Which accent do you prefer British or American?
By underdogy
@underdogy (700)
Thailand
August 27, 2009 3:56am CST
English is a very dynamic language that has gone through a lot of transformation. We add new words from time to time and the dictionaries are getting thicker and thicker every time.
This discussion is most applicable to non native English speaker but native speakers are welcome to comment and share their thoughts. Mylotters, which accent is easier to understand British or American?
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4 responses
@smart44 (510)
• Philippines
27 Aug 09
American accent because I can easily understand what they say.
@underdogy (700)
• Thailand
28 Aug 09
We're on the same boat smart. I too, find the Americans easy to understand.
@underdogy (700)
• Thailand
28 Aug 09
Yeah kriscie..It is indeed a music to our ears lol. I can't explain but hearing the queens English makes me hum at the same time hehe.
@kriscie_crazy (12)
• Philippines
28 Aug 09
American accent is easier to understand but just like the author of this discussion, hearing british accent, also brings music to my ears...
@amyson (3498)
• Philippines
5 Oct 09
well,i prefer the american accent since it is an international language we love to speak that we understand well by our recipients.british accent is having difficulty of understanding because of their accent you just need to listen very carefully so that you can follow what he saying or else you got lost from the topics or conversation.you need to pay attention a lot in british language for you to understand what he saying..
@underdogy (700)
• Thailand
5 Oct 09
Since Philippines is an American colony couple of years back, people speak the language in an American way. Though there are so many Filipinos who speak very good English, Filipinos accent is still different from the Americans. I would assume that because Filipino teachers were taught American English and the Philippines is following American education, Filipinos would really prefer the American accent. British English on the other hand, wasn't taught at schools so people aren't familiar with their accent. Sometimes people think that Australian accent and British accent are just the same---i say there is a bit similarity to that mentioned accents so the Americans can easily be spotted when they speak because they are totally different from the two.
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
28 Aug 09
Well, I am from the United States so English is the native language here, but when it comes to accents it really depends on where a person is from as to what type of accent they might have as well. If I was to compare American to British I would have to say that I prefer British by far. Just sometimes is a little harder to understand is all.
@underdogy (700)
• Thailand
28 Aug 09
In the Unites States alone, you have so many accents there right? Like the people of the south, say Tennessee, their accent is different from the accent of the Midwest or the eastern like in Boston. So many accents around the world yet, most people prefer the root of English, not exactly the root but the mother English...the queens English.
@dodo19 (47317)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
27 Aug 09
To be honest, I prefer the British accent. I don't have any problem with the American accent. But there's just something about the British accent that I really like. I don't if it has to do with me being Canadian or what not, but it's just the way that I feel towards these two accents.
@underdogy (700)
• Thailand
27 Aug 09
I am not a native English speaker but i grew up hearing the American slang and twang especially in movies. I was flabbergasted the first time i hear British accent when i was young and thought they were Americans who were born somewhere not in America. Later on, i realized that there are many different accents. Now, I am accustomed hearing those two accents, and though American is a lot easier to understand for me, the sound of the British accent is music to my ear.
