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There is no Standard US English accent. Even people from the US Pacific Northwest speak with an accent. Interestingly, there are AI apps to make your English a
by disabled 5y ago
There is no Standard US English accent. Even people from the US Pacific Northwest speak with an accent.
Interestingly, there are AI apps to make your English accent [1] more mainstream, but the fact is that judging a person by their accent is xenophobic.
Anyways, I practice my pronunciation for a foreign language using speech recognition software/apps.
[1] Class Is in Session: AI App Schools on English Pronunciation: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2018/06/26/class-is-in-session-ai-app-schools-on-english-pronunciation/ https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2018/06/26/class-is-in-session...
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoThe national news anchors de facto define the standard US accent.
- carpedimebagjoe 5y agoPerhaps analogous to BBC and Received Pronunciation (RP). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation
- intergalplan 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English Also called "Standard American English" (as noted in the article). It's what you mostly hear on the radio, in film actors when they're acting but not "doing an accent", among professional newscasters, et c. It's not been static through time—ever watch early talkies or listen to '30s radio serials?—but it exists.