Today though, there is of course not just one “American accent” but several, and regional accents continue to thrive and spread. Why is that and what can we expect to sound like in the future?

The American accent has another sound British actors must master — the rhotic “r.” That’s the hard “r” sound you hear in words like “work,” “curb” and “perk.” Still ...

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To a non-linguist, this might sound more like the standard American English accent, but to a trained ear, the Michigan accent is still changing in its own direction.