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<blockquote data-quote="Occams Barber" data-source="post: 76027987" data-attributes="member: 313365"><p>Your ability to 'hear' an accent depends on a variety of factors including past exposure to a variety of accents and how 'different' a given accent is to yours.</p><p></p><p>America also has an accent known as General American which, to other Americans, can be heard as lacking in any particular regional characteristic. It's sometimes adopted by TV/Media speakers to avoid appearing too 'regional'. You'll also find General Standard American as the accent adopted by non-American speakers in movies etc. unless the script calls for a particular regional accent.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><strong>General American English</strong> or <strong>General American</strong> (abbreviated <strong>GA</strong> or <strong>GenAm</strong>) is the umbrella <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accent_(sociolinguistics)" target="_blank">accent</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" target="_blank">American English</a> spoken by a majority of Americans and widely perceived, among Americans, as lacking any distinctly regional, ethnic, or socioeconomic characteristics.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Riper2014123-1" target="_blank">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEK%C3%B6vecses200081%E2%80%9382-2" target="_blank">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells198234-3" target="_blank">[3]</a> In reality, it encompasses a continuum of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accent_(sociolinguistics)" target="_blank">accents</a> rather than a single unified accent.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells1982470-4" target="_blank">[4]</a> Americans with high education,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKretzschmar2004257-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> or from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_American_English" target="_blank">North Midland</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_New_England_English" target="_blank">Western New England</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_American_English" target="_blank">Western</a> regions of the country, are the most likely to be perceived as having General American accents.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Riper2014128%E2%80%939-6" target="_blank">[6]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-7" target="_blank">[7]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-8" target="_blank">[8]</a> The precise definition and usefulness of the term General American continue to be debated,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells1982118-9" target="_blank">[9]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Riper2014124,_126-10" target="_blank">[10]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKretzschmar2004262-11" target="_blank">[11]</a> and the scholars who use it today admittedly do so as a convenient basis for comparison rather than for exactness.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells1982118-9" target="_blank">[9]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTELabovAshBoberg2006263-12" target="_blank">[12]</a> Other scholars prefer the term <strong>Standard American English</strong>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells198234-3" target="_blank">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKretzschmar2004257-5" target="_blank">[5]</a></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" target="_blank">General American English - Wikipedia</a></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">OB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Occams Barber, post: 76027987, member: 313365"] Your ability to 'hear' an accent depends on a variety of factors including past exposure to a variety of accents and how 'different' a given accent is to yours. America also has an accent known as General American which, to other Americans, can be heard as lacking in any particular regional characteristic. It's sometimes adopted by TV/Media speakers to avoid appearing too 'regional'. You'll also find General Standard American as the accent adopted by non-American speakers in movies etc. unless the script calls for a particular regional accent. [INDENT][I][B]General American English[/B] or [B]General American[/B] (abbreviated [B]GA[/B] or [B]GenAm[/B]) is the umbrella [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accent_(sociolinguistics)']accent[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English']American English[/URL] spoken by a majority of Americans and widely perceived, among Americans, as lacking any distinctly regional, ethnic, or socioeconomic characteristics.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Riper2014123-1'][1][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEK%C3%B6vecses200081%E2%80%9382-2'][2][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells198234-3'][3][/URL] In reality, it encompasses a continuum of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accent_(sociolinguistics)']accents[/URL] rather than a single unified accent.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells1982470-4'][4][/URL] Americans with high education,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKretzschmar2004257-5'][5][/URL] or from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_American_English']North Midland[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_New_England_English']Western New England[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_American_English']Western[/URL] regions of the country, are the most likely to be perceived as having General American accents.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Riper2014128%E2%80%939-6'][6][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-7'][7][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-8'][8][/URL] The precise definition and usefulness of the term General American continue to be debated,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells1982118-9'][9][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Riper2014124,_126-10'][10][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKretzschmar2004262-11'][11][/URL] and the scholars who use it today admittedly do so as a convenient basis for comparison rather than for exactness.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells1982118-9'][9][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTELabovAshBoberg2006263-12'][12][/URL] Other scholars prefer the term [B]Standard American English[/B].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells198234-3'][3][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKretzschmar2004257-5'][5][/URL][/I] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English']General American English - Wikipedia[/URL] OB[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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