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    Quote Originally Posted by Universe View Post
    When Hungarians speak English their accent will be closer to American becuase the way hungarian 'R' is pronounced is closer to the American R sound (we have a rolling R like spaniards). R in British pronunciation is kind of non existant like in German.

    American R still sounds pretty different than that in Hungarian, Polish or Spanish as it tends to be retroflex.

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