We originally wanted "no accent" (I suppose a 'North American' accent?).
Heh. I know this was posted quite a while ago, but, having majored in anthropology, I am a bit of a linguistics geek, and you have given me the chance to pontificate.
Every person in the world speaks with an accent. We don't normally see this, because most of the people around us speak with the same accent that we do. However, as soon as you go to some other region, you will think that the natives of that region are speaking with some kind of accent, while you are not. The natives, on the other hand, will think that you are speaking with a funny accent, and that they are not. The can easily be seen when a Bostonian goes to Atlanta (or vice versa).
That being said, in most widespread languages (i.e. English), there are what are known as "non-regional" accents. A non-regional accent is one that cannot be easily placed in one region or another, and will sound "accentless" to most native speakers of a language across many areas. For instance, most of the major network talking heads on the evening news speak with a North American non-regional accent. They could go to pretty much any part of the country, and people would not think that they spoke with particularly extraordinary accents. These same speakers, however, would definitely sound American if they were to show up in London, so, obviously, even they have accents.
Thus ends my pontification for the day.
xander
