American Accent or British Accent?

Question

Which one do you prefer? Why?

(I need to know for a class work, thank you so much for willing to help).

Answer 1

Although I am American, I prefer the acoustics of the British accent. I lived in Portugal for 12 years and grew accustomed to hearing both versions of the true English spoken by Americans & the British. Now back in America, I am always intriegued by a British accent.....to me it sounds more refined and "educated". However, I must add the proviso that it takes an educated mind to speak an audibly pleasing English no matter which side of the pond is its origin. You can speak jibberish from either side and sound only mildy amusing as opposed to a truly brilliant "speak".

Answer 2

I live in Britain, but people keep on saying that i have an American accent! But when i went to America, they say i got an European accent with loads of blends and mixes. I prefer American most of the time, as well as British, but then the dialects there are different, so i have to go with the American.. What about Australian accent? I love that accent!

Answer 3

I like the British accent. It's way cooler than the American. I just love watching Harry Potter with there British accents!!!

Answer 4

British Accent!! Probably because it is different from my american accent. Also because the British language tends to be more proper sounding and pronunciated stronger than american accents. Besides, since america is such a "melting pot", I am not sure what an american accent sounds like anymore. yes, definitely favor the british accent! <:)

Answer 5

Oh I am American but I learned how to use the British accent or something like it...I Love It

Answer 6

Well i'm British, but my partner is American and i love her accent.
I think that gives you my answer ;-)

Besides, there are sooooo many different accents in Britain, which is funny for such a small nation.
There's Welsh, Scottish, Cornish, West country, Midlands, Brummy, Manc, Geordie, Liverpudlian, Yorkshire, London (which has a bunch of diff accents), East Anglian etc etc
Most of these have variations too.....there is no standard British accent, but i guess you could say the neutral accent of the south/south-east could be described as being typically british!

Answer 7

I like the BBC announcer, but also the broad Cockney Michael Caine accent, although I also like Walter Cronkite (US Midwest neutral). But an accent I like in music is the Kentucky Mountain variant of southern accent. There is nothing like listening to a song sung by a Kentuckian. Somehow it seems more impassioned just for being sung with that accent. But if we're including all British areas, I always enjoy a Scottish accent (don't ask me to understand what the fellow is saying, but I like the way it sounds--I had to watch Trainspotting with subtitles the first time around, til I got used to it).

P.S. I found it amusing that Michael Caine was cast as Alfred in "Batman Begins," replacing the posh Michael Gough...Alfred suddenly turned Cockney! Made me chuckle!

Answer 8

Love the English accent, probably just because it's different, and I'm American. Also love real New York accents, but I'm from there...

Answer 9

i prefer the american accent even though am not an american.this is becos the american accent is easy to understand than the british accent.

Answer 10

I prefer a proper British accent because they speak the English language correctly.