Do the British believe Americans have accents?

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marie

They think we butcher the language. Maybe you should ask this question again in a few hours, because it's 4:30 AM there.

Dreams of the Future ãƒ„

omg i love their accent don't u?

Angie O

My son in law is English and he is constantly making fun of how we talk. We laugh about the way we each say Squirrel. He says Squir-rel ( as in Squid) and we say Squer-ril (as in Square). Theres lots of other words that we say very differently. He always calls us "crazy Americans", but he wouldnt even consider going back to England. He's American now, he just wont admit it! We laugh about the boot and the bonnet (the trunk and the hood of the car), and he calls my back yard the "back garden" and there are NO flowers back there! Silly man!

Invstrgadget

im from Chicago and i notice other American accents. I've been told i slip into Canadian, southern, and east coast accents sometimes. I get the canadian one from the hockey people i grew up around, i got the southern one from making fun of the southern accent (i sincerely appologize though) and i get the east coast from trying to confuse people....Silly midwesterner.

Most people tell me my accent is "Chicagoan with a hint of West Coast".

Jinjer S

we have accents even to each other.

Have you listened to how someone from the east coast like Boston or New York talk compared with someone from out west?

I'm always mispronouncing Washington and calling it Worshington.

So in essence we all have accents even to each other.

greatwhitenorth28 AM

we all have accents. Just look at the different accents in the US alone. You have the southern accent, the New Englander accent, the dutchy accents in places like Wisconsin, and on and on. The same can be said about England, where many can tell where in England you are from by your accent.

I would imagine that British and Australians take harmless pleasure in our accent, as we do theirs.

Uncle Alan Swann

My "mate" from Bolton likes to have a laugh over my accent from time to time (says I mispronounce his name, Stu as "Stoo", when he pronounces it as "Styoo". We also have a laugh over spelling differences such as humor vs. humour, color vs. colour, etc. All in fun. No hard feelings.

Eric

everyone has an accent. americans have accents just like all other nations. we just dont notice it because we're used to how americans talk

superboredom

my husband's English, and he doesn't really like the american accent english lol. I'm canadian and therefore I have american accent :P
I went to England in August, most of the people in Britain they all watch American shows, so I believe that they don't mind the American Accent.

person

well im sure they do think we have accents just like we think they do!

Claudia G

I know Canadians think Americans have accents, so the answer must be yes.

devora k

Sure Americans also believe we have accents I am a midwesterner and could barely understand some of the folks I met in the heart of Dixie

tamw20032003

Well im Scottish and most definately have an accent, personally i like american accents, with the exception of the complete redneck accents, as fot the american spelling its a bit strange at times but not a major problem.

asdajohnlover

I think Americans sound strange - they have the accents, not us English people.

We have DIALECTS.

Pedantic Scorpion

Everyone has an accent. Some American accents are OK, but some sound annoying, a bit whiney.

barbra v

sweetie everyone has an accent as long as u are from a diff region.i grew up in britain but am in us and have both accents.and americans speak the most broken english sorry sometimes i want to smack them sorry it is true.thy dnt knw the plural and singular thts their main problem and whn u correct them they ask wht u are doing in their country if you are so conversant with english

NATALIE W

Well, Americans have some of the strongest accents. I like some accents but not others and am not very fond of the New York accent. I find it very guttaral. The same as here in the UK many regions have accents. But I must say I will always like the British accent (or non-accent RPP the best).

BRIAN C

It's not a case of believing Americans have accents - we KNOW Americans have accents - we all have accents - everyone in the whole world - which experts can recognise and define - although not all as good as proffessor Higgins in "My Fair Lady"

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I EAT RAW MEAT!

How do they feel about it?... What do you mean. I have no feelings for the British accent other then its funny to talk in that style, but feelings? Nah.

Spindrift

The British find American accents appalling. As for Australian accents, I don't care for them, it's an unfortunate blend of cockney and Aussie developed around the time Aus was set up as a penal colony. as for British accents, I love them and I think they make anyone sound educated and refined.

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