It is interesting to notice that I started this thread about three years ago... and now, three years later, it is clear to me that his attempt sucks. I noticed some possibly weird vowels and consonants, but the main problem seems to be his

Just some additional comments. CalifJim wrote: First of all, I didn't think it was awful. (I mostly listened, not watching.) The following are some observations. It think that depends on your taste. For some people it's awful; for others

Hi, yes, there are books that deal with stress, intonation, and pronunciation. I've read "American Accent Training" by Ann Cook. There's really a lot of stuff in that book (and on the 5 CDs). I haven't tried any other books anyway, so I can only

I think the problem with his Standard American Accent is two fold- one, his native accent sneaks through a few times in the consonants as a few have pointed out. Secondly, and I think this is the deal breaker, he has some problems with stress

I have to say it's the Philippine English accent. It's quite neutral, more neutral than the American accent because of its long colonial history. ----Proof? Listen to this: --- ----http://www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usage/ice/soundphi.htm ----

How did such accent come about?!! Only a backwardly hierarchal society like the aristocracy-obsessed little old England would go to such lengths in enduring the preposterous, utterly preposterous, vowels and intonation invovled and making it the