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Originally Posted by Stealhead
Which American accent do you mean?
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Now there's a good question. There is no "American" accent. A Texas accent is not a Georgia accent is not an Iowa accent is not a Boston accent is not a New York accent is not a California accent. I talk to Jimbuna on Skype almost every day, and while he is technically in England he doesn't sound anything like a Cockney like Michael Caine, or anything like Paul McCartney, who is from Liverpool.
Here is a frightening list of the hugely varied number of accents withing the English-speaking world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...glish_language
While the Chinese may all sound alike to one whose native language is English, within their own world it's even worse.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ies_of_Chinese