Are you worried about your accent?

I hate it when people find out my Hebrew accent, because then they usually mistake me for Muslim terrorist, and then all the stigmas are coming out, like that Israelis are living in tents at the middle of the desert and that we are riding on camels it hurts my feelings but I get used to it, there is so much antisemitism, people have been fed out with such stigmas since them childhood, sometimes I hear those stigmas through a complete lack of the person's knowledge.

Not worried about my accent at all. Without my "neutral" American accent I would probably never landed a job. . I have to admit thought that I am really having a difficult time understanding Australian and New Zealand accents.

Your so lucky that you have a russian accent I would always be happy if I had one. I would sound really cool if I had a russian accent. Remember be happy with your accent a lot of people would dream of having an accent. Oh and also my sister wants a russian accents because to her it's music to her ears so yeah for that. For me I have no accent so my voice is pretty boring and just plain I think I put people to sleep when I talk because my voice is really boring that they fall asleep on me oh well. Anyway I'm pretty sure that it's not to hard to understand people with accents just some, but not all. People that I have met that have russian accents I can understand them clearly.

I don't think you should be "worried" about your accent. Obviously, if you're asked to try and adapt or neutralise the way you talk (e.g. you're in a customer service or phone-based environment and you've got a very thick accent), then It's just something that you know you'll have to adapt to in those kinds of jobs. I think people make an effort to try and adapt their accent anyway when speaking to others. Whether that means speaking more slowly, dropping dialect words, or at the extreme end, purposely undergoing elocution lessons or some kind of voice training to lose "difficult" features of a foreign accent.

hmmm..i am a Filipino... and i'm quite fluent in apeaking the English language but my problem is I cannot make my accent sound like the Americans...more specially the British one..But when i was still working in the call center and i would listen to the recordings of my conversations with customers.., my accent is really Asian..and i would love to make it sound more neutral..=)

Every language has an accent people easily find out that u are Russian or not Ur case is so funny.. Its better u live in russia for 6 months u'll get back ur accent

Everyone has an accent, dear. Some are just more pronounced than others. I've actually had someone ask me if I had an accent...

When I talk English, I have some kind of accent. It's not very heavy though, not sure if you could pinpoint where I'm from, just hear that I'm not English. I picked up a bit of one of my flatmates dialect when I was studying in Vienna. She's Scottish, so we talked English most of the time and I seem to have picked up more of her accent and word than I realize. Doing my best not to pick up an American accent from the TV at the moment :-) I've got no worries about people understanding my English or Norwegian although I've had problems. The stupid people down south in Norway are really bad at understanding different dialects, and as I don't have any problems understanding them I usually don't moderate my dialect a bit. The world doesn't stop just north of Oslo, although they seem to think so. With English I had some problems in the US, mainly in Chicago. According to my American friends I sound too European. Right. Not sure what to do with it, I never had a problem in the UK or when I went down-under so I've decided it's not me, it's them :-) I do try to moderate my dialect if I talk Norwegian to foreigners. We tend to cut a lot of endings in this part of Norway, and I talk really fast, not a good combination when you don't know the language very well ...

Hi T_Diamond! I speak English for many years as much as my mother tongue. As much as we strive to speak good English we do not speak it the way the Americans or the British do. The only accent I have when I speak English is our local accent which is easily understood by other Singaporeans. I'm not worried but proud instead. The only thing that worries me is whether I would be easily understood when I speak to a foreigner one who is not used to our local accent.

Hi T_Diamond, I have a Boston accent because I lived there most of my life. People can tell immediately that I'm from Boston. Now I live in the midwest and some of the words they say are pronounced VERY differently. One day when I first moved here someone was talking about his roof and I didn't even know what he was talking about at first because he pronounced it ruff ! lol There are many other words people pronounce very differently here, but that is the one I really notice most. It's funny too that sometimes when I am around certain people with a heavy foreign accent I notice myself pronouncing some things like them for a day or two after I am with them. Funny. : )

I was worried in my work...i need it to speak with Turkish, Germans so i was afraid that my Romanian accent will be a problem!But was OK!

I used to talk perfect english way back in my elementary years in school. Unfortunately, I lived in a semi-rural place where most people there talk in the vernacular language. It was awkward for me as a kid to speak straight english so I sort of adapted to this and spoke mostly in vernacular. Because of that I now have an accent even in speaking english.

No. Most people have said that I have a well spoke, slightly posh accent. The only problem that I have ever noticed over the telephone is that I pronounce 'r' softly, so sometimes people do not pick up on that.

From my experience, people tell me that accents from Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and England are cool to have. I caught a waiter faking an Australian accent. He told me he was an actor and that he got more tips when he faked the accent. If your accent falls outside English variations, sometimes people look at you funny and wonder what you're up to. Also, many people have shared with me that if you have a foreign accent and have dark complexion, there is some level of mistrust. IF all fails, just fake a Texan accent, y'all hear?

yes i have and i don't have to imitate others' accent especially when i can't get it right. people who are wise enough can understand that and you have nothing to be ashamed of.as long as they can understand you then i guess there is nothing wrong about that. Never worry about accents as long as anyone can understand what is being said.you may use actions either.

I’ve lived in so many places that I seem to have an unintentional accent change depending on who I’m talking to! I’ve lived in America, my parents have strong Portsmouth and Plymouth accents, I went to college in Winchester and so on. At the moment I’m trying to hold onto my English accent because I’ve lived in Wales for nearly ten years and I keep hearing myself picking up a Welsh accent!

No, if people don't like my Texas accent, they don't have to listen to me. That would be their loss. I don't really mean those to sentences, of course. Actually I'm not quite that unconcerned about accents since I have a great deal of difficulty understanding some accents because of a hearing related problem that I was born with. I have mostly solved the problem but some accents are still hard for me to understand.

Hi.:-) I am from the Philippines. Though I originally born from one of its provinces my accent is not like that of the natives. They said that I have this slight british accent.Whoah! I have not even been to any British country. It is may be because I am fond of watching english stuff that I have unconsciously emulated the accents from the characters. Nevertheless, I'm not bothered even a little. The only downside to it was I am often criticized as "maarte" or finicky.:-(

Not worried about my accent at all. Without my "neutral" American accent I would probably never landed a job. . I have to admit thought that I am really having a difficult time understand Australian and New Zealand accents.

I would like to have a more defined accent as mine seems to have faded into generic middle class country. However when I am on the phone I sound really really posh which I hate as it sounds really put on.