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If you are visiting the USA then consider that in different regions people use different accents of the English language. Here some steps you can take to make sure you will not be spotted as a tourist right away:
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Determine the region you wish to imitate. Knowing the difference between a Texans drawl and the southern style of someone from Mississippi or Tennessee can make a world of difference. Midwestern accents from areas such as Chicago, IL, Milwaukee, WI, and St. Paul, Minnesota vary as well. The New York accent may be one of the most distinct American accents, and the Bostonian accent is also well-known.
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Learn key phrases from the region you wish to imitate. A southern constant is the word "y'all," which is a contraction of "you all" and used as a plural form of "you." If from Pittsburgh, people will say "yinz" or "yunz" when referring to "you plural." Massachusetts and some other New England States use "wicked" to show intensity of action, "That was a wicked bad car accident." or "That test was wicked easy." Massachusetts also has the famous Boston accent. One phrase to say in that is, "Park the car at Harvard Yard and get a cup of coffee," but say all the a's long. So, it would end up sounding like, "Pak the cah in Hahvehd yahd and get a cup of caffee,".
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Study films made by independent companies that were born and bred in the region you wish to imitate. For example, if you wish to speak with a Mississippi accent, find a film that is both located in and produced by a company based in Mississippi.
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Practice the key words and phrases, taking special care to notice where you place stresses and drop or add letters (for example, Wisconsinites have a tendency to add the letter "t" at the end of words that end with a double-s, like "acrosst" instead of "across" and Connecticuters tend to either drop the "d" or stress on it less when in the middle of a word like "ranom" instead of "random").
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Try to expand these special rules (the dropped and added letters, where stresses are placed) into the rest of your vocabulary.
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If going for a "Valley Girl" way of speaking (girls), say things such as "like" (as an interjection), "oh my god", and "a lot." (for example, So I was, like, walking down the street, and this guy was wearing, like, the weirdest hat, I was like 'Oh my god' cause, yeah.) Many modern-day teenage and pre-teen girls also speak like this. Valley Girl speech did not hit America until the 1980s and was copied straight from the movies. Elders and adults should not speak like Valley Girls and prefer not to. Some people find making the Valley Girl accent offensive.
Source: wikihow.com
