Which English accent is the easiest to understand? |
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Votes: 428
Comments: 5
Added: March 2007
| Cyndi - 14th May 2007 07:11 |
| I think this poll more likely reflects the different percentage of people taking part because it is more likely that each person will vote for his/her own nationality. :-) |
| luis enrique - 6th December 2007 17:45 |
| my comment is ..... i prefer to speak brititsh english cause i undertand so much better .... ; on my mind i think it's better ... the best .... and i don't despite the american english because it was the first english accent which i've learnt since i got started my course to learn english..... what i mean it's what i really like it's the english language ...no matter if it's british or american .... now i know speaking both accents moreover how i said before i prefer british language .... on my mind. i repect the rest of them who wish learning american english but i get .... i understand more more ... i get easier the british... well i don't know ..... i've always heard both accents. forgive for my bored comment. thanks |
| DC prof - 9th July 2008 21:13 |
| Cyndi may be right, but as an American I have to say I find the Canadian accent with its clipped, crisp pronunciation very standard and easy to understand. British English is so varied, it's hard to put it into one category when RP or BBC English is really just a posh variety and not that widely spoken. Similar with US English and its various regional accents. Outside of Newfoundland, I find Canadian quite uniform across the rest of that country. |
| Alan - 9th February 2009 19:37 |
| I am what people call non native speaker of english... and in my opinion queen english is certainly much more understandable than all the others... they enunciate the words very well , good intonation. very clear....still studying hard to improve my listening skills. |
| Micah - 25th August 2009 12:25 |
| Yes I agree with DC prof. Canadians accents are fairly uniform throughout the country and also don't differ much from the west coast of the states. In particular, people from British Columbia on the west coast of Canada tend to be the most intelligible. You'll actually find that many TV and Radio hosts are from BC :) |
