Pronunciation & Accent - How important are they really?

Let's talk about pronunciation and accent. How important are they? What can you do to get them right?

Clubhouse: @RichardSimcott
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[timothydouglas]

Have you seen the scene in "My Fair Lady" speaks her dialect in a "posh" accent? Your comments reminded me of it

[timothydouglas]

That Norn Iron accent was DEAD ON, so it was! :)

[nextlifetimebrendan]

Watching this and realizing i say “twunnie” for “twenty” LOL

[kidofpeace]

Richard come on I can’t believe you spend a year in Sweden just training your pronounciation. I assume it was next to your other disciplines in language learning.