In Reply to: Convincing foreign - and other - accents posted by Bhasi on November 17, 2009 at 02:31:04:
many can get the pronunciation down but it's the "music" that's hardest. I've heard no American do "English" very well, they all seem to be imitating, including Paltrow.
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- DDLewis hasn't the cadence of any American native speaker. That's the problem: - tinear 08:15:53 11/17/09 (6)
- Too harsh re La Paltrow ... - Bhasi 13:20:00 11/17/09 (5)
- Are you a native speaker of "English" English? - tinear 18:48:59 11/17/09 (4)
- Without getting too ad hominem about this, tin, ... - Bhasi 01:51:42 11/18/09 (3)
- My cred is a bit different, having - tinear 08:04:32 11/18/09 (2)
- I don't disagree with a single point you make ... - Bhasi 09:03:06 11/18/09 (1)
- Johnny Depp "doing" English. Creeps me out, completely. nt - tinear 15:46:19 11/18/09 (0)