By British English, American accents

I think the question for this topic was phrased wrong. You should change it to: English English VS. American English It would help you understand the answer better "american english" is such a peculiar phrase, a complete paradox in so many ways. In any case there is not much difference...

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...

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...

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 the letters in...

Kooyeen wrote: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 tell you about that one. It treats American English, not British English or any other variety. Generally speaking,...

You should find this wiki article on British English accents and dialects usefulYep, already finished that one yesterday. I don't know how many different English accents there are. Some areas have their own accent and even some cities/towns have their own accent. I thought you only had a few....

Hi,"be taken seriously"? Why does it have to do with American accent?"Drama or speech tutor in Birmingham"? Why? Are you in Birmingham? Are you a native speaker of British English?Sorry, I can't understand exaclty what you need, the way I see it, maybe you live in the UK and have a strong kind of...