Changing Asian Accents to American Ones

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<p>my mom bought this book about correcting pronunciation, and one thing it mentions interested me.</p>

<p>it says in the book that english-speakers' tongues rest on the bottom of their mouths, tongue's end touching the back of their bottom teeth. it says that asians' tongues rest touching the roof of the mouth.
i'm not so sure about this, because i have been speaking english for a very long time. my tongue rests on the bottom part, but when i speak in korean for a while it's on the roof, though not too frequently.</p>

<p>just wondering how u guys feel about that. my mom is practicing resting the tongue on the floor of the mouth, and is having a hard time doing that. :D</p>

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<p>lol... how do you rest your tongue on the roof?... I'm chinese with a bit of chinese accent and have no idea how to correct it . (annoying part is it's keeping me out of school plays!)</p>

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<p>Interesting...I've been told I speak with an American accent, and I haven't noticed where my tongue lies. <em>tries it</em> Well...seems like my tongue moves wherever it has to go... :confused:</p>

<p>About the accents; my school's putting on a musical melodrama set in England, medieval times (with highwaymen and such). Our director's (Brit) pushing us to get rid of the American accents. :D He makes "slurs" about it. Heeheee. He's just teasing our choral director (American).</p>

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<p>My tongue rests on the top of my mouth and I have a full new zealand accent (different from american accents tho)</p>

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<p>ok i just realised that my tongue rests on the bottom of my mouth.</p>

<p>maybe it changes from hour to hour..</p>

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<p>haha jane has a funny tongue. :D</p>

<p>i have no tongue, so it doesn't apply to me.</p>

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<p>I'm Asian with a Southern accent... people call me canadian too only bc I say "eh" at the end of my questions >.<</p>

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<p>my tongue works pretty well at any accents....lol.....pretty strange...</p>

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<p>I love asian/english accents...I have to crack up every time my Economics professor (from Hong Kong) says english words that end in "a"...</p>

<p>Are(er), Canad(er)....</p>

<p>I am not poking fun, just saying that having an accent can sometimes be a benefit too! Makes people want to talk to you, for one!</p>

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<p>All of my English students do the weird resting their tongue on the roof thing. It makes some sounds (r, l) very hard to produce.</p>

<p>I knew it ****ed me off, now I know why.</p>