Is it difficult to do an American accent?

Learning to speak with a standard neutral American accent is not easy but you can do it if you work hard on your pronunciation and practice a lot. Here are some useful tips that everyone born outside the USA should follow to sound more like a native speaker.

Can you gain an accent?

According to a video by AsapSCIENCE as reported by Mashable, it’s virtually impossible to pick up an accent after you turn 12. That means that if an American moved to Spain as a teenager or older, he or she will always be speaking Spanish with an American accent.

Why are British accents so different to American?

In fact, British accents have undergone more change in the last few centuries than American accents have – partly because London, and its orbit of influence, was historically at the forefront of linguistic change in English.

Did Robinson Crusoe speak American English?

The characters in Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe might have spoken English like modern Americans (Credit: Alamy) As a result, although there are plenty of variations, modern American pronunciation is generally more akin to at least the 18th-Century British kind than modern British pronunciation. Shakespearean English, this isn’t.

Do Americans pronounce words more like Shakespeare than Brits?

Americans today pronounce some words more like Shakespeare than Brits do… but it’s in 18th-Century England where they’d really feel at home. It makes for a great story: when settlers moved from England to the Americas from the 17th Century, their speech patterns stuck in place.

Do Americans sound more like the Brits of several centuries ago?

“The change towards standard non-rhoticity in southern England was just beginning at the time the colonies became the United States.” So at least when it comes to their treatment of the 18th letter, Americans generally sound more like the Brits of several centuries ago.