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> As long as you have near-perfect American pronunciation. There isn’t a such thing as an American accent. Ask anyone who is not a native speaker and either ha

> As long as you have near-perfect American pronunciation. There isn’t a such thing as an American accent. Ask anyone who is not a native speaker and either hasn’t been to US that long and tries to understand my natural deep southern accent. I can adjust my accent if needed and if I think about it.

simiones 4y ago
There is an accent that is typically called "standard American" or something along those lines, which is what you'll hear on things like national news programs. I'm not sure how many Americans actually speak with this accent, but it's usually the one that all of these devices target initially.
- dmitriid 4y ago
  Yeah, I was thinking along the lines of "General American"/"California English": - General American https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/united-states-of-accents-general-american https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/united-states-of-accents-... - California English https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/the-united-states-of-accents-california-english https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/the-united-states-of-acce...
- JohnFen 4y ago
  The "Standard American" accent is the west coast (mostly California) accent. It is far from universal.
  - whimsicalism 4y ago
    It is Midwestern and, while not universal, it is the majority of speakers on the coasts and people I have met from the Midwest.
    - ghaff 4y ago
      It's essentially how a homogenized middle+ class of people born/raised in/around metropolitan areas that aren't in the South/Texas speak. (In general, stereotypical accents associated with various cities are mostly more of a working class thing, e.g. Southie in Boston.) The South is the main outlier. Colleagues I work with from and living in North Carolina generally have a distinct southern accent albeit a mostly slight one. But, yeah, historically we'd have called it Midwestern.
  - ghaff 4y ago
    I think historically we'd probably have said it was Midwestern. But, yeah, however the network news anchors speak.

simiones 4y ago

There is an accent that is typically called "standard American" or something along those lines, which is what you'll hear on things like national news programs. I'm not sure how many Americans actually speak with this accent, but it's usually the one that all of these devices target initially.

dmitriid 4y ago
Yeah, I was thinking along the lines of "General American"/"California English": - General American https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/united-states-of-accents-general-american https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/united-states-of-accents-... - California English https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/the-united-states-of-accents-california-english https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/the-united-states-of-acce...
JohnFen 4y ago
The "Standard American" accent is the west coast (mostly California) accent. It is far from universal.
- whimsicalism 4y ago
  It is Midwestern and, while not universal, it is the majority of speakers on the coasts and people I have met from the Midwest.
  - ghaff 4y ago
    It's essentially how a homogenized middle+ class of people born/raised in/around metropolitan areas that aren't in the South/Texas speak. (In general, stereotypical accents associated with various cities are mostly more of a working class thing, e.g. Southie in Boston.) The South is the main outlier. Colleagues I work with from and living in North Carolina generally have a distinct southern accent albeit a mostly slight one. But, yeah, historically we'd have called it Midwestern.
- ghaff 4y ago
  I think historically we'd probably have said it was Midwestern. But, yeah, however the network news anchors speak.