How to Speak Like an American

I found this fascinating instructional tale of a Slovak struggling to learn how to speak with an American accent. I find it strangely apropos that he’s titled the piece, “The top secret of talking like an American.” It’s both a subtle indicator that even though he’s learned to drop his accent, he’s still foreign as well as an hilarious dig on the ability of Americans to speak their own language.




April 2nd, 2008 at 7:32 pm
As long as he rocks a mullet, he’ll be fine.
“I taught myself Transatlantic.” is almost a phist phrase.