This is a bit of a myth. There was never a single British accent for American to be 'nearer' to. The short a sound still features in a lot of English accents. Less than 5% of British people speak RP.

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

Anonymous wrote the following post at 20-01-2006 11:03 PM: It is incredibly idiotic to critisize the US for not having as many different accents as the UK. The US has a lot of accents considering all the factors. Accents don't develop

It is incredibly idiotic to critisize the US for not having as many different accents as the UK. The US has a lot of accents considering all the factors. Accents don't develop overnight. Colonists didn't start settling here until the 1600s and the

ok, Im Mexican, my native language is not english. but let me say first that my accent is, for obvious geographical reasons very american alike. Second, I love british accent, i 've heard american english everyday for so many years, thats why i

ok, Im Mexican, my native language is not english. but let me say first that my accent is, for obvious geographical reasons very american alike. Second, I love british accent, i 've heard american english everyday for so many years, thats why i

I just wanna know what I can do in order to understand British accent. I speak American English. I realized that I cant understand British accent at all after seeing The prince and me and Harry Potter. Why do British people sound really bad? or I