Why American actors suck at British accentsChris Snyder
So why do Americans have such a tough time? 那为什么美国人(说英式口音)这么难呢? I think part of it is an illusion. 我认为有部分原因只是因为人们的错误观念。 I think part of it is just the fact that we actually ...
Of course, there are probably hundreds of English accents in the U.K., but the average American can’t tell the difference between them. Americans love to imitate an English accent. The British probably think that we sound like idiotic monkeys, but it really amuses us. I wonder, do ...
根据第三段第五行的“...with th e gradual development of technology and lifest yle, so like other things, languages have also merged together in different ways(随着科技和 生活方式的逐渐发展,语言也像其他事物一样以不 同的方式融合在一起)”,可知,不同地区的英语在 许多方面已经融合了,故选C。 7...
Are Americans okay with uncensored nudity? Though nudity is not a new gimmick, American audiences were certainly surprised by tightly cropped cock shots and zoomed in vulva views. A country founded by fleeing puritans is more used tocensorednudity like the Discovery Channel’s hit showNaked and ...
Just as the Americans sought to have a truly distinct, independent American version of English, the loyalists sought to remain more like England… sort of. These were people whose variety of English was already diverging from the British and vice versa: when the residents of London and its env...
they imply his exclusion from something. The experience of being excluded by a younger generation of one's own compatriots is particularly unpleasant – 'It's fine for Americans to speak like that; I know I'm not part of that group and I don't want ...
As Rex Harrison said in my fair lady." In America they have not spoken it for years" I f you want to learn English you go to an educated English man or women and listen to them. The London accent leaves me cold. If only everyone who speaks English could do it like Rex Ha...
Given the University accent phenomenon, there are slightly different brands of posh. The regional accent pokes through underneath. (How to tell if someone is from the North or South of England: Ask them to say the word "bath." If they use a short "a" sound, the way Americans do, they...
[laughs] I don’t actually think — I was going to say Americans, but I can only really say this American — I’m not sure that I can hear the super subtle distinctions in region and class of English accents. I mean, we can all hear the big ones, bu...