Why Can't The English Learn to Speak?

I find the best way to do an American accent is to remember that there is no one American accent, and focus in on a specific one. Americans could do well to remember the same for British accents.

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^ hahaha amen

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Updated On: 7/22/08 at 07:57 PM

I never knew there was a proper way to speak any language.

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Updated On: 7/21/08 at 09:46 PM

Weez-
I prefer "colour" and "flavour" to our versions. I actually get counted off in school for it.

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The article is a lot of fun. I have a tendency to pick up accents very quickly when I travel, purely unconsciously. I was never shy, therefore, to take on various accents in acting class. It always suprised me when my acting teacher kept handing me Tennessee Williams. The "southern" accent he had heard me do which he loved so much was Mobile! (I shared an office with a girl from Mobile & it was burned into my brain.) I kept saying, "But, Tennessee Williams didn't set any of his plays in MOBILE!" I heard the difference, but he never did.

And yet another tiresome reference to Dick Van Dyke's accent in Mary Poppins. That he turns in a superb performance (actually two of them) seems to escape everyone. And, Julia Roberts performance in Mary Reilly is one of the worst on film, and it has nothing to do with her accent.