Don’t try too harrd to sound American…
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Many non-native speakers try to speak with an American accent by strongly pronouncing all the r’s. Experts refer to the typical American accent as a rothic accent, as compared to a non-rothic accent such as British English. A nice example is the word hard, which is pronounced as [hɑːd] in British English, but [hɑːrd] in