I just simply can't choose one accent since I like many different dialects of English for different reasons. Received Pronunciation (contemporary one) : It's own sophistication and clearness. But what I like the most is neutralised and

I just simply can't choose one accent since I like many different dialects of English for different reasons. Received Pronunciation (contemporary one) : It's own sophistication and clearness. But what I like the most is neutralised and

To all of you who want a British accent: Although I've mentioned on this website that I've made a website of poems, with my clear English voice recording attached to them, and although since last year almost 24000 people have visited it from

I have mentioned this before on this website, but I hope it will help you. I am poet who has made available freely about 240 of my own poems on the internet, but I have also added my clear English voice to each poem to help both overseas students

Xam0 wrote: There is definately an upstate NY accent. The vowels in the middle of some words are either changed or pronounced as dipthongs. Ill put the normal spelling of some words followed by the upstate NY pronunciation.. and then the north

To tell you the truth, I've never heard any foreigner (unless they learned English when they were very young, or had lived in an English speaking country for at least a decade, and had extensive, and personalized accent coaching) ever be able to

' Ow, eez ye-ooa san,is e?' 'Oh, he's your son is he?' The Shavian spelling rather over-emphasises the Cockney pronunciation, although some linguists maintain that there are only dipthongs and no "pure" vowels in Cockney. To some ears Cokney

At least as far as accents go (not words or spelling) it's really too simplistic to talk about "American" English or "British" English etc as if they were seperate. "RP" English is in fact a lot closer to New England American than it is to - say -

I prefer British accent & spelling, it sounds more formal. Conversely, American accent sounds freer.

Hi Brit, and welcome to the forums. the americans truelly dont have much of an accent I find that assertion difficult to understand. Surely every speaker of any language has some sort of accent which enables us to identify their place of