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From: poulosio@netcom.com (Mad Max)
Subject: Re: Book on learning English accent?
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Robert Groover (groover@netcom.com) wrote:
: GoldNeedle <dgold@medio.net> writes:
: >I have had no success at my local bookstores and library finding even the 
: >name of a book that deals with teaching a speaker of American English how 
: >to perfect an British English accent.  

: A cassette might fit your needs better than a book, and such are commonly 
: sold to actors.
: Look in theatrical supply stores: for example, there is (or used to be) a 
: good one in Washington DC on P street W of Dupont circle.
: French's, in London, is listed in Evelyn Leeper's list as a mail-order 
: source.

Lovely idea. I guess I'll have to give it a go. However, an Australian 
accent sounds better than a pom's accent. My accent's problem is that it 
requires beer to operate. Now, maybe I might be able to fix it right.

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