By Vowels, American English

In American English the endings -ing and -ed are added directly to words like 'travel' and 'worship' without doubling the final consonant. The final consonant is doubled before adding the ending in British English. American dictionaries often give both variants (undoubled first) since the user...

Let me add one thing more. If any of the vowel sounds from the words mentioned above are made as "o" in dog or fog, they might be intended for some specific effects in specific situations. However, the standard pronunciation of the words remains intact. Sometimes, it may sound like "u" in...

Southern American english varies widely in difficulty to comprehend. The deep south accents (Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi) are more difficult for me to understand when people speak. Then again, I live in Texas, so I am exposed to horrible drawling all the time (though my accent is not very...

"There are very few American dialects which make it rather boring in my opinion!" Very wrong. I live in the Detroit area (the midwest, which has the most straightforward, untainted pronounciation of American english giving birth to radio/tv broadcasters all over the nation) and even the small...