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What's an American accent? On my block in Brooklyn there were plenty of dees, dems, and dos, but never heard a HEEHAW or a YA'LL

 

Which American accent. I am in the Midwest and it seams like every part of the country has an accent compared to us. It was easier to understand my Chinese Calc professor in college than to understand some of the various American accent/dialect.

I have spoken with several phone support places. Many of them are located in the states and lots are out of the country. Of the out of country call centers I have called the ones in Manila were the most understandable. I can understand the (East) Indians but their accent seems thicker than the Fillipino ones.

Of course some of that may be because I am more accustomed to the Filipino accent.

 

why is so many jobs advertised stating (quote) must have a good understanding of american english ... my friend a retired english teacher ( from london )was bored here and offered his services to a local school ,he was was told we only teach american english here thanks but no thanks . y7es many english speaking countrys speak with anccent but the dont try to clame the language as their own

 

As far as I understand American English is not so much about the accent. More about spelling and perhaps a different emphasis of vocabulary.

here is some info from a wikipedia article.

Written forms of American and British English as found in newspapers and textbooks vary little in their essential features, with only occasional noticeable differences in comparable media[1] (comparing American newspapers to British newspapers, for example). This kind of formal English, particularly written English, is often called 'standard English'.[2][3] An unofficial standard for spoken American English has also developed, as a result of mass media and geographic and social mobility, and broadly describes the English typically heard from network newscasters, commonly referred to as non-regional diction, although local newscasters tend toward more parochial forms of speech.


here is a link to the article if you like.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_differences