When it comes to grammar and spelling I can strongly recommend reading a ton of English books. Good literature with high quality English, so don't go and get yourself a copy of any of Mark Twain's books, but maybe something more contemporary, a

I say "doo". Makes sense, afterall it's a play on words: Do the Dew (MountainDew.com slogan for most of their MD commercials in the States).

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Hey Marvin, Thanks, but I can't read IPA or SAMPA. I attempted to make some of the sounds you suggested, but I'm not sure if I actually made the right sound. Some I could understand such as "caught -> cot" but the others pretty much left me

Hey Marvin A., Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. Yes, there are reasons why I want to learn the most stigmatized accents; it's obviously not because of their stigma, but because up north they're "exotic" (haha!) and I think they'd be fun

Hey folks, I tried to post this one a little earlier today but under as anonymous. I guess the topic is not gonna appear, so here is it again. I'm not a native English speaker but have spent a considerable number of years in the US (more about