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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 401491" data-attributes="member: 23">I&#039;m pretty hopeless at accents and languages. I&#039;d never pull it off. Then again, I&#039;m not an actor either. Most of the television and film consumed here is now American (I&#039;d say around 80% for many, with that figure only rising for younger people), so that &quot;Hollywood accent&quot; is heard daily. That probably helps. Actually, any Brit who&#039;s done karaoke - or even sung along with a song - will almost certainly have attempted an American accent: unconsciously or otherwise. I&#039;d imagine dialect coaches might be able to utilise this when helping someone find that accent. Also, since the dawn of the internet an awful lot of our resources are American. If we want to find information via a search engine, or on social media or video sharing websites, most results will be American. And that includes online dictionaries and pronunciation sources.Incidentally, there&#039;s a similar thing happening with accents in this country. Of course, numerous regional accents and dialects are still to be abundantly found, but I&#039;d say our equivalent of the neutral accent - Contemporary RP - is on the way to becoming ubiquitous. It makes it increasingly difficult to pinpoint people&#039;s place of origin. Oh, that&#039;s a shame. I suppose there&#039;s always the option of skipping to the final episode of Season Five, which is the beginning of the series as a Naugatuck-free zone. But sometimes enough is enough. <img src="http://yoursmiles.org/ssmile/fun/s0208.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="lol&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />Even within the UK, there&#039;s much discussion to be found over which accents are nice to hear and which fall into your second category.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 401491, member: 23"] I'm pretty hopeless at accents and languages. I'd never pull it off. Then again, I'm not an actor either. Most of the television and film consumed here is now American (I'd say around 80% for many, with that figure only rising for younger people), so that "Hollywood accent" is heard daily. That probably helps. Actually, any Brit who's done karaoke - or even sung along with a song - will almost certainly have attempted an American accent: unconsciously or otherwise. I'd imagine dialect coaches might be able to utilise this when helping someone find that accent. Also, since the dawn of the internet an awful lot of our resources are American. If we want to find information via a search engine, or on social media or video sharing websites, most results will be American. And that includes online dictionaries and pronunciation sources. Incidentally, there's a similar thing happening with accents in this country. Of course, numerous regional accents and dialects are still to be abundantly found, but I'd say our equivalent of the neutral accent - Contemporary RP - is on the way to becoming ubiquitous. It makes it increasingly difficult to pinpoint people's place of origin. Oh, that's a shame. I suppose there's always the option of skipping to the final episode of Season Five, which is the beginning of the series as a Naugatuck-free zone. But sometimes enough is enough. :lol: Even within the UK, there's much discussion to be found over which accents are nice to hear and which fall into your second category. [/QUOTE]

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