But arabs have always spoken english with their own accent, this american thing is maybe 20 years old at the most, are you telling me everything in arab countries is now in american english or they dont have brains to discern they needent speak in that manner?
Their parents and grandparents are not speaking american, at home they speak in arabic unlike those in subcontinent who actually communicate in english even at home in many cases despite english not being their mother atongue.
So few hours of school and TV/movies are going to dictate terms to them now? I bet not all teachers there are american, didnt happen in many other parts of the world, check out the last sentence in Pool's post, says it all.
You can even speak French minus the exaggerted native accent, despite learning it in institutes run by native French teachers.
No the youtube one is not neutral, never heard polished south asians speak english?
Last edited by newscaster; 18th May 2011 at 12:40.