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Do you mean a BrE native speaker, judpath? And I assume you are referring to Eire rather than N. Ireland - where the accent is completely different. Like all areas in which Eng. is the first language, there are a variety of accents and dialects. As a learner, your ear will tune into the spoken...

Hi Guys, I'm a new member to this forum, but I'm already excited to be a part of it. Anyhow, I'll tell you alittle about myself. I'm a second year journalism major at Michigan State University with aspirations of becoming a NewYork Times writer. One day I hope to publish my own magazines, but...

Ah, thank you. I knew it was all to do with the north/south divide, and the standardisation (which occured later) resulting from printing and the adoption of the southern form, as the language of court. 'a gaan bairn’ (a going child), ‘afore gangin' hame’. This is essentially Scottish, though...

No offense Trevor, but your post comes off a bit insular, isolationist and ignorant. Why the heck would an American's inability to distinguish between British and Australian accents mean they have a different idea of what constitutes an accent? If anything, that should suggest that American's...

Hello, I am an american english speaker (east coast mid maryland) so i have got much of an accent compared to most mericans. I plan to move around the south east london area and have decieded that I would like to get used to the Estuary English dialect/accent. I know lots of people think its...

Hi , um this is not really answering yer question om sorry. I am an english speaker, of american english. East coastal without much of an accent. I am moving to South East London at somepoint in the next year or two. Ive gotten quite a liking to EE. I was wondering if anyone knew of any Wav....

Try this one: http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/collection/dialects/

British Library Archive of English Accents and Dialects

Hello Fernando This may help you with regional British accents: British Library Archive of British Accents and Dialects MrP

anupamrath wrote: Some people says that US and UK accents are totally different. Though, I dont find any relevant difference. Can anyone help me resolving my confussion? It depends on the dialect. There are standard dialects, the ones you hear on the national news programs, and then...