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American accent vs English accent



mjotab
Spain

American accent vs English accent
 
There is a series of videos about the topic  like this one. My question to you, native speakers, is : are they true? Is it that way? Thanks again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCRHrVZc110





13 May 2009      





Zora
Canada

OMG... no, no, no.... that is so stereotypical!! My British friends sound nothing like that... some sounds might be similar but not like she �s trying to demonstrate... besides there are tons of accents in the UK! ... And really, nobody wants to talk like the Queen, do they?? It makes you sound - as Douglas said in another thread "high faluten"!!

Watch the videos but don �t take what she �s trying to teach very literally...

  

13 May 2009     



GIOVANNI
Canada

I would totally agree with Linda.  I have several British friends and have yet to hear them speaking that way.  Then again, they don �t live in Buckingham Palace.

13 May 2009     



Vickiii
New Zealand

You should check out kiwi adverts - to get a really good accent on your students.

LOL
LOL

14 May 2009     



verybouncyperson
Spain

I really think they should rename the series "How NOT to speak with a British accent" - seriously, if you arrived in London speaking like that, people would laugh at you!

14 May 2009     



verybouncyperson
Spain

She sounds like Eliza Doolittle at the end of Pygmalion - posh Cockney!!!

14 May 2009