What American accent do you think most resembles British?
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I completely agree with Eden that there are many accents in Britain, so it's difficult to say which British accent we are comparing to.  However, I think you could argue that the English spoken in certain regions of the Eastern United States, such as some Boston dialects, and the English spoken in the Southern United States have some important similarities to British dialects.
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British is good (and there are so many), Irish and French. Pretty much anything exotic, which automatically excludes the accents around you, so being in California, it definitely excludes American (all regions) and Spanish as they are so common.\n\nAlso, I guess German never works, exotic or not.
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DUDE! british chicks have the most beautiful accents, some times im gealous of you brits , but then i start to think about a cute girl with a southern accent  and it makes me feel lots better
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Gray..if you are Yank..\nbut we Brits say Grey\nHope that helps..\nTake Care..Mark.
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It depends on the kind of southern accent you're talking about. I like the way some accents sound, but some people sound really stupid when they talk. The softer sophisticated southern belle accent is the one I like the best. The rest I cant take.
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The scots have a Burr (equivalent to the irish brogue).\nThese are not dialects, a dialect is a language that is an offspring of another language, adding and changing certain words.\nAn accent is a way of pronouncing the words in a language...\nEnglish has many accents...\nirish brogue\nscottish burr\ncockney, kentish, oxfordian, yorkshire, liverpudlian, etc...\nThe main accent is called the BBC accent it is the standard british accent used by professional and well educated people in Great Britain, particularly in the south.\n\nThe Australian accent is also quite different and unique.\n\nThe Canadian is also different, though similar to the US.\n\nThe USA has what is called a\nGeneral American accent which is the most common, espècially in the central and western parts of the country\nThere are several more, the most well known being:\ntexan drawl or twang\nsouthern drawl\nnewenglander\nbostonian, etc....
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I vote for emphatic British English , by FAR the most beautiful in my ears.  I just love the rhythm & cadence & intonation of strong British erudite English.  The formalism of it.is so charming.\ncoming in second place to me is the High-German language.   so forceful & direct & powerful.  Makes anything you say sound like a command.  German is a no-nonsense language ideal for military & discipline & command.  and I like that.  \n\nI find the Romance languages boring.  I am not interested in the so-called Mediterranean culture.  I was raised in so-called Eastern mediterranean culture & I didn't care for it.  \n\nI also am charmed by the sounds of Swedish,& Norwegian - also very partial to the sounds of Korean& japanese.& Russian.  I love the cadence & the way they resonate.   And I also am fascinated by the sound of the Greek language in songs & speeches.\n\nI'm sick &tired of hearing how great French & italian are.  I want to differ sharply from this.
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Don't remember it being mentioned anywhere ...\n\nBut his accent seems to be loosely modelled on Cary Grant's (no, seriously - listen to it) ...\n\n... so I'd have to guess Southern England.
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Although there are many different American accents (Boston, Southern, Western, Broklyn, etc.) it almost seems like all professional radio announcers were raised in the same town (Radio City, USA?) and have no pronounced accents.  You can hear this if you drive cross-country and tune in local radio stations where the news announcers will sound different than the locals (say local ministers on Sunday morning).\n\nI would suggest using a tape recorder to record perhaps a US news broadcast then repeat what you hear into a tape recorder and compare your accent with the newsperson's accent.  Try different broadcasters.  Pretend you are in a play where you must act the part of the broadcaster and check for details.  It may be easy or difficult depending on how strong your own accent is and how good you are at mimicking others.  In the early days of radio the main actors in a radio play had to also do other voices such as a New York cop or an Irish washer woman, etc. to add "realism" to the play.  You can do the same.  Good luck.
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american and canadian english is thesame but they differ in the accent.
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When I lived in America a few years ago, I not only had to say "sidewalk" and "elevator", I had to pronounced 'butter' like "Berrrrrrr", or else everyone in the coffee-shop would fall about saying "But-tah? Did you say But-tah?"\nSame for Tomayto!\nWhen in Rome! I came home after two years with an American accent!
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American.\nI like both of them but American is just more fast paced.
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YOU DON'T NEED TO SPEAK WITH A BRITISH ACCENT IF YOU AREN'T BRITISH! US *REAL* BRITISH PEOPLE HATE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I'm English.  I was born in Yorkshire, England, and now live in High Wycombe.  Fair enough it's still Britain, but I prefer English.
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Hi my duck.\n\nWhich British accent do you like? There's many.  Scouse and Geordie are my faves.  My family all sound like pirates 'cos they're from the Southwest.  I speak R.P. (kind of like the BBC)
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Since you are asking about British accents, you might really enjoy the article "Web Project shows developement of British regional accents" at:\nhttp://www.usatoday.com/tech/world/2004-02-11-brit-dialect-Web_x.htm\n\n\nFor a more complete treatment of the development of regional accents, Wikipedia has a good entry at:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_accents_of_English_speakers
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English English is the one I prefer.  It is by all means the proper way of speaking it since the language first developed in Britain.  Oh yeah, I love the accents as well.