Accents

[SaeedinPakistan]

Re: Accents

@madz124

I came here when I was 15. I don’t have an accent, but I’ve been told that sometimes I mispronounce certain words. For example:
-status is pronounced like “statue” (not stay-tus)
-^ same with data
-contributed is not pronounced like “contribution”

I think age matters in your ability to adopt. But so does your observation and attention to detail. Not everyone is that observant and not everyone cares either.

That’s probably got more to do with us learning British pronunciation at school over here and those words not being used very often.