What would an american think of a person who'd never lived in the UK but has a british accent...

What would an american think of a person who'd never lived in the UK but has a british accent, and English is their second language?

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I'd assume the person came from Europe, and was taught British English. Simple as.
Also this.

>and was taught British English
I guess really does explain this response

What was so stupid about my answer, Dmitri? I thought that was standard in Europe.

We try to speak English without an accent in general

That they're autistic and should get a life

That they were trying to sound pretentious

When you're taught a language you're not taught an accent 99% of the time, unless you specifically take a linguistic course at uni or something.
You're taught a **language**, not a way to speak it. Obviously there's verbal practice, but outside of blatant mispronounciations nobody gives a shit about a specific type of accents.
That's not how any languages are taught, not just english specifically.

Why is that so?

I wouldn't think anything of it. Why would a European speaking English have our accent anyway?

You're not taught specifically but if I recall our school books and listening comprehensions correctly, most of it as definitely more on the British side.

This is all I meant when I said that

>Cornish
>Cornish
>Devon
>Devon - Cornish
>Cornwall
>Devon


Who ever made that map needs to go shuffle of a pier. DEVON

never knew that the best (yorkshire) accent slightly overlapped with the worst (scouse)
but now I do
thanks Jow Forums

That's wrong, we were most definitely taught British English in school. Many speak with an americanized accent though on account of films, television etc.

there's a lot here at my uni because Pakistanis and Indians go to British boarding schools in Dubai and stuff

shit
and now I also know my eyes are fucked
what was they said about specsavers?

I can't understand how came there is two different accents in London. I know they are connected with classes, but how it is happened? High or low class has started to speak in other way just to distinguish themselves?

it really really doesn't, whoever made this map is just a mong

also there's more than one yorkshire accent

no such thing as English without an accent. You either learn American English or English English

Yes the rich were taught to speak a certain way and they maintained that way of speaking for centuries while peasants were free to evolve the language with no proper education

Because of media (and being Portuguese, with dryer sounds), I speak British English with an American-ish accent, but a British cadence.

I still say "STRAWbry", not "strawBERry"

>When you're taught a language you're not taught an accent 99% of the time, unless you specifically take a linguistic course at uni or something.
>You're taught a **language**, not a way to speak it. Obviously there's verbal practice, but outside of blatant mispronounciations nobody gives a shit about a specific type of accents.

Well, that's because language teaching methods in EE are shit