By Accents, American accents

Hi sunder,It is always easy to learn it from your own experience please do watch HBO for that ...With all my loveSoni

This thread reminds me of a time many, many years ago when my sister and I were in England. We requested water in a restaurant and the waiter could not understand what we wanted because of our American accents. It took several repetitions and more than one waiter before they realized what we...

But American Accent Course (Ann Cook) says: The soft T is pronounced like a d, so why mister here?Is the same true with doctor?

I'll trade you my southern American accent for whatever you got. I've been trying for years to get rid of it and the best I can do is sound a bit more understandable then the rest of my kin. I still sound like hill folk when I'm not concentrating on correcting my words. I really want...

Hmm, can I answer even though I am not a native speaker? I would say "thee eagle" because I learned to pronounce it "thee" before vowel sounds. Words like "university" and "wall" don't really start with a vowel sound, but with "semivowels", I...

Hmm, in the other thread, you wanted to hear a definition of a standard from someone, even if you know a real standard doesn't actually exist. And here you are asking why some things are often stigmatized, but others rarely are. So I don't understand what it is that you are trying to find...

Of course. That's such a subjective way to express an opinion that it would be completely inappropriate in a place where things are supposed to be taken seriously and professionally. But the intrinsic bias you find on forums, whether implicit or explicit, is always present, because forums...

im mark and im willing ti train to have a job, are you still hiring a tutor for your company? i'll wait for your immediate response thank you.

Hi, This is with reference to your email that u would b interested in accent training. I would be glad to assist you on the same. I have been an accent trainer in renowed organisations in Mumbai, India. I can also manage to handle a group of students who wish to learn US/UK accent. Thnx &...

I want to ask 2 questions about pronunciation first: 1) Do Americans say /use-d/ or /use-t/ in used to? 2) I saw Ann Cook wrote this in American Accent course: If the first consonant is voiced, the next one will be as well. If the first one is unvoiced, the second one will sound unvoiced, no...