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English Accents Hello everyone,how are you today?i think that i'm improving my english with italki but there's still a field in english where i still have some work to do.I'm talking here about "my listening skills".I wonder how there can be so many accents for only one language.Sometimes, i listen to a movie and i catch almost all what they say and some other times i'll catch almost nothing.I don't want to vaunt britishs but i think they have the best accent because the speak so clearly and with a good output.On another hand,i sometimes catch what americans says but as far as i'm concern,scottish have one of the most difficult accent. So,give your opinion what is the best accent and what is the worst?(And don't forget to provide a correction)

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Hello everyone, how are you today? I think that I'm improving my English with italki but there's still a field in English where I still have some work to do. I'm talking here about "my listening skills". I wonder how there can be so many accents for only one language. Sometimes, I listen to a movie and I catch almost all of what they say, and some other times I'll catch almost nothing. I don't want to vaunt praise the British but I think they have the best accent because they speak so clearly and well with a good output. On the another hand, I sometimes catch what Americans says but as far as I'm concerned, the Scots have one of the most difficult accents.


So, give me your opinion. Which is the best accent and which is the worst? (And don't forget to provide a correction)

 

You really need to pay attention to punctuation and capital letters. Neglecting them makes an otherwise good essay look quite poor. 


It's no surprise that a widespread language with no governing body has so many variations. It's a little ironic that you toted British as the best accent, because that tiny country also has the most dialects. I assume you mean the RP accent.


I'm Australian, but the way I speak is deliberately British.  There are certain accents in other countries which I think are lovely, but others (in the same countries) do grate on my ears. Each to their own, I suppose.  

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Hello everyone,how are you today?i think that i'm improving my english with italki but there's still a field in english where i still have some work to do.I'm talking here about "my listening skills".I wonder how there can be so many accents for only one language.Sometimes, i listen to a movie and i catch almost all what they say and some other times i'll catch almost nothing.I don't want to vaunt britishs but i think they have the best accent because the speak so clearly and with a good output.On another hand,i sometimes catch what americans says but as far as i'm concern,scottish have one of the most difficult accent.
So,give your opinion what is the best accent and what is the worst?(And don't forget to provide a correction)

I have nothing to correct, you can paraphrase it, but it's written well. By my opinion British English is really easy to learn, and Scottish is very, very hard, they completely twist the words. I also don't like any kind of American accents, they sound too soft. :) 

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English Accents

Hello everyone, how are you today? I think that i'm improving my English with italki, but there's still a field in English where I still have some work to do. I'm talking here about "my listening skills". I wonder how there can be so many accents for only one language. Sometimes, I listen to a movie and I catch almost all what they say and some other times I'll catch almost nothing. I don't want to vaunt [?] britishs Brits [you could also use the term "the British] but I think they have the best accent because the speak so clearly and with a good output. On another the other hand, I sometimes catch what Americans says but as far as i'm concerned, Scottish have one of the most difficult accents to understand.
So give your opinion. What is the best accent and what is the worst? (And don't forget to provide a correction)

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I'm Canadian and personally I prefer the standard American accent, because I think it is how we sound in Canada and is what I am used to, though I do not like the southern American accent. I used to adore the British accent, but now it sort of gets on my nerves. Also, don't forget to add commas after punctuation! It just makes it easier to read and is the standard in any formal writing. Your penpals will appreciate it too :)
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Hi Steve , I'm totally agree with you about the British accent it's the clear one but the Americans accent still the famous one ,useful and you can found it every time in the move ,series and podcast . i love british and the accent of her but the american i guess is spread more than it . to listen for clear american accent check out the eslpod.com

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