For the most part I agree. When a person here speaks in a Boston accent (for example) I would not consider their speech wrong unless they were trying to speak with something other than a Boston accent. Two of my favorite examples of accent

I hate Russell Crowe, nasty little bully boy. And although Renee Zellweger does a mean British accent for a yank, ... Man would be picking up the best picture Oscar this year! It certainly has been seriously overlooked by the Academy. Stop me if

... What struck me with the three examples is that South Asian English pronunciation *does* sound British - but it ... is, on the other hand, not entirely unlike the sound some Americans make when trying to do a 'British Accent'. Your url

Right; I think a typical native Californian English speaker would ... speech that sounds like theirs to be accented. Sincerely, James In fact I've been thinking about this today - my afternoon class included both a Pakistani and an Indian

Never thought of that; I don't hear anything in South ... way I don't hear Britishness in a S Asian accent? Right; I think a typical native Californian English speaker would say that a typical Philippino English speaker has a very soft

Really? So Apu in the Simpsons just sounds British to them? Sure it depends on the listener and the extent of the accent. To me, Apu sounds more like a recent ... a lot of variation of accents in India, but they are all undeniably British for