http://www.englishforums.com/English/CulturalAnecdotesSimilarities-Differences/Forum19.htmAll topics related to cultural interaction. Please register if you wish to post here.enXMOD (Build: 3615.39139)http://www.englishforums.com/English/BritsishAccentAmericanAccent/czql/post.htm#199358Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:51:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:199358Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/BritsishAccentAmericanAccent/czql/post.htm#199358http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-199358.xmlI totally agree with everyone. Its not the accent that counts, its the right pronunciations and syllable stress, Once all that is in place its no better than having a neutral accent. The correct pronunciations should be emphised on from the start when the chiild is in school, thus it will have a major impact on the person when they have to face the co-porate world.http://www.englishforums.com/English/BritsishAccentAmericanAccent/czql/post.htm#189657Mon, 25 May 2009 00:51:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:189657Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/BritsishAccentAmericanAccent/czql/post.htm#189657http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-189657.xmlAdvoca wrote: Recently there has been a long thread about British and American accents. But nobody has stopped to ask what is a British or an American accent. Do you mean an accent from London? If so from North London or the East end of London? From Birmingham, from Manchester, from Cardiff, from Edinburgh or Glasgow, or Belfast? All of these are different. And what sort of American accent? From New York, Bronx, Queens, Manhattan? From Texas, or Missouri, or Michigan? From New Orleans, from Seattle, Oshkosh Indiana, Chattanooga Tennessee? Elvis Presley's accent was different from the Rap Stars, or the Beach Boys. Come on, all you dear students. Stop thinking about accents, and start thinking about pronunciation. Make sure your...http://www.englishforums.com/English/BritsishAccentAmericanAccent/czql/post.htm#13803Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:51:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:13803Pemmican2http://www.englishforums.com/English/BritsishAccentAmericanAccent/czql/post.htm#13803http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-13803.xmlHi iverness, the site you linked to deals actually with foreign-language-accents. What I was talking about is rather special dialects, regional variants of a language within the language. Standard German is more or less a constructed language which is based on some middle-east German accents, the official language in Germany is "High-German". Also "a" High-German doesn't exist, there are lots of High-German dialects, but not "a" High-German language. High-German is spoken in the whole south of Germany and also Austria and Switzerland, every dialect spoken there, e.g. Bavarian, Austrian, Swiss-German... are High-German dialects. In contrast to High-German, there were/are Low-German dialects spoken in Northern Germany. Low-German...http://www.englishforums.com/English/BritsishAccentAmericanAccent/czql/post.htm#13784Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:51:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:13784iverness3http://www.englishforums.com/English/BritsishAccentAmericanAccent/czql/post.htm#13784http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-13784.xmlI suppose that not everyone is worried, but if there are certain places where this problem exits http://inkpot.com/accents.html On the other hand, where Standard German comes from? Where is it spoken? See youhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/BritsishAccentAmericanAccent/czql/post.htm#13646Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:51:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:13646Pemmican4http://www.englishforums.com/English/BritsishAccentAmericanAccent/czql/post.htm#13646http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-13646.xmlHi iverness, nice to meet you! Are you sure, people are not concerned about that? I wouldn't say so. I bet, you're learning Standard German and even if your teacher has an accent (he certainly has...), he'd try to use standards. I think it's not a big thing for all Americans and Australians to understand each other, because the dialects are not that different. The problem is even bigger in Britain as far as I know. It's that way or even worse in Germany: People from the North cannot understand people from the south if everyone speaks in his dialect. I have huge problems in understanding when I'm in Bavaria or Switzerland and sometimes I can't even get a word...http://www.englishforums.com/English/BritsishAccentAmericanAccent/czql/post.htm#13642Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:51:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:13642iverness5http://www.englishforums.com/English/BritsishAccentAmericanAccent/czql/post.htm#13642http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-13642.xmlHi I think that English must be the only language where learners are SO worried about their accents. Standard British accent - RP accent- or General American accent? :s As far a I am concerned, both are fine for me. I am currently learning German and nobody is concerned about if my teacher speaks a Bavarian accent or whatever -)http://www.englishforums.com/English/BritsishAccentAmericanAccent/czql/post.htm#12879Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:51:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:12879Pemmican6http://www.englishforums.com/English/BritsishAccentAmericanAccent/czql/post.htm#12879http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-12879.xmlInteresting, Advoca - but I'd also say, that both pronunciation and accent go together sometimes: Interestingly for me as a NON-native English speaker: I discovered that I can understand American English much better than British English EVEN though I was taught British English at school. I cannot really say why it is this way but I think that American English is somehow more clearly pronounced; it sticks closer to the way it is written than British English (well, it seems that way to me)- and in addition: American English from northern or western US is even easier for me to understand than southern US English. What would you say??http://www.englishforums.com/English/BritsishAccentAmericanAccent/czql/post.htm#11558Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:51:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:11558Woodward7http://www.englishforums.com/English/BritsishAccentAmericanAccent/czql/post.htm#11558http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-11558.xmlI agree with Advoca. Making yourself understood is more important than anything. It's not necessary to worry about whether you have a British or American accent or not. (Though it can be a laugh to make fun of native speakers' accents and word usage). Sometimes when someone speaks with a foreign accent, it can even sound sexy or exotic. Not always though!http://www.englishforums.com/English/BritsishAccentAmericanAccent/czql/post.htmWed, 25 Feb 2009 01:51:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:11554advoca8http://www.englishforums.com/English/BritsishAccentAmericanAccent/czql/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-11554.xmlRecently there has been a long thread about British and American accents. But nobody has stopped to ask what is a British or an American accent. Do you mean an accent from London? If so from North London or the East end of London? From Birmingham, from Manchester, from Cardiff, from Edinburgh or Glasgow, or Belfast? All of these are different. And what sort of American accent? From New York, Bronx, Queens, Manhattan? From Texas, or Missouri, or Michigan? From New Orleans, from Seattle, Oshkosh Indiana, Chattanooga Tennessee? Elvis Presley's accent was different from the Rap Stars, or the Beach Boys. Come on, all you dear students. Stop thinking about accents, and start thinking about pronunciation. Make sure your...