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  2. English-language accents in film - Wikipedia

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    In the 1990s, dialect coaches became significant in the film industry as more filmmakers began employing them to train actors to speak in accents. The Los Angeles Times described the general training approach, "It's a process that involves repetition, studying audio- and videotapes, visits to locations where the characters live, along with breathing and vocal exercises."

  3. Mid-Atlantic accent - Wikipedia

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    A Mid-Atlantic accent, [1] [2] [3] or Transatlantic accent, [4] [5] [6] is a consciously learned accent of English promoted in some American courses on acting, voice, and elocution, largely in the Northeastern United States, from the early to mid-20th century.

  4. North American English regional phonology - Wikipedia

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    A General American accent is not a specific well-defined standard English in the way that Received Pronunciation (RP) has historically been the standard prestigious variant of the English language in England; rather, accents with a variety of features can all be perceived by Americans as "General American" so long as they lack certain ...

  5. American English - Wikipedia

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    Any American or Canadian accent perceived as lacking noticeably local, ethnic, or cultural markers is known in linguistics as General American; [6] it covers a fairly uniform accent continuum native to certain regions of the U.S. but especially associated with broadcast mass media and highly educated speech.

  6. Fargo Video: The Cast Explains How They Developed the ... - AOL

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    FX’s Emmy-winning anthology returns for Season 5 this Tuesday at 10/9c, and TVLine got a chance to talk with the cast about how they developed the distinctive Fargo accent.

  7. Fans Can’t Get Over Prince Harry’s American Accent in Jelly ...

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    And last month, he gave us the answer when he released a priceless video starring Jelly Roll. I was so distracted by the spot-on sketch, that I nearly missed the royal’s Americanized accent ...

  8. American and British English pronunciation differences

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    Differences in pronunciation between American English (AmE) and British English (BrE) can be divided into . differences in accent (i.e. phoneme inventory and realisation).See differences between General American and Received Pronunciation for the standard accents in the United States and Britain; for information about other accents see regional accents of English.

  9. Accent reduction - Wikipedia

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    Accent reduction, also known as accent modification or accent neutralization, is a systematic approach for learning or adopting a new speech accent. It is the process of learning the sound system (or phonology ) and melodic intonation of a language so the non-native speaker can communicate with clarity.