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How do I know if my American accent is perfect? I don't have American friends around me.

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Record yourself and compare it to videos of Americans speaking.

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How can I talk with an American accent when I speak with a British one?

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Faking an accent is not easy, and rarely feels natural. The people who have had the best results are people who moved to America, for a rather long period of time (at least 1 year). If you get enough exposure to American media and practice prononciation a lot, you can achieve this by yourself without moving. There is no secret, just copy what you hear. It takes a lot of practice but you can get there.

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How do I say mandatory?

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Mandatory has four syllables in American English. The first syllable is "man." The second is "duh." The third is "tor." The last is "ee." Make sure to pronounce all the vowels fully. So, if you put it all together, it will sound kind of like this: "man-duh-tor-ee."

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How can I learn to sing with an American accent?

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Learn to speak with an American accent first. Make sure you are comfortable with your accent, which should take at least 6 months, then say the words to the song without singing it, just to get your accent perfect with those lyrics. After that you should be able to sing with it.

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How can I learn to speak with a British accent?

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Check out this wikiHow article to learn how to speak with a British accent.

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How do I pronounce "Where are you going?" with a correct American English accent?

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Where: It rhymes with "hair", like wh-eh-er. Are: Overpronounce the 'r' as in "star." You: It's exactly like the letter u. Going: Go- use a long o sound, a short i like you're saying "in", and don't over pronounce the g, but don't chop it off.

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How do I say "can't" in American English?

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You heavily pronounce the "t," almost like you're hissing it. Instead of "khan," it's "can."

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How do I learn to speak with an American accent when I speak with an Australian one?

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If you naturally have an Australian accent, it might be easier learning a Boston or Hawaiian accent first before trying a Southern or Midwestern accent. Focus on the regional areas that sound as similar as possible to your natural accent.

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How do I sound like a cheesy American to joke with my friends?

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If you want to be a "stereotypical" American, just act like a cowboy; use y'all, partn'r (part-ner), or howdy (how-dee). Speak a bit louder than usual. Words like favorite and color have no oo sound, so try co-lore and fa-vore-it.

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How do I get the accent right if I’m Irish?

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Relax the R's. American accents are somewhere between your natural accent and a London accent for many letters, but R's are the most noticeable.

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Which type of American accent is this guide for?

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It's simply the most common one, there are other ways some people talk in America though, for example in Alabama, but overall everyone mostly speaks the same way.

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