In Expressions^x, Accents^x, American accents^x

Has anyone else ever noticed that if someone speaks with a Southern American accent, people automatically think they're not as intelligent as they'd normally think. I know it's true in some places, because I speak with a thick southern accent, and it's almost as if some people look down on you...

Hi there, I am a non-native English learner. I often visit Randall's ESL Listening Cyber Lab http://www.esl-lab.com/ to practise listening and speaking skills. I find this website very useful in learning to new American English expressions. Can you suggest any similar websites but in British...

Just wondering what do you consider as the hardest word/expression to pronounce. I am particularly having problems with the following: 'Sheet/***' I always mess up these two and end up making joke of myself. Sometime I meant to say 'a sheet of paper', but to my friends it was like '*** of...

The monotonic quality of the standard (flat) American accent (my own) makes me long for the intonations and inflections of British (or Celtic) English. Much more amenable to dramatic or poetric expression. In the hands of the right speaker, music. I suppose you could say that about a few American...

A great site that will surely help you improve your American accent is www.englishbaby.com. Click in its Student Community for a different lesson each working day in these topics: Music, Eavesdropping, Movies, Slang and Real Life. Lessons are packed with slang and colloquial words and expressions...