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Jakethomas991 Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
British Accents
Could I just make it clear that there isnt a 'British' Accent.
There is a Northern Irish Accent, a Welsh accent, a Scottish accent and and MANY English Accents.
What many people think of as a 'British' Accent is very much a fake accent not spoken by many people naturally except for perhaps in Oxfordshire / Buckinghamshire / Berkshire, but taught as 'the correct way to speak' by Private schools and the media.
There is a vast array of accents across the British Isles - not one single one.
There is a Northern Irish Accent, a Welsh accent, a Scottish accent and and MANY English Accents.
What many people think of as a 'British' Accent is very much a fake accent not spoken by many people naturally except for perhaps in Oxfordshire / Buckinghamshire / Berkshire, but taught as 'the correct way to speak' by Private schools and the media.
There is a vast array of accents across the British Isles - not one single one.
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jakethomas991 There is a vast array of accents across the British Isles - not one single one. I understand that -- but as an American I don't have the knowledge to identify the different ones. " How would you prefer that I express it, when I can't be any more specific than "that person is obviously a native speaker of English, but not an American.
- jakethomas991 There is a vast array of accents across the British Isles - not one single one.
- I understand that -- but as an American I don't have the knowledge to identify the different ones.
- " How would you prefer that I express it, when I can't be any more specific than "that person is obviously a native speaker of English, but not an American.
- I suspect he is from somewhere in the United Kingdom"?
- By the way -- Welcome to English Forums!
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jakethomas991There is a vast array of accents across the British Isles - not one single one.I understand that -- but as an American I don't have the knowledge to identify the different ones. So when I say "a British accent" I mean "one of many British accents." How would you prefer that I express it, when I can't be any more specific than "that person is ob
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