In British English^x, American accents^x

Hi,"be taken seriously"? Why does it have to do with American accent?"Drama or speech tutor in Birmingham"? Why? Are you in Birmingham? Are you a native speaker of British English?Sorry, I can't understand exaclty what you need, the way I see it, maybe you live in the UK and have a strong kind of...

Hi, yes, there are books that deal with stress, intonation, and pronunciation. I've read "American Accent Training" by Ann Cook. There's really a lot of stuff in that book (and on the 5 CDs). I haven't tried any other books anyway, so I can only tell you about that one. It treats American...

Hey, I saw you all talking about this quiz in another thread and I was curious to try; my result is: Northeastern: your accent is basically what people speak with around the Tri-State area (New York City, north Jersey, Connecticut) and Rhode Island. If New York City is the greatest city in the...

MrPedantic wrote: Sorry, Merve, I know it was bad of me...but it was late...I had just completed my annual tax return...(that major work of fiction)...levity inevitably ensued... ~ ~ ~ ~ But do you really want to change your accent to a British one? MrP Never mind, it is really easy to...

Anonymous wrote: The American pronunciation of “o” in your next example wouldn’t be found in any regional accent of British English that I can call to mind immediately, though there is considerable variation in the pronunciation of this sound – for example, in Scotland, Liverpool and the West...

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...

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...

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...

Wow, what a lot of nonesense.Is American English simply lazy English with disregard for the fundamentals of the language, or is it a valid simplification of an overly complex and irregular language?Huh? What are you talking about? I was hoping nobody would ask, but since you did, I much...

Hi there, I am a non-native English learner. I often visit Randall's ESL Listening Cyber Lab http://www.esl-lab.com/ to practise listening and speaking skills. I find this website very useful in learning to new American English expressions. Can you suggest any similar websites but in British...