<Where are the books that teach spoken English ? I'm a go there? What a ya doin? Ah'll see ya domorrow. > They're on there way: English Pronunciation in Use Intermediate I doubt that's really comprehensive. I think I once took a look at that

That what I call a "British accent that doesn't sound awful, affected, formal", so an accent that I like. Good choice! The good thing I noticed right away was his glottal stops instead of T's. And T's are not pronounced at

Englishuser wrote: It seems like a very aristocratic British accent is appropriate in English-speaking countries and communities all over - with the possible exception of Britain. That may well be because in England, there are many

If you're aiming for a British accent, the vowel sound in the words can and are very different. In North American English, the vowel is the same for both, but /t/ is usually realised as a glottal stop at the end of "can't".

" So why do learners choose to learn a regional dialect? " - nonaTheBrit you were probably referring to me . I would like to say that I didn't really " learn " the cockey for years . My friends had that accent and I grew up in an environment like

I'd agree with your lists, YC. Some singers seem to have used a stylised accent (Syd Barrett, Ray Davies, Bowie) to avoid sounding AmE in the 60s/early 70s. Then, as you say, with punk you get an exaggerated urban BrE accent. I think that was made

...Tony Blair, raised in Durham & Scotland, sounding like a posh Londoner... Blair has at least three accents: A) Generic south-east England with a very faint whiff of ?Edinburgh. Note the odd short vowels, though: the 'i' in 'it' replaced