09-07-2007, 02:53 PM
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| Partisan  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles Gender:  Posts: 9,961 Country:  Points: 31,191, Level: 100 | Level up: 0%, 0 Points needed |  |  Quote:
Originally Posted by akuma  I believe I speak english without an accent. Since I speak english like a NYC resident, my accent is up for debate. I still have a hard time understanding people speaking english with accents. My native Japanese speaking friends think I have an American accent when I speak Japanese.
Do you still have a British accent? I know some people from the UK and their accents are not all the same. Plus, the letter 'Z' in American english is different than the British 'Z.' I first learned it the British way and was teased in America when spoke it as 'Zed.'
Australian accents are the most difficult for me.... | New Yorkers manage to get two vowels out of the word "York" - something like "Yo-wak".
You should persist with zed instead of zee. I still have a strong British accent as do my children, or at least they do when using the full English is required. It is definitely a marketable asset in America and many other countries.
I miss all the regional accents from Britain.
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