This thread is really interesting and useful for me...
The link you gave doesn't work anymore.
I have several questions : Do Tv and newspapers have a an influence of any sort on your natural accent and pronunciation. I mean, do english people use american words after hearing them several times on tv for example? (or the contrary)
If you wanna know, british english was formerly the only english to be teached in France. But nowadays it has changed but it's a little weird, because officially we have to study both. In reality not all the teachers do that, and several keep on teaching only british english. Especially up to high school.
We are supposed to choose one and not to mix them. Actually I've chosen american english for 5 years, but it's interesting to see how some test givers react when you speak with an american acent. My teachers/examinors are either native american or native english speakers. So sometimes they kinda fight with each other, or at least they say they don't like the way you speak. That's fun...
Honestly I don't know if I've an american accent but watching american movies and Mitm (of course) has obviously changed my accent. For me the accent people have in london is really neat and nice but honeslty the pronunciation is harder to imitate than the american accent.. I guess it's not the same for everyone here, but for me..