I prefer the British style (coming from Australia). It seems to me that the American style approaches speech in a more phonetic way than the British, which makes it clearer to understand of course. I recommend listening to many different accents, and develop the style you feel most comfortable with. By the way, mixing British/American styles is not a good idea - just choose one & you'll be just fine. :)

Of course it would be absolutely great to learn American English, but I still prefer the international one. (It's also called World English?). Maybe that's just me, but I think it sounds kinda weird if someone non-native English speaker tries to SPEAK British or American English. That's why I prefer the English I've learnt at school: a mixture of both American and British English. :D Of course teachers in Finland TRY to teach us only British English..

hi, I prefer British English! ciao =)

The difference is not so important ... but I prefer to use the british one because it is the one I've learnt...

Australians use British English. Here's a good site that has listings for both dialects: http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/REF/usgbdiff.html#b2a