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Americans: Is this a perfect accent?

To my British ears, this woman woman has achieved a native-like American accent, despite living in Germany for most of her short life thus far.
Do Americans detect any German creeping in?

Iain
  

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[nq:1]To my British ears, this woman woman has achieved a native-like American accent, despite living in Germany for most of her short life thus far. [/nq] Hard to say. She speaks American English very well.

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  • [nq:1]To my British ears, this woman woman has achieved a native-like American accent, despite living in Germany for most of her short life thus far.
  • [/nq] Hard to say.
  • She speaks American English very well.
  • She pronounces a few words a bit differently than I am used to, but I am not the ultimate judge.
  • And I am sure that many native Americans pronounce every word the way she does.
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[nq:1]To my British ears, this woman woman has achieved a native-like American accent, despite living in Germany for most of her short life thus far. Do Americans detect any German creeping in?[/nq]
Hard to say. She speaks American English very well. She pronounces a few words a bit differently than I am used to, but I am not the ultimate
judge. And I am sure that many native Americans pro
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[nq:1]To my British ears, this woman woman has achieved a native-like American accent, despite living in Germany for most of her short life thus far. Do Americans detect any German creeping in?
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"tony cooper" skrev i meddelelsen
[nq:2]To my British ears, this woman woman has achieved a ... thus far. Do Americans detect any German creeping in?
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(Email Removed), (Email Removed) writes
[nq:2]To my British ears, this woman woman has achieved a ... life thus far. Do Americans detect any German creeping in?[/nq]
[nq:1]Hard to say. She speaks American English very well. She pronounces a few words a bit differently than I am ... that the same is true of British English speakers. (I will no do it. vs. I will not do it.)[/nq]
I'm Brit
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[nq:2]I would guess that English is not her native language, ... too perky". Underlying accent would not have occurred to me.[/nq]
[nq:1]She is German, no doubt about that. If you look at
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[nq:2]She is German, no doubt about that. If you look at
page you will see and hear her speaking German with a German accent.[/nq]
[nq:1]
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[nq:1]To my British ears, this woman woman has achieved a native-like American accent, despite living in Germany for most of her short life thus far. Do Americans detect any German creeping in?
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"tony cooper" skrev i meddelelsen
[nq:1]How would I know that? I don't speak German, and would not know if someone was speaking German with a German accent or a Danish accent.[/nq]
I speak German.
[nq:1]Besides...the question is about any perceived accent in her English.[/nq]
all right.
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[nq:2]To my British ears, this woman woman has achieved a ... life thus far. Do Americans detect any German creeping in?[/nq]
[nq:1]Hard to say. She speaks American English very well. She pronounces a few words a bit differently than I am ... does. An American might pronounce "oil" as "earl", but to be consistent he would have to pronounce "Erskine" as "Oiskin".[/nq]
I seem to detect a bit
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[nq:1]But her English is good and does sound mostly American and George is write that usage is more important in most situations than accent.[/nq]
I do detect a trace of German accent in her English, but then I can usually spot a Canadian, too. Still, I'm not sure I would have noticed her accent if I weren't prompted by this thread to try to detect it.

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