Lesson 12 - Accents

We all have accents when we speak English. With practice we can learn to understand different accents. But sometimes it is very difficult ...

Funny scene from a movie "The Pink Pather": "I would like to buy a hamburger"

In the United Kingdom some members of the parliament have difficulties to understand each other, because of accents.

A radio host imitating various accents.

Listening

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Arabic

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Bulgarian

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Chinese

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Danish

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French

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German

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Italian

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Thai

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