What does an american accent sound like to a foreigner?

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Sephiroth357 on 10 February 2010

I sound like a Canadian at times. So yeah...

Mid-Westerners know English better than Southerners.

Sorry, but the south sucks.

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Khuutra on 10 February 2010

NJ5 said:
The strong Southern US accent sounds pretty bad (as in cowboy movies but not limited to those)... but it can be funny too. Other American accents sound much better, and are the easiest form of English to understand IMO.

The standard British accent sounds pretentious and it's not as easy to understand as most American accents. Some other British accents are almost impenetrable, such as the Sccotish accent.

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NJ5 on 10 February 2010

By the way, this might be a good website to use in this discussion:

http://accent.gmu.edu/browse.php

Particularly this page:

http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_language.php?function=find&language=english

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d21lewis on 10 February 2010

Did you see Die Hard? Did you hear Han's impression of an American? There ya go.

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NJ5 on 10 February 2010

Oh there's a map version:

http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_maps/namerica.php

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Esmoreit on 10 February 2010

I don't quite diversify between American accents. I can understand that there are different US regions each with their own accent but to me, most of the US accent sounds like English being gnawed off. I can't explain it differently. It isn't as bad as it sounds but it isn't sexy either.

New York is different though. New Yorkers gnaw as well, but far more nasal.

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