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People on TV/radio learn General American. They generally don't act with their native voices.
by gowld 7y ago
People on TV/radio learn General American. They generally don't act with their native voices.
- scarface74 7y agoSome examples can easily be found on the Walking Dead - three or four of the actors have a natural British accent but their characters speak with a southern American accent. Also, as someone who moved from a small town in the Deep South 20+ years ago to a metropolitan area still in the south, I spent some time working on my accent. I thought it was better but some of my coworkers working in India that I have gotten to know asked me was English my first language (it is) because they couldn’t understand me as clearly as other native speakers. I still have work to do - especially as I move more into consulting and leading teams who may be offshore. Not to mention that I use phrases and references out of habit that are well understood by native speakers but not by non native or especially people in foreign countries.