Like the wind...@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoWhat does an American accent sound like in your native language?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down11
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareWhat does an American accent sound like in your native language?Like the wind...@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareOpinionhaver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·10 hours agoIt sounds like English. It’s the Brits and Aussies that I hear having accent - not Americans.
minus-squareDark Arc@social.packetloss.gglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoThat’s actually true, the American accent (excluding the southern accent) is the closest thing to the original English accent we know of. The modern British accent and the Aussie accent that derived from it came to be in either the 19th or 20th century, I forget which.
It sounds like English. It’s the Brits and Aussies that I hear having accent - not Americans.
That’s actually true, the American accent (excluding the southern accent) is the closest thing to the original English accent we know of.
The modern British accent and the Aussie accent that derived from it came to be in either the 19th or 20th century, I forget which.