http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=user%3arobertson&o=DateDescendingSearch results for 'user:robertson'en-USXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/FrequentBritishAccentDialect/jlmd/post.htm#49105Tue, 05 Oct 2004 15:31:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:49105robertsonto David Thanks for your answer as well. I am from Spain "a way of speaking English which is understood by all is what we should all be aiming at" Unfortunately, it may be quite difficult. Other than each English speaking country has their own English - American English, British English, Australian English-, other types of English like Chinglish or Indian English have been cropping up in last years. On the other hand, too heavy an accent might cause problems in communication, but everyone has an accent and the RP accent is heavy for my ears. I think you want to communicate with a non native speaker successfully, I advise you: -to speak slowly -not to use slang and too many phasal verbs - not to use sentences...http://www.englishforums.com/English/FrequentBritishAccentDialect/jlmd/post.htm#48948Mon, 04 Oct 2004 12:32:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:48948robertson"Dominant accents may not be the ones that are ideal for communication on the international scene" I don't understand this sentence. What important are our accents for communication.? "Are the British risking the possibility of not being generally understood by non native speakers and the rest of the world" The British have their own way of speaking and each non-native speaker speaks English at a different level. I have had good converstion with British and instead the communication with some non-native speaker has been difficult and viceversa. In my opinion, accent is secundary. The most important thing is the way to express yourself by using the language, and this one does not depent of the variety.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoYouKnowAboutChina/6/bzqq/Post.htm#16272Thu, 18 Dec 2003 10:45:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:16272robertsonHi, If you wanna learn another language of China, check out this website. http://www.geocities.com/uighurlanguage/ Byehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoYouKnowAboutChina/6/bzqq/Post.htm#16061Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:26:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:16061robertsonHi deepblue, What do you know about Xinjiang? Have you ever been there?