"scott" <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
> >  However, in practice it seems that the difference between an average
> > British accent and an average American accent is way subtler and much more
> > indistinguishable, at least to me.
>
> The most universal difference I've come across is how "t" is pronounced.  In
> America it seems nobody actually pronounces it as a "t" but more of a soft
> "d" sound.  To me, an American who says "Dakota" sounds pretty much the same
> as "Dakoda", in an average British English accent they are completely
> different sounds.

Indeed, many southern english accents wouldn't pronounce the 't' at all...! I
bet that's a real pain for non-brits.

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