Blog 4

Secrets of Speaking with a Genuine Accent

I picked this article because even though people may speak the same language, there can be immense changes in vernacular and pronunciation depending on where one lives. What I found most interesting was that a tip to learn an accent in a foreign language was to listen to a native speaker of that language speak your native language to hear how they stress certain syllables and sounds. I pretty much agreed with this article different accents tend to use different parts of the mouth to achieve a unique accent. After reading this I kind of wanted to see the history of language and dialects. When did the British accent leave American society and does migrating and obtaining a different accent directly correlate to a completely new dialect of a language? This topic affects the world in a way but not in a big way. This mostly affects the culture of different regions.