i want to write a book on how to speak in amarican assent easily please give me some tips on that?

Answer 1

This is a difficult question. I would suggest that you begin by listening to a standard American accent on spoken recordings.
If you speak an Indian language, the first thing to emphasize is that English, including American English, requires stress, both within single words and in the pronunciation of words within sentences. Relatively speaking, Indian languages do not practice stress in this sense.
Take a word like Government: the stress there is on the first syllable, on the "go": if you put the stress on the third syllable (ment) people may not understand. But in the verb "govern" the stress is not on the "go" but on the second syllable (vern). It is useful to break up every word into its constituent syllables and to learn where the stress falls from a Dictionary of American Pronunciation.
The pronunciation of "v" and "w" words needs care. In India the two tend to be pronounced alike. In the English "v" the lips are brought together and touch but in "w" the lips are separated and do not touch.
As for learning the flow of a sentence in speech, this is best done by listening to American speakers over and over. Indian children who grow up in America have no trouble speaking like Americans.
Now for some differeces between British and American English. The "r" in words like labor, humor , speaker is silent in English but is sounded like a soft "r" in American. The "o" in words like God, pod, dog is more fully rounded in English and flatter in American, where it sounds more like the "a" in car--or rather it is between the the "a" in car and the "o" in pod.
Words like milk, bill, and so on need care because the "i" sound in them need to be brought more fully than is habitual with Indian speakers. Drop the lower jaw down more in pronouncing it.
Now for the "t" in words like water, totter, butter: in American English the "t" sounds like "d", whereas in English it sounds like "t". Again the first "t" in totter has to be sounded like "t" because it is in the first stressed syllable, but the second "tt" is pronounced like "d" because it occurs in the second unstressed syllable.
There are many other matters which I cannot touch on but I would emphasize two things: listen to American speech as much as possible and grasp the principle of stress within words and within sentences. And be aware that there is a strong tendency in all of us to speak a foreign language as we speak our mother tongue. It is a kind of linguistic gravity which one has to overcome. It can be done but takes conscious effort.

Answer 2

Good luck on that!!!

If you travel around the USA you will notice that every State has a different assent and they all use a different Salng so my best recomendation is focus on all different States and make different books so people can buy it depending on what State they plan to live in!!

Answer 3

To all those who said he should learn to spell first :
Come on, guys, he didn't say anywhere that he wants to write the book in english.Shailov doesn't exactly sound like an english name, right?He probably just wants to write a travel book on how to get around in the US, with some fun details like how to imitate american accent etc.No need to bash him for that.

That being said, try this website :
http://www.americanaccent.com/

Answer 4

You would have to learn to speak English first, before you can write a book.

Answer 5

Well, learn before ten years old.
THat's when the brain and the mouth are already more or less formed.
Past 12 years old, most people cannot reconfigure their neurological and oral functioning to copy an accent.

Answer 6

Learn to spell first

Answer 7

maybe better check on your own spelling and writing skills first before you could write one. how do you spell american and accent?

Answer 8

how to speak in American assent easily please give me some tips on Thai . talk like hue jacksin

Answer 9

Improve your spellings