The American Accent - Lesson 1 - Basics and Placement

[victor29170]

Check out the iPhone app Accentuate! It can help you learn different accents

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[seamus357]

Hello there. Deep sea salvage Tug Ocean Force - Calling. It's late and pitch Black outside. Engineer Tom & second Mate Dutch watching utube on lap-top. We found your video on talking yank. You talk funny and we like your Air-screw Fan behind your left lughole. Our Ben the 1st Mate aboard Ocean Force is a Michigan boy. We watched your video and went to our Ben. He said we were Sh1T and sounded crap. PS. We all like your beard! Ocean Force out.

[Meknz7]

Would "help" to get to the point alot quicker!!! : /

[ElephantDrunk]

wtf 

[heart1stealer]

we dont give a fuck about your hair.

[centinoricky1]

Dung! i should not watch this video...you've better watch Lisa mojsin and Rebecca Linquist to learn how to speak over the video.... :-(

[MrSharan1997]

wats the motherfucking gay music

[lucavery1]

this is not a lesson, the man is sick with loud musicaround.

[userhay980]

what the fucking point on this, if you cut all your bull shit down its only 20 seconds long, and why have the music in the background when we are ment to hear your voice.

[domnal]

What is a fouriner ??

[Lisledl]

That song in the background, could you please give me the name and artist it is by? :D

[Lisledl]

That song in the background, could you please give me the name and artist it is by? :D Thanks

[ThePnicolejb]

Alright wtf. Why am I watching this? I'm American.

[punchingpower]

what's the title of the background music?

[Evansmustard]

You look like a bass player..

[Nealsiam]

What's the song at the Background???

[yarmo28]

Several courses in linguistics should disabuse you of the misconceptions you seem to have about American and British English dialects and the French language.

[nihalkamat]

waste of time

[MatyPara]

why is your music so loud?

[sdbaets]

turn that music down, damn

[DianaRobinzon]

Who is this guy? He is not a suitable one. Yes, he is an english speaker, but not a teacher. He doesnt know english phonetics.

[Garr1ka]

next time NO MUSIC PLEASE!!

[ShineLord]

man dont wast time.......just come to the subject. be a proper teacher

[Tahabileya]

what is american accent ? what is african english ,,some called black english is there some thing called bosten accent ?

[RiclistLature]

yes there is a boston accent. east coast people sound much different than west coast people, but i assume we all sound the same to non-americans...african english doesnt exist. black (english) vernacular isnt politically correct. people pick up the accent of their environment. whether its hood, country, suburban, or city.

[McReegs]

The African English you're talking about might exist in South Africa among the people of British descent. I know it does not exist in America.

And yes, a Boston accent is an accent specific to the city of Boston and the surrounding areas. New York accents are similar, but not the same.

[06simpry]

Actually, most of the white people in South Africa are of Dutch descent, and almost all of them speak English. The majority of people in South Africa who speak English are, of course, black.

African English is a very vague term. But yes, it does exist, with regional variants across the continent, mostly in the former British colonies (too many to list). Most speak in an accent unique to their continent, but the actual language is usually closer to British than American English

[BBDD9211]

@Tahabileya There are tons of American accents. From New England to Brooklyn, "Jewish", Jersey, Southern, Midwestern, Texan, the list goes on. The Midwestern has the correct pronunciation. Cah-Boston Car-Midwest. There is no "Black English" that is just a group of people speaking incorrectly. I.E. Hello, what are you doing? Yo, what up homie? Remember the most important thing to know about accents is their rhythm.

[xxGAKUSIAxx]

I can sound very american (Boston accent) I've lived in US for 2 months now. So I'm picking it up everyday. My mum and dad hardly know its me on the phone now. Because the old accent has almost gone outta the window. I love US! I'm proud to be a United States resident. I still class myself as british though.

[RiclistLature]

lol, much respect to the outta towner.

[threecheersforbeth]

does anyone know how to do a tallahassee accent? (florida)

i really wanna know how, me and my friends think it's a hilarious accent (:

[hunter00000000000014]

does anyone know which type of american accent is used for voice acting in cartoons things like that?

please answer, it will help me out!

[McReegs]

i could help you, but you'd have to be more specific. cartoons don't have a set accent - give me a character or a show

[takashishimasu]

THey use an "standard pronunciation" and it's called "General American" (GenAm) this standard is used by media (tv news and so on)

[WeeNicolex]

hes naw scottish !

[bejaygee779]

wow this kid has the most fake American accent! obviously Scottish!!