In Scottish accents^x, Vowels^x

It's tricky - there's an over-the-top Scottish accent, which is fairly easy: once you've got that, you can start toning it down. Just half-roll your "r"s, round off your "l"s and elongate your vowels (especially the "oo" ones). I've been speaking in an Irish accent for a couple of months on and...

Bldudas: thanks so much. I'll def. check them out. I've been staying up all night browsing the web for sites that can help me. You cannot recognise US accents? Where are the people from you hear? You should be able to recognise New York and Boston. Maybe not Philadelphia. Well, I might...

and an ignorant American would look at British and pronounce practise (Br. spelling) like practize.... Highly unlikely.Americans on the other hand, have been butchering it for centuries and should not be consulted when learning this language. It is, after all, English and not American.Rubbish. ...

And Oi loike Oztrai'jen English best - it just sounds keol. *** American English (resp. Western and Northern American accents) is pretty easy for me to understand while Southern accents and Eastern accents I find more difficult. British English sounds rather posh sometimes and depending on...