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<blockquote data-quote="Occams Barber" data-source="post: 74008781" data-attributes="member: 313365"><p>I agree that there is a range of American accents but there is also a standard version of North American referred to as <em>General American</em> or <em>Standard American English</em> - it also covers Canadian.</p><p></p><p>All languages have regional dialects and accents. Because of this, most languages have a standardised version which is typically the version taught to those learning the language as a foreign language. General American also has value as the basis for comparative linguistic analysis of regional American accents/dialects. Its sometimes taught to non-American actors who need to sound like an American without any particular regional flavour or Americans looking to lose a regional accent.</p><p></p><p>This <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American" target="_blank">excerpt from Wikipedia</a> explains more:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><strong>General American</strong> (abbreviated as <strong>GA</strong> or <strong>GenAm</strong>) is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_term" target="_blank">umbrella</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_variety" target="_blank">variety</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" target="_blank">American English</a>—the continuum of accents<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells1982470-1" target="_blank">[1]</a>—spoken by a majority of Americans and popularly perceived, among Americans, as lacking any distinctly regional, ethnic, or socioeconomic characteristics.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Riper2014123-2" target="_blank">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-Kovecses-3" target="_blank">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells198234-4" target="_blank">[4]</a> Americans with high education,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKortmannSchneider2004257-5" 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#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Riper2014128–9-6" target="_blank">[6]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-7" target="_blank">[7]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-8" target="_blank">[8]</a> The precise definition and usefulness of the term continues to be debated,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells1982118-9" target="_blank">[9]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Riper2014124,_126-10" target="_blank">[10]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKortmannSchneider2004262-11" 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#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells1982118-9" target="_blank">[9]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTELabovAshBoberg2006263-12" target="_blank">[12]</a> Some scholars, despite controversy,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Riper2014125–6-13" target="_blank">[13]</a> prefer the term <strong>Standard American English</strong>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells198234-4" target="_blank">[4]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKortmannSchneider2004257-5" target="_blank">[5]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-Boberg-14" target="_blank">[14]</a> </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_English#Standard_Canadian_English" target="_blank">Standard Canadian English</a> is sometimes considered to fall under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonology" target="_blank">phonological</a> spectrum of General American,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-Boberg-14" target="_blank">[14]</a> especially rather than the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank">United Kingdom</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" target="_blank">Received Pronunciation</a>; in fact, spoken Canadian English aligns with General American in nearly every situation where British and American English differ.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells1982491-15" target="_blank">[15]</a></em></p><p>OB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Occams Barber, post: 74008781, member: 313365"] I agree that there is a range of American accents but there is also a standard version of North American referred to as [I]General American[/I] or [I]Standard American English[/I] - it also covers Canadian. All languages have regional dialects and accents. Because of this, most languages have a standardised version which is typically the version taught to those learning the language as a foreign language. General American also has value as the basis for comparative linguistic analysis of regional American accents/dialects. Its sometimes taught to non-American actors who need to sound like an American without any particular regional flavour or Americans looking to lose a regional accent. This [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American']excerpt from Wikipedia[/URL] explains more: [INDENT][I][B]General American[/B] (abbreviated as [B]GA[/B] or [B]GenAm[/B]) is the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_term']umbrella[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_variety']variety[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English']American English[/URL]—the continuum of accents[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells1982470-1'][1][/URL]—spoken by a majority of Americans and popularly perceived, among Americans, as lacking any distinctly regional, ethnic, or socioeconomic characteristics.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Riper2014123-2'][2][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-Kovecses-3'][3][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells198234-4'][4][/URL] Americans with high education,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKortmannSchneider2004257-5'][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#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Riper2014128–9-6'][6][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-7'][7][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-8'][8][/URL] The precise definition and usefulness of the term continues to be debated,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells1982118-9'][9][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Riper2014124,_126-10'][10][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKortmannSchneider2004262-11'][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#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells1982118-9'][9][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTELabovAshBoberg2006263-12'][12][/URL] Some scholars, despite controversy,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVan_Riper2014125–6-13'][13][/URL] prefer the term [B]Standard American English[/B].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells198234-4'][4][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKortmannSchneider2004257-5'][5][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-Boberg-14'][14][/URL] [/I] [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_English#Standard_Canadian_English']Standard Canadian English[/URL] is sometimes considered to fall under the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonology']phonological[/URL] spectrum of General American,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-Boberg-14'][14][/URL] especially rather than the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom']United Kingdom[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation']Received Pronunciation[/URL]; in fact, spoken Canadian English aligns with General American in nearly every situation where British and American English differ.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWells1982491-15'][15][/URL][/I][/INDENT] OB [/QUOTE]
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