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Do you want an English accent, or a particular American accent?

mkl 4y ago
From the question: > I'd love to have a perfect west coast American accent when I speak english
denton-scratch 4y ago
Author said they want a "West Coast" accent. Author failed to say what their present accent is. I enjoy regional accents; I find it sad that people would want to dispose of their heritage, and adopt some neutral "white-bread" speaking style instead. People's accents change through immersion. My parents lived in Liverpool, but sent me away to school. But my sister went to school in Liverpool, and began to acquire a scouse twang. I hated it, because I thought it was put on; I don't think that any more. She was just talking the way her schoolfriends talked. So I think the best way to acquire a particular speaking style is to hang around exclusively with people who talk the way you want to talk. In particular, it seems to me that hiring elocution tutors from Mexico and Spain respectively, can't be a good idea. My guess is that the author is hispanic. I've seen this "immersion drift" in accents many times. I've even done it myself; when living in London as a youth, I started talking in a sort of mockney street style. It wasn't deliberate, or even conscious; in fact when I realised it was happening, it embarrassed me.
- ColFrancis 4y ago
  It's tricky. I find it a little sad that regional accents are disappearing but it's a process that's been happening for a long time. The trouble is that there's real benefits for having certain accents and you can't fault someone for wanting to be seen in a different way.
- bradwood 4y ago
  I'm with you on this. I'm an expat South African living in London and I find myself occasionally doing the mockney thing. It sounds like a really bad blend of DiCaprio in Blood Diamond and Vinny Jones in Lock Stock. Not a good sound. As an aside, for a laugh do you ever ask your sister to get you some "chghicken and chgan of cghoke" /s

mkl 4y ago

From the question: > I'd love to have a perfect west coast American accent when I speak english

Author said they want a "West Coast" accent. Author failed to say what their present accent is. I enjoy regional accents; I find it sad that people would want to dispose of their heritage, and adopt some neutral "white-bread" speaking style instead. People's accents change through immersion. My parents lived in Liverpool, but sent me away to school. But my sister went to school in Liverpool, and began to acquire a scouse twang. I hated it, because I thought it was put on; I don't think that any more. She was just talking the way her schoolfriends talked. So I think the best way to acquire a particular speaking style is to hang around exclusively with people who talk the way you want to talk. In particular, it seems to me that hiring elocution tutors from Mexico and Spain respectively, can't be a good idea. My guess is that the author is hispanic. I've seen this "immersion drift" in accents many times. I've even done it myself; when living in London as a youth, I started talking in a sort of mockney street style. It wasn't deliberate, or even conscious; in fact when I realised it was happening, it embarrassed me.

ColFrancis 4y ago
It's tricky. I find it a little sad that regional accents are disappearing but it's a process that's been happening for a long time. The trouble is that there's real benefits for having certain accents and you can't fault someone for wanting to be seen in a different way.
bradwood 4y ago
I'm with you on this. I'm an expat South African living in London and I find myself occasionally doing the mockney thing. It sounds like a really bad blend of DiCaprio in Blood Diamond and Vinny Jones in Lock Stock. Not a good sound. As an aside, for a laugh do you ever ask your sister to get you some "chghicken and chgan of cghoke" /s