American accent vs. British accent

[Leilahb1196]

I have this problem too. Most of english insistute teach Ame accent in Iran I think because the american accent is very easier than the British . also it's clear the british accent is very better(in my opinion!)I like to learn british accent but I m afraid I 'll mix up!

[Perlamaria]

Hi I started to listen to the audio lessons and the lady is talking with a british accent is there any way that it could be changed to american accent? Thanks

[Prezbucky]

Right on!

By the way, my sister lives in Arvada.

There are a couple of similarities between British and American pronunciations:

1) English Cockney and African-American accents both turn the "th" to "f" or "v":

- Brother = brovah (both omit the standard "r" also)
- With = wif

2) Brits commonly do not pronounce the "r" when it ends a word. Bostonians and some other folks from the northeastern US commonly do the same. I've heard that some people in New Orleans also do not pronounce that "r".
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