whatever u do dont try to talk like the queen. she is the only person from london (my home town) who speaks like that. all posh sounding,

The results of americans or australians trying to do a cockney (east london) accent is always horriffic. It forced , too strong and sounds terrible. Its bareley recogniseable. Theres a chap in this australian soap my sister watches, I saw it and

Hello, I use quite a good book with my students which is called 'Get rid of your accent' by Linda James, and it contains exercises to help you pronounce English with a standard British accent. It's for learners of English, and also for native

To all of you who want a British accent: Although I've mentioned on this website that I've made a website of poems, with my clear English voice recording attached to them, and although since last year almost 24000 people have visited it from

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

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

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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

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