/punctuation conventions between AmE and BrE, and that's it.

I agree there're always differences between British English spoken by two people from different places, eg. London and Oxford. But why can we differentiate between BrE and AmE? That's because, generally, there're still a lot of similarities between accents of Yorkshire and Cornwall, although we can't deny there're actually not the same. I think we're all talking about this issue generally, don't we? We sort out the accents into 2 main groups: AmE and BrE. Then under BrE group there're a lot of 'sub-groups'.  It's hard to discuss and study in details about accents of Yorkshire and Cornwall because even people living in the same place could have slightly different accents.

P/S I mean no harm and I'm just trying to tell my opinions.

Cool Breeze wrote:

Seriously, there are bigger differences between the various forms and dialects of British English than there are between standard BrE and AmE.

Absolutely!

I'm an American, but my sister has lived in the UK for about seven years now.  She has kept her "yank" accent since she's been there, but she admits that some UKers tolerate the "yank" accent while others hate it.  When she's talking to people who hate it, then she "tones down" the American accent.

Since she's told me there there are actually dozens of English accents in the UK, I assume that when she changes her accent she's actually changing it to be closer to Received Pronunciation.  Is this the accent that is taught as "Standard British English" to students in other European countries?  I wonder.

At the same time, I think the majority of Americans would find an "English accent" to be charming and melodious.

So I think the question of "which one is better?" really depends on your audience.  You should first strive to be understood, then strive to impress (or, at least, not offend).