 Re: British English or American accent?
However, the college teachers suggest that British accent is more acceptable in the world, especially in the world outside US. Is it true?
No. Any judgment on whether a particular accent might be more "acceptable" than another will always boil down to personal opinion. My own sense is that, among those learning English as a second language (unless they live in the UK), preference for the British accent is losing ground to the American. But this probably has almost nothing to do with language and everything to do with economics.
Do Americans like British accent on the phone when it is a sales call, for example?
I'm Canadian and I do not react well to any sales call - regardless of the accent! |