British vs. American accents

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Australian is more similar to British than American in its present state. Bostonian(wicked pissah!!), the closest accent in America to the British accent, still sounds remote in comparison. Also, aside from Newfie, Canada's accents are much closer to American. So much so that in many places they're indistinguishable from dialects from America(Northern, West Coast, Yooper). Australia and New Zealand's accents are further apart than most Canadian accents are from certain American accents. But both AU and NZ have accents quite similar to those in Britain. Same with South Africa(non-Afrikaans or African).

I despise most forms of both, which is why I'm going to master a second language and move to its primary country of origin. I hate English in general. It's so unpoetic.

A couple from New Zealand I knew were delighted to see their first Robin here. They oohed and awwed, and said "Oh look - it's a robun ridbrist!"

I've known it all my life so I can't really put in a personal account, but I've heard that many non-speakers think it's one of the ugliest languages out there. I personally think Vietnamese is ugly, but many Vietnamese people who don't know English think English is ugly, so... Meh.

There is a wide range to the southern accent though. There is southern which is like" Hello! How ya'll doin' today?" then there is country ass which goes " Hey ya'll! how you doin on dis ere fine da-uh?"

I'll agree though New York is awefull.

Out of the American accents there out hand that I like (Canadian & the North-East of America) as the other I can't stand.

I love most of the British accents but I can't stand the South-east of England, the South Welsh valleys and East Midlands.

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She got very aggressive for a moment ahaha

American people speaking german sound like if they had full mouths. ^^ In english the linking of the letters of an word seems to be more "floating", while in german you are normally pronouncing each letter very exact when talking. Native americans, coming to austria/germany, seem to keep that "letter-floating" far longer then it takes them to technically learn the language.

I get what you mean. Although once you start hearing them that's a different kettle of fish. Sometimes, you only have to look at them, although i'm not being biased in what I write, you actually can. I mean, if I were going to las vegas, what would I expect to find? tons of elvis impressionists I expect? they also have a distinct accent. would the convo mean putting on my blue suede shoes and talking hounddog? for pities sake. haha.

Tip, come over here more often, you will get not only an inside look at how we British love to live our lives but also who's running the show around some places.