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Hi,it's not /e/ in American English. It's around /æ/. Then there are diffrences, because for example, a lot of poeple change it before N, M, or NG, so "pan" is usually either /peən/ or /pɛən/.As for British English, I don't know, but there are a lot of different...

Yes, we have discuss it recently in the forum. For Americans, toilet means the plumbing fixture. If you say "I am going to wash my hands in the toilet", they'll respond with "Yuck!" People can't be in the toilet. However, in British English, toilet can also mean...

In British English white and why would always be pronounced with an aspirated h and anyone who did not do so would be thought to be speaking very very poor English.

It depends on where the English will be applied. I always hate it when I hear a Dutchman who has watched too many 'movies' and speaks American English. It just seems wrong and makes me want to get violent with them (like a Brit speaking American English). However a Filipino who has...

I agree with CB. We should learn both American and British English. By that I don't mean just the words and their meanings, but also the pronunciations of the words. We should know how the words are pronounced iby the British and Americans. We should also be aware of the difference in usage...

When I attended school in the late Middle Ages, I never wondered whether I was taught British or American English. I suppose I was taught both: differences in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. I find it strange that anyone would like to confine his knowledge of the language to just one...

BrE has been accepting words spelt the AmE way. For example, 'realize' is now accepted as BrE, whereas many years ago, 'realise' is the only version.

Frankly, I prefer British English rather than American English. In my point of view, the former one is formal and traditional. The latter one contains lots of proverb that has enormous local color. Besides, I don’t like the conversation speed either, it is too fast. Therefore, I would choose...

Hi Awence,yes, you can say "a drug", or "several drugs". With plurals you use a plural verb in those kinds of structures:Some of the drugs are dangerous. One half of the drugs are dangerous. Fifty percent of the drugs are dangerous. MrP's example was different... It shows...

Hi Susan, are you American? So you don't say "cang go"...I am referring to how sounds change because of other sounds that are next to them. One example is "can't you" --> "can chew", or even "attention" --> "attenchun".But others...