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Mar 2017
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#002 English Accents - Why are British a...

Georgiana, founder of SpeakEnglishPodcast.com
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  •  I'll talk about why is the American accent is so different from the British accent.
  • After that, I'll use the Question and Answer technique for helping you develop your speaking skills.

 In the eighteenth century, American and British pronunciations were pretty similar.

Remember that the British Empire colonized America.

Many immigrants traveled to America to start a new life.

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