@Geeljasjes The quote I provided was from a linguistics site. You seem very immature and arrogant. You come on here and make pronouncements but you do absolutely no research and you really do not know what you are talking about. Are you a teenager? Get a clue.

@strawberryseason I speak standard English and standard Dutch. Here's comes an American (of all nationalities) who tells me I speak dialect. Mate, you're a legend, I feel more special now that I speak dialect too. Thanks heaps!!!!

@strawberryseason true, there is no standard of what's good or wrong

On dialects: “Interestingly, many of us consider our way of speaking to be neutral. It's hard for us to hear features of our own speech that might be obvious to people who speak other dialects. Linguists use the term ‘dialect’ to mean 'a variety shared by a group of speakers.' By this definition, everyone speaks a dialect, not just Andy Griffith and Scarlett O'Hara. Bus drivers, teachers, your neighbors, CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and you (whether you know it or not) speak a dialect, too.”

@azertyftw no it does not.. limburg rocks!

@kaatjecat123 Limburg =D Normally people talking about the limburg-ish accent say that it sucks :p

@Geeljasjes Well, people can understand you way better. I mean I speak with a British accent but though I have a hard time understanding others with that accent haha. Also non-native speakers can understand american better than British so..

That tongue shit is just too horny!

@kaatjecat123 That's your choice. I'd like to know though, why is it handy?

@Geeljasjes ok, true. But the population of the USA is way bigger than the Australians and British. I think it would come in handy to speak with that accent.

i lol'ed from 2:55 to 3:02 xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDd

@kaatjecat123 Well, if that's so, doesn't that tell you enough about the Americans?

@Geeljasjes No I'd teach a foreigner Dutch with a heavy, thick Limburgish accent haha. So yeah, ABN sounds pretty dumb too. But British sounds a little bit too posh to me you know.. When going to Australia or the UK it's considered as normal but if you go to the States with an accent like that, they will be making fun of you like there's no tomorrow ghehe.

@kaatjecat123 ABN sounds lame too, but it's the standard. Would you suddenly decide tomorrow to speak with a Suriname accent because you think you sound gay in proper Dutch? We learn English because it's THE standard. Would you teach a foreigner Dutch with a heavy, thick Drents accent?

@strawberryseason In music one cannot truncate a note if it's meant to be sung stretched, thus it tends to sound more American. Also, the reason why Britisch or Aussie artists veer more towards an American accent, is because words tend to rhyme better. "Best" and "Passed" sound closer the American way. I think commercialism has a lot to do with it as well. America is simply a bigger market to sell records.

@strawberryseason Well, American pronunciation is different, but grammer and vocabulary??? An accent is not the same as a dialect, so I think to say people from Boston have their own dialect is very far fetched. Perhaps cities, regions and countries have their own slang, but slang is not even considered a dialect, let alone accents. A dialect is more like a warped language that is recognisable but hard to understand.

@rebeccalinquist yeah but i'm still in high school so i have to keep this accent because they would give me lower grades if suddenly i would have another accent. Though the influence of the USA is bigger than the influence of the UK.. Even Australians (who have a similar accent to brits think i talk funny)

@Geeljasjes @Geeljasjes When I listen to that youtube video, yes, at times they do drop their r's. But overall (especially to the soloists), their vocal sounds are more American-- with long i's instead of short ones, such as in "time." Language is a very mutable thing. It is a living thing, not stagnant. Thus any claims to the "standard" will soon be moot.

@Geeljasjes Dialect: "A regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary." In the US there are several dialects, according to linguists. If a Boston accent is considered a dialect, thus also would an New Zealander or Irish way of pronouncing English.

you are awesome!!!

@kaatjecat123 I don't think they have any ill intent ... teachers just pass along their native accents, but you can learn whatever accent you like with focus and commitment (and coaching if you want to get there quickly).

Well I'm actually dutch as well and My English is good, no doubt. But my problem is the accent. I have this enormous British accent which sounds gay/slutty and I really want to get rid of it. That's why I checked this video. I think it sounds good when old ladies talk but not someone like me. I think it's sad that they try to learn us the bloody accent on dutch schools. Okay, I get why: We're really close to the UK but still it sounds lame.

go for it! They are free for the taking.

@rebeccalinquist this is very very helpful. I hope you don't mind if soon i'll be posting your videos in this website I'm trying to build

@Geeljasjes - I've met French and Germans with Irish accents. Asians with Australian accents. Africans with English accents - who cares? But really, North American english has twice as many native speakers than all of the other english speaking countries combined. Why wouldn't people want to learn our accent when most of the english speakers in the world speak the way we do?