How to get an american accent?
America is not like other countries. There is no "fitting in," no one does. In a country of misfits, you having a British accent does not help you or prevent you from fitting in any bit more than anything else. When you come to America, you are an individual, people respect that. You will get comments, but most people like British accents. You just have to stand on your own two feet and be proud of where you come from. There is no reason to blend in accent wise, you hear different accents all over. I do understand your concern about this though. I have visited and resided in other countries before, and you are indeed an outsider in those countries if you have any bit of an accent, let alone look different. Happy to say that does not matter in America, welcome and hope you enjoy it. People like to have different kinds of friends here anyway. Especially foreigners that speak the same language perfectly (so that there is no hinderance in communication, well except slang).
How do you speak with an American accent?
We don't know how we speak with an American accent, we just do. Maybe allways pronounce your Rs. It also helps in not how you say it, but what you say. Never say heaps, use "a lot". And I don't think that there is an LA accent. In the north east, there are many accents. Particular places such as New Jersey, Brookline, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Massachusetts have there own accent. In the south, most are the same, but there is a Cajun accent of southwest Louisiana, and New Orleans has their own accent. Wisconsin, the Dakotas, and Minnesota has its own accent. Chicago has its own accent. The accent you hear normally on the news is General American, local to Iowa, eastern Nebraska, and west central Illinois. I've noticed that Aussies have a tone at the end of their sentences. It kinda dips down and comes back up (if that makes any sense). We don't do that, and we talk much slower that other native English speakers.
How can I speak with a black American accent?
The only non-black people I have heard do this convincingly are whites and Asians who grew up with and went to school with African American kids.Otherwise, it’s pretty hard to get it right. First of all, the vowel sounds of this accent are subtle and unique. You can hear the difference between African American pronunciation and white pronunciation from the same part of the southern U.S. even though both are using standard grammar and vocabulary.Second, Black English uses idioms of its own that change constantly, perhaps with the deliberate goal of keeping outsiders baffled.Professional performers with dialect coaches can do this kind of thing.Lily Tomlin did a pretty good job in this famous old sketch with Richard Pryor—
Why do Filipinos speak with American accents?
Yes...what is your problem? The Philippine English is based on who has occupied them the longest.They do not do it to be cool or "try to do that general american accent" to sound more acceptable for the sake of the almighty americans.FFS grow up !
Do all Filipinos speak with an American accent ?
Call Centers are almost everywhere in the Philippines. The country is probably competing (if not actually) with India with the most call centers catering to clients in the Americas, Europe, Australia, Asia... With your question...not all Filipinos have American accent. You must have spoken to those though that has that accent. Or it could be, that your call have been connected to the T-Mobile center in the US, or you must have spoken to an American agent. I have been training accent for agents that would be assigned to different accounts. Depending on the accounts they will handle, they would be taught the accent for that country that account is for. The thing is, most agents have worked for different segments that they still apply the previous accent that they first taught for. Hence, having a mixed twang. Hope this helps. ----- To jd : Filipinos refer to SLANG as twang. They dont mean that you have ghetto lingo.
How can I learn American accent?
Firstly, why do you want to learn American accent?Secondly, seriously why do you want to learn American accent?I'm not against an American accent as such but I'd rather suggest a British accent if I had to. However, for you answer, what I feel is that watching Hollywood movies can help you a lot in this matter. Movies that are not based in the UK is what I want to say. You can listen to them speak and practice the dialogues because that's really interesting to do and will help you a lot too.Second thing you can do is watch American talk shows. That really helps.Third thing you can do is frequently visit online dictionaries that provide both British and American pronunciations of the words you put in. Once you're able to make out the difference between both accents you're always going to remember it. And whichever accent you want to learn, practice it in your day to day life. Start with the easy words, notice the slight changes and try to implement the accents. Try to make out which letters are stressed on while speaking Americans. It's not that difficult. Take it easy.Hope it helped. :)
Is it okay to learn american accent?
Hi,Based on my personal experience, I absolutely agree with Tara that learning American accent will improve your social standing and job opportunities in America. I summarized my challenges as a non-native speaker in learning American accent here:5 Challenges in Learning American Accent - American Business EnglishI also have the following suggestions, if you decide to improve your accent:5 Tips to Improve Your American Accent - American Business English1) Record your voice: Go to youtube and pick a speech or news clip which is spoken in American accent. Then try to repeat the same sentences and record your voice. You would be amazed how helpful this tip is.2) Speak slower: A lot of non-native speakers speak English too fast -- I know I used to do the same. Slow down. Compare your pace with native speakers. You will realize that you actually speak faster than they do.3) Enunciate: Pronounce words clearly and loudly. We (us non-native speakers) unconsciously lower our voice because deep down we do not feel confident about our English. This indeed adversely impacts our speech. Hold your head up and enunciate :).4) Correct Pronunciation: Pronounce words correctly. We (again non-native speakers) think we know the correct pronunciation of all words. But, we rarely learn to stress the right syllables. We also do not produce the correct vowels and consonants in some cases.5) American rhythm: English is a rhythmic language. In other words, it is has its own music. To put it another way, some words/syllable must be pronounced louder, clearer and longer than others. We (again non-native speakers) tend to discard this principal. As a result, our speech sounds very monotonous to native English speakers.Hope this helps. Good luck!
Why are the British able to speak with American accents so flawlessly with seemingly little effort?
As an American who watches British TV all the time, I can assure you that this is not the case. Brits who do American TV tend to have pretty good American accents, the same cannot be said for Brits who do British TV (it goes the other way, too - major props to Kyle Soller in Poldark). For one thing, the vocal coach is more likely to be American. More importantly, the accent has to be good because American viewers will have more familiarity/higher expectations for American accents.Some issues I often hear with fake American accents:hard consonants where they shouldn’t be (eg “letter” instead of “ledder”).vocal placement too far forward in the mouth (the voice is placed differently depending on the region)Over-pronounced Rs (we pronounce our Rs unlike some British accents, but many actors go too far in the other direction and really harden those rs. It sticks out.Do generic accents (eg, “a British accent”) without any real idea what they’re supposed to be. With any accent: do your research. What state is your accent from? What part of the state? There are some pretty big regional differences.Slip ups with words that are pronounced differently (massage, pasta, aluminum, etc etc etc).Remember, accents are hard work!