Other scholars prefer the term Standard American English. The precise definition and usefulness of the term continue to be debated, and the scholars who use it today admittedly do so as a convenient basis for comparison rather than for exactness. In the United States it is often perceived as lacking any distinctly regional, ethnic, or socioeconomic characteristics, though Americans with high education, or from the North Midland, Western New England, and Western regions of the country are the most likely to be perceived as using General American speech. General American English or General American (abbreviated GA or GenAm) is the umbrella accent of American English spoken by a majority of Americans, encompassing a continuum rather than a single unified accent. Problems playing this file? See media help.
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