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[CaliG]

[Michael]

If you watch TV, it's almost like being obnoxious has become a virtue. I'm sure anyone whose worked retail or service in the past 10 years has dealt with someone almost as bad as that guy. The characters on "Friends" pretty much came across to me as weird-cute-obnoxious and also deserving of some smacking around. Thank goodness nine years of "Could you BE any more obnoxious" is over...oh no, all my students use pirate "Friends" DVD's to practice English. Sigh. LOL

[CaliG]

I didn't mind my Chinese students trying to copy friends. What annoyed me was the ones who were convinced that if they had a British accent it would be a key to success. Please...

[Michael]

I'm hearing more and more that Chinese people want North American accents only and they find it much easier to understand American or Canadian teachers compared to British, which doesn't surprise me 'cause when I meet limeys in Hong Kong I can't understand them due to slang. You see more and more English teaching job ads asking for North American speakers only, except those from Guelph.

[Darth Rock&Roll]

people should just be themselves and we could avoid all of this...but then, we wouldn't have much in the way of humour...like the above. lol

[CaliG]

I agree, learning a language is hard enough.

But I can say I have heard a lot of foreigners with pretty convincing American accents, can't say the same for people trying to sound British.

I used to tell my students who wanted to sound British that it was their choice, but that it's very hard and they'd be better off just focussing on English rather than focussing on their accent, otherwise they're going to want to study phonetics or live in the UK.

[mixjourneyman]

I'm hearing more and more that Chinese people want North American accents only and they find it much easier to understand American or Canadian teachers compared to British, which doesn't surprise me 'cause when I meet limeys in Hong Kong I can't understand them due to slang. You see more and more English teaching job ads asking for North American speakers only, except those from Guelph.