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It s rather hard to work out quite what you are looking for here Some of these features as Marvin A was pointing out are not specifically American English pronunciation but the allophonic variation that occurs in connected speech That is the pronunciation of some sounds is influenced by the...

since I m learning American English I wanted to know why that standard American Accent was awfulFirst of all I didn t think it was awful I mostly listened not watching The following are some observations 1 The stress pattern is slightly off Slightly too much rising pitch at the ends of phrases...

Well this conversation is ancient but maybe you get a tickler when someone replies adn will find this The guy s accent is crap I m Canadian but I m from Toronto where our accent is almost standard American or what we called in the film business Mid west Flat and I can tell you a few specifically...

We also need to consider that there are many different accents of North American English just as there are many British English accents You might well pass for a native speaker from New York in Alabama for instance although a New Yorker would be able to place you for a foreigner or at least not a...

EyeSeeYou wrote Marvin A wrote EyeSeeYou wrote Marvin what do you mean by conservative RP Conservative RP is called the British accent in North America Words that end with y are pronounced with I the i sound as in it but with a higher pitch In North American English those same words are...

Marvin A wrote EyeSeeYou wrote Marvin what do you mean by conservative RP Conservative RP is called the British accent in North America Words that end with y are pronounced with I the i sound as in it but with a higher pitch In North American English those same words are pronounced with i...

Marvin A wrote EyeSeeYou wrote Marvin what do you mean by conservative RP Conservative RP is called the British accent in North America Words that end with y are pronounced with I the i sound as in it but with a higher pitch In North American English those same words are pronounced with i...

Thus in order to receive native speaker status and by this I mean that people assume she is a native speaker of English she could get away with speaking less than perfect British English whereas she would have to speak with an absolutely perfect North American English accent in order to be...

Englishuser wrote What do you mean Marvin EnglishuserWell in some ways learning a different variety of English could be a good idea If the lady I had met had learned English with a North American accent I would most likely have realized that she was not a native speaker But because she had...

EyeSeeYou wrote Marvin what do you mean by conservative RP Conservative RP is called the British accent in North America Words that end with y are pronounced with I the i sound as in it but with a higher pitch In North American English those same words are pronounced with i instead