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Speaking of accents
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Why does it seem easier for non-American speakers to properly learn an American accent than for a American people to learn other accents?
I'm basing this on what I've witnessed through cinema. 
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 (June 2, 2018 at 10:43 pm)Kit Wrote: Why does it seem easier for non-American speakers to properly learn an American accent than for a American people to learn other accents? Television and movies. ![[Image: dcep7c.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i46.tinypic.com%2Fdcep7c.jpg)
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Know God, Know fear.  (June 2, 2018 at 11:36 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote:(June 2, 2018 at 10:43 pm)Kit Wrote: Why does it seem easier for non-American speakers to properly learn an American accent than for a American people to learn other accents? I think this nails it. The US is the world's biggest exporter of filmed entertainment, so the rest of us are more exposed to it than you lot are to ours. Hugh Laurie, for one, said that an American accent was difficult for him, but he learned it by watching American television. Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
Most of the people on tv with an american affectation speak neutral, north regional, or north/midland hybrid...and they still sound a little off. Like they come from nowhere in particular. Hugh Laurie is a great example of that.
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 (June 3, 2018 at 2:58 am)Khemikal Wrote: Most of the people on tv with an american affectation speak neutral, north regional, or north/midland hybrid...and they still sound a little off. Like they come from nowhere in particular. Hugh Laurie is a great example of that. They certainly don't sound like New Englanders, that's for sure. Not all of us sound that exaggerated, but, yeah...  (June 2, 2018 at 10:43 pm)Kit Wrote: Why does it seem easier for non-American speakers to properly learn an American accent than for a American people to learn other accents? Well, CapnAwesome and Boru got a big chunk of it in that we are the principle exporters of filmed entertainment. Something you should know though, is there is no such thing as an 'American Accent'. Our accent differs wildly from area to area. I am from the state of Massachusetts and grew up there but I retain little of the accent common in that area because I haven't lived there since the early 1980s. The accent from Boston to New York to the deep south to Texas to California to Wisconsin is quite different. America is not a monolithic culture but a collection of sub-cultures.
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June 3, 2018 at 3:24 am
(This post was last modified: June 3, 2018 at 3:25 am by ignoramus.)
Unless an actor is trying to portray someone with an accent, eg: a southener, etc why do most American actors have a neutral American accent?
EG: I can't even tell any real difference between our Aussies, eg: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and most other Americans actors.
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