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| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4819 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes  Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 9 of 9 06 June 2012 at 12:03am | IP Logged |
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As a fan of the US cartoon "Family Guy", to my ears, the "hero" Peter Griffin (or
"Pedah"), has the ultimate non Rhotic American accent. I believe it's supposed to be set in Rhode Island. I love listening to it in that context, although I'm not sure I could listen to it for long in "real life". I quite like the Bostonian accent though, perhaps because it sounds rather "English" (although does it really come from Irish...?). To the OP, I'd say the really smart thing to do would be to try to adopt a more American accent when speaking to Americans, and a more British one (or less American one), when speaking with Britons. If you spent a long time in either country, I'm sure you'd naturally adapt, in any case. (I get the impression that Americans find a British accent kind of cute as a novelty, but get fed up of it pretty soon, and maybe it works the same over here, so people just generally adapt to their surroundings, or at least soften their natural accent a little). To my ears, Dutch people speaking English always seem to have a slightly American twang to them, which I have assumed is because they are exposed to a lot of US films and TV, although it maybe something about the Dutch language itself that causes it. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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