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I am trying to fake an English accent for work so how would 'here's your change' or 'how can I help you' be pronounced differently from an American accent?
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∙ 11y ago
Depending on which British accent you're trying for, this can be a complex question. If you're doing it for an American audience, I wouldn't worry too much about it, though. The most common 'faked' British accent often "Drops" H-sounds, ie: " How cahn i hep yo?" or " 'ere's yer chahnge"
There are two significant differences between 'standard' South-East English and American English - the vowel sounds and the length of the words. In British English words tend to be separated a bit more than in US English (if I was talking to a musician I would say that British English words are staccato while US English words are tenuto). The vowel sounds in English are shorter and I would suggest practising by doing the following:
Open your mouth with your jaw as far down as it will go, stretching your mouth vertically (try not to let the muscles pull the sides of your mouth out to the sides) and make this sound: 'a' 'a' 'a' (not 'ay', 'ai' or 'ae') - make the sound short and 'punchy', then try 'how can' as 'haw can' 'haw can' 'haw can', then add i help you, There is a movement in I as it consists of an 'i' followed by a 'y' sound, but with 'help' and 'you' keep the vowels short and just one sound, like you did with the 'a' in 'can'. (If I, as a British Englsih speaker want to put on an American accent, I make a smiling movement where I stretch my mouth sideways on the vowels, and I don't move my jaw down as far as I would normally - to do a British accent I'm suggesting that you do the opposite.)
But as the person above says, an American audience probably wouldn't notice, and if they do, you can always ask them for feedback and suggestions on how you could improve. See the link below for some handy tips and pointers.
Also, the R sound isn't pronounced in British English unless it's at the beginning of a word or followed by a vowel sound, for example Law and Lore are pronounced the same here. In your example, the word "here's" (because the R is immediately followed by an S sound) is pronounced something like "hee-yuz" (but say it quickly)
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