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| davidwelsh Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5528 days ago 141 posts - 307 votes  Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, Norwegian, Esperanto, Swedish, Danish, French Studies: Polish, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Pali, Mandarin | Message 25 of 25 20 June 2010 at 9:04am | IP Logged |
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If you want to sound like a native, it would be best to learn an actual dialect of English. Go and live in Dublin or London or New York and learn Dublin English, London English or New York English. All the non-native speakers I've met who I've taken for natives have done this. Speaking with perfect RP is a sure way of sounding like a foreigner!
As to the general point of not being serious about a language unless you have perfect pronunciation, I'm not sure that's really necessary. Of course it's important to have good pronunciation, but having a slight accent isn't a disadvantage. Everyone speaks English with some sort of accent that reveals where they're from - learner or native. Personally, I love this diversity, and I don't distinguish that much in my mind between native and non-native accents. I find for example English spoken with a French, or Indian/Pakistani or West African accent particularly pleasant. 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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