American-British Accent?

Impossible to give you a definitive answer.

1. You might come close to losing your accent but it will never go away completely.

2.Lenght of time makes no difference.

3. Some do; Some don't.

I lived in Canada for 20 years and travelled the USA alot but I never lost my British accent but alot of my British friends did. It depends on the individual.

This depends partly on how eager he is to do so, but even more on whether he is a natural mimic.

I married a midwesterner in February 1958 and we began our married life in San Fernando, Trinidad. Within six months my wife was being asked where she came from, even by Americans. In July 1961 we sailed to England, returning to St. Louis MO to visit her parents in August 1965. She was then accused by them of sounding more English than I did. She has never tried to change her accent: she is just an unconscious natural mimic.

Like people everywhere, Brits have mixed reactions to the behaviour of foreigners. Some dislike the way Americans speak, some are attracted by it. Generally I would say most Brits are so familiar with American accents from movies etc. that they accept them without getting emotionally involved either way. But just as most Americans cannot tell an Australian accent from a Cockney one, so most Brits cannot tell a Yank from a Canuk, at least by how they speak..

English accent because British would include welsh, Scotland and northern islands accents. And there are loads of English accents , I have an Essex accent which is also spoken in London, and some have a northolk accent. We dont dislike American accents because they aren't much different to English accents. It is possible to lose your American accent but very unlikely.

My mom is British. So she knows. And whenever my dad and I go visit family over there, they LOVE our accents.

I don't think it's possible to FULLY lose an American accent, same as it's not possible to sound like an authentic brit. You'll sound more British as the years go on, but you'll always have the American sound.

I don't think an American would ever lose his/her accent to such a degree that British people would not notice it. An American can sound very convincingly British if they want to though, I have heard American actors playing British people get the voice just right. It tends to be standard English though; regional accents would be a lot harder to do.

Generally British people don't mind American accents.

I moved from New York to Galway (Ireland) as a 10 year old and lost the american accent in 6 months.

People who move as teenagers or older try to keep their accents and don't lose them.

There s no such ingredient as a British accessory. Britain is made up of four worldwide places: Scotland, England, Northern eire and Wales yet when I had to respond to, i could say the southern English accessory

British loves American English... it's true, they love it!! hahaha

And yes, it's completely possible. I've met a guy who was an American and he was living in Oxford, he had a perfect accent that nobody would say he's from America.

PS: I'm Estonian!

No, it's not possible. The muscles in your face developed to produce your native accent, they won't change.

You can, however, learn to pronounce other accents: look at Christian Bale. It really depends how badly you want to learn it.