In Dialects^x, Accents^x

According to John Wells at University College London: "I do not understand the proposed distinction between Mainstream RP and Contemporary RP (unless the writer thinks, wrongly, that ‘contemporary’ means ‘young’)." You can read more of what he says about it at:...

CalifJim wrote:Rhyming friend to stand sounds peculiar to me, and somewhat Texan, perhaps. It's definitely not standard. Thanks.Well, I'm not an expert on accents... but did you listen to the audio clip? Would you say pronouncing "again" that way sounds southern? I think I've heard that...

Oh heck yes. I've lived in Georgia all my life, and it used to anger my mother very much how Southerners were portrayed by the media (meaning, people in New York City and Hollywood): racist, emotionally unstable, inbred, uneducated, and violent. And the accent itself was used as a stand-in for...

So you can't say accents and focusing on pronunciation are uselessCould you please find at least one place in this thread where I said that pronunciation was useless. I was saying that it should have been proper to some extent. Accents do make speech inaccesible for most...

There is no single English accent. The difference between a northern English Accent (or dialect), such as "Geordie" and the "Cockney" accent is far, far greater than the difference between the Australian and the South East English accent. The Australian accent does not sound exactly like...

Not wishing to offend, but there's little more cringingly funny than someone who thinks they're speaking with a perfect upper-class British accent - unless it's someone who thinks they're speaking with a credible cockney accent. Don't get me wrong - there are some super-talented actors who...

Here are my comments. The parentheses indicate that something is not part of General American-like dialects or RP, but is found in certain regional dialects..CAR ------ American R's are always pronounced, British R's are not.In General American vs. RP, yes, (but there are non-rhotic American...

Hey, I almost forgot I posted this! Thank you so much for your comments.I see Jim understand everything, even Martian dialects. I believe that's a great ability, I think it is due to many things... for example, I know jim knows some foreign languages very well, and that could have helped develop...

Hi,do you native speakers always understand what people say on TV, on the radio, in movies, in songs, etc.???In Italian, unless people start to talk in a regional dialect (not accent, I said "dialect"), I think I always understand what they say on TV, radio, etc., if I listen carefully.But... it...

You should find this wiki article on British English accents and dialects usefulYep, already finished that one yesterday. I don't know how many different English accents there are. Some areas have their own accent and even some cities/towns have their own accent. I thought you only had a few....