By British accent

When I started learning English, I had no idea there were things like American and British English. I just knew that English was the name of the language people used in films. I was very excited as I was going to learn to speak the language of Hollywood. Actually, I reckon I had no idea what...

I'm not 'an expert' (just a native English speaker), but I'd say you have a nice British accent and... don't need any improvement(*)! Ann (*)p.s. Unless you plan to be e.g. a professional newsreader!

Anonymous wrote:Well, I have encountered this problem recently. I had been learning english for few years, then I stopped attending courses or lessons, I have been learning at home and watching American TV series and movies.. so I have picked up a lot of vocabulary. So far, so good. Then I...

Hi,I didn't listen to much of that, and I didn't understand much either (bad quality, bad listening skills, etc.), but I can say it's not American English for sure. I think I heard you pronounce "that day" more or less like I would pronounce "dot die"... so it shouldn't be "mainstream" BrE...

The recording is about 50 seconds long. And I know it's of crappy quality. Could any/some English speaking people help me out? For long I've been wondering about my pronunciation, but we never ever talked about that in class (and now my school no longer offers English as subject), so I would...

Well, I have encountered this problem recently. I had been learning english for few years, then I stopped attending courses or lessons, I have been learning at home and watching American TV series and movies.. so I have picked up a lot of vocabulary. So far, so good. Then I realised,...

I agree that Standard British and Estuary are the most used these days--but the dialect you need to learn really depends on your purposes. An actor certainly needs to work on Cockney, just because there are so many productions of Christmas Carol that demand it every year. Learning something...

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "creaky", Anon, but creaky is not a word that pops into my mind whenever I hear a British accent.

Do you find it easier to understand someone who speaks English with a British accent or an American accent? I presume it acts as a dummy object in the above to substitute for the real object--to understand someone who speaks English with a British accent or an American accent.My question is...

I live in Brixton and am really pleased to see the account on the first page of this explaining all the different accents you might hear here.It's good to see comments about the different classes and races living here that aren't prejudiced.Whoever it was (name's on the first page), good on you...