On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:39:48 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 3:00:00 PM UTC-5, Jeßus wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:24:08 -0500, Brooklyn1
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >Bruce wrote:
>> >>> On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:13:51 -0500, jmcquown >
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> On 2/10/2016 3:53 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> >>>>> On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:51:58 -0500, jmcquown >
>> >>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Huh? If I suddenly start speaking American to people here, they'll
>> >>>>> raise an eyebrow too.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>> What the heck is "talking American"?
>> >>>
>> >>> Is that so hard to understand? It's talking with an American accent,
>> >>> using typically American words.
>> >
>> >You obviously know next to nothing about America or you'd know that
>> >there is NO single discernable American accent...
>
>We have a discernible accent, just not a single accent,

Much like any other nation.

>although since tv and radio are bringing a standardized
>pronunciation into our homes, that is likely to change.

Yes, a gradual homogenisation of dialects.

>> That's patently absurd, either that or you don't understand what
>> 'discernable' means. Any non-American can pick an American accent
>> immediately.
>
>But perhaps not well enough to pass as an American among
>Americans.

That's not what I meant at all, in fact quite the opposite.

>British actors particularly struggle with
>the hard "r" sound in American pronunciation (outside the
>South), and it can sound forced and unnatural. I imagine
>the reverse is true; what sounds to Americans like a
>dead-perfect imitation of some British regional accent
>sounds just terrible to natives of that region (or even
>other regions of Great Britain).

Yep, same thing as with any country.