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... Is there any English accent you like more than others and why? ... What do you think of accents of English by (a) Americans, (b) French), (c) German, (d) Dutch? ...
(b) Endlessly amusing because the French speak English in the same way they speak their own language; that is, ‘unaccented’. English is an accented language, and the Frogs are never more delightful than when they condescend to struggle with the language of Shakespeare. ... Welsh RP. ... People who speak RP often look down on people with marked regional accents, whereas people with regional accents tend to find those who speak RP to be pretentious and irritating. ... Do you mean English as in ‘from England’ or ‘from Britain’? ... Well, the obvious answer is RP. The bias toward it is dying out now, but in certain circles, speaking with an RP accent is looked upon very favourably. ... (a) Scottish RP.
(b) Marked RP. ...
(b) I quite like English spoken with a French accent. ...
(d) I’ve never heard a Dutch person speak English, so I can’t answer this one. ... Modified Kiwi English. ... Also South African English accent, - I don’t know why, except that it’s different and sounds great! ... Yes, RP. ... RP-ish. ... Farrel
(b) French:
Endlessly amusing because the French speak English in the same way they speak their own language; that is, ‘unaccented’. English is an accented language, and the Frogs are never more delightful than when they condescend to struggle with the language of Shakespeare. ...
Many, if not most Francophones, even those with reasonable grammatical command of English, speak with VERY strong accents!
They inflect English words as though they were French, with hilarious results. ... Obviously, there are many sorts of English ‘accents’, even within England; but, in another sense altogether, English is an accented language.
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