In a lot of British accent films I have heard actors say "say " like this sæɪ instead of seɪ .How is it?

Guys! Enough of arguing how to get rid of accent :p now let's talk about how to be able to speak english with an accent :p So, what are you waiting for?! START POSTING NOW! :p lol If one can 'systematically' learn to rid of accent,

got suck at learning american accent cuz some vowel are difficult to pronounce.. What are those vowels that you find difficult? Just keep a set of words (as they are called lexical sets) which are representative of those dificult vowels. Then

"Bert Coules" Actor/writer/director Grant's autobiographical indie, peculiarly (and damagingly?) titled Wah-Wah, was years in the making, collapsed several times and nearly collapsed ... reception. I've never seen it, but

I think the only reason you can't learn like babies do is because you don't have the time... I believe there's nothing more artificial than learning a language, no matter at what age. I'm also learning English as a second (or

I agree with raindoctor. You can't learn like babies do, and some kind of natural acquisition is only possible when your English is already good enough for you to understand the context. ESL students in school are artificially picking up the

Thank you all. I got some interesting and unexpected replies. Don't worry, in English everything is unexpected, LOL. If you pay enough attention, you'll notice a lot of accents and ways of speaking that of course are not in any

. They also claim that our fascination with native speakers' accents and desire to sound like a native speaker is rather a matter of constraint than a conscious choice Well, wanting to imitate native speakers is something that comes naturally

yes, there is a difference. ˈdɑːk jə mənt (n) ˈdɑːk jə ˌment (v) Notice the pronunciation of -ment when it is a verb. Interesting, because that difference is present in several other words... Or is supposed to be present. And I'm glad