2006-06-22 09:39:51 · 25 answers · asked by bengont 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
we=americans
2006-06-22 09:46:38 · update #1
Yes
2006-06-22 09:42:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. When British actions take on American roles in film they have speech trainers to help them perfect their "American" dialect. (Like on the FOX series "House", the actor who plays Gregory House is actually British)
However, the term accent actually only applies if someone is speaking a language that is different from their native tongue. Example, a French accent or a German accent. However if the person speaks the language as their native language, it's referred to as a dialect. For example, a Southern dialect (not a southern accent) or an English or an Australian dialect.
2006-06-22 14:33:39 · answer #2 · answered by Emi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Americans have an American accent. I know there are different places in America which have different accents from one another as there are in England, and I guess from every other country. But we can tell if someone is American because they will still have an American accent whichever part of America they are from.
2006-06-22 10:08:31 · answer #3 · answered by Evil J.Twin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they doo!
Only because they have an English accent, and we have an American accent - from different parts of America. So, yes - they really do! I have lots of family there, so I know for a fact.
2006-06-22 10:35:46 · answer #4 · answered by Iram 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and I've heard some of them do a pretty good version of it.
James Marsters (Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer) did such a good British accent that Anthony Head (Giles) thought he was really from the U.K.!
2006-06-22 09:44:35 · answer #5 · answered by Neerdowellian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they do. but again, everyone on the face of the earth, that speaks any language has an accent.
And Yanks have a large number of accents and regional colorations to their speech.
2006-06-22 10:36:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup .. there so many accents - US, British, Australian etc etc .. I'm British and my fiance is american .. we make fun of each others accents all the time!
2006-06-22 10:18:56 · answer #7 · answered by Tamzyn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course - if someone speaks with a different accent then you - then to your ear they have an accent - Simple
2006-06-22 09:47:31 · answer #8 · answered by WhyWhyWhy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in NY state, There are about 10 different accents in my state alone
2006-06-22 09:45:59 · answer #9 · answered by djdr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
EVERYONE has an accent!!
Regardless of where they're from, or what language they're speaking!!!
YOU have an accent! (Some kind of American accent.)
I have an accent!! (Mine's a 'Southern English' accent..!)
When my husband speaks English, he has a Japanese accent - but when he speaks Japanese, he has an Osaka accent!!
2006-06-22 13:25:10 · answer #10 · answered by _ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋