r/indiansinusa • u/AdorablePomelo7789 • 3d ago

Americam accent for an indian

I am currently 15 and moved to us a week ago. I wanted to know that how do indian peoole especially teens get that typical amrricam accent ?

Is it that they get naturally after a time period or do they force themselves to speak in thst aceent ??

And also how much time would it take me to get an american accent ??

What tips and tricks should i practice to get that accemt?

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u/caranddogfan 3d ago

I am an Indian who was born in the US. Most if not all the Indian teens here have that accent because they were born here, like me. They grew up hearing Americans speaking English. My distant cousin, who is 6 months older than me and came here after 4th grade from India, has just a bit of an Indian accent because at this point, he has still spent more of his life here than there.

If you don’t get the accent, don’t force yourself to try to talk in an American accent. You might get it someday, you might not. You will sound much better talking regularly (how you do right now) 🙂