[Jedi Master Pikachu]

There's no official "standard" American English, but the most common accent, and the one used by most media people is supposed to be descended from a Midwestern accent. Wikipedia link.

[GATOR NAVY]

There's no official "standard" American English, but the most common accent, and the one used by most media people is supposed to be descended from a Midwestern accent.

Interesting-as opposed to the UK or Japan where the standard accent is that of the largest city.

What a nightmare that would be if standard American English was New Yorkish ;-)

[ichabod1]

I've found that American Standard English and The Queens English are not all that far apart. They have their accents, we have ours, but they are all variations on the standard. Not that there's anything wrong with that.