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Would a child of three and a half years, born and living in England but with American parents be expected to have a predominently english or american accent?

It's tricky - there's an over-the-top Scottish accent, which is fairly easy: once you've got that, you can start toning it down. Just half-roll your "r"s, round off your "l"s and elongate your vowels (especially the "oo" ones). I've been speaking in an Irish accent for a couple of months...

Cvilla wrote: Anonymous wrote: I believe that I haven't missed anything. I think that you don't understand the concept clearly.I agree that (nothing new here) an intonation is one of the most important part of any accent. But in your example it is related to an empasis of some particular words...

Anonymous wrote: I believe that I haven't missed anything. I think that you don't understand the concept clearly.I agree that (nothing new here) an intonation is one of the most important part of any accent. But in your example it is related to an empasis of some particular words to add a bit...

ScratchThat wrote: I'm an American, but my sister has lived in the UK for about seven years now. She has kept her "yank" accent since she's been there, but she admits that some UKers tolerate the "yank" accent while others hate it. When she's talking to people who hate it, then she "tones down"...

I'm an American, but my sister has lived in the UK for about seven years now. She has kept her "yank" accent since she's been there, but she admits that some UKers tolerate the "yank" accent while others hate it. When she's talking to people who hate it, then she "tones down" the American accent....

Hi, my English is not good at all, really, but I'm improving. If you want to know how I improved and how I'm improving, then... let's just say I used to read some stuff in Practical English Usage by Michael Swan and English Grammar in Use (Cambridge University Press), but then I stopped relying...

"You knew your brother did a bad thing, did you?" "You knew your brother did a bad thing, did you ?" Is the difference between those two an accent matter, or a pronunciation matter? Neither. The intonation is the key. You have used an intonation stress to emphasise...

Hi everyone, I share the same concern as the person who started this thread. I just need some online referrence so I can train on my own too. Does anyone know any link to where I could get information about american accent? If you know any site which provides drills and exercises, that would...

Kooyeen wrote: Ok, I don't know what to say, if you don't want or don't need to learn a variety of English, it's ok, no one forces you. I just have a couple of comments: Also a lot of my friends complain that they have a hard time understanding native speakers (they speak fast without a half of...