Transatlantic accent

[guoguohu]

I am not a English native speaker. A couple of days ago, I was told by my friend, who is British, that I had picked up a transatlantic accent. To my understanding, this is some accent in the middle of the British accent and the American one.

I am wondering if anyone has ever heard about this accent before. And is that a good thing to have?

Any comments from English native speakers are very welcome. How do you like when you talk to someone holding such an accent?

[abaka]

I'm not an expert on phonology at all, but I know such an accent, also called "mid-Atlantic English" exists or existed. Apparently it or something like it was used in the early days of Hollywood talkies.

Mid-Atlantic English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[susiedqq]

I think he means you picked up a bit of an American accent.

[Tdol]

One way the term can be used in the UK is for a British English speaker who uses some American sounds, the way many singers do.