By Dialects, American English

really? then why dont we americans have british accents??? that i never understood, since all these ppl came to america and the native americans were taught english (something like that) why didnt the native americans have british accents??? why didnt it slowly morf into a dialect of england???...

to David Thanks for your answer as well. I am from Spain "a way of speaking English which is understood by all is what we should all be aiming at" Unfortunately, it may be quite difficult. Other than each English speaking country has their own English - American English, British English,...

Guest, Welcome. I encourage you to register. GuruNet.com USAGE NOTE In most dialects of American English bring is used to denote motion toward the place of speaking or the place from which the action is regarded: Bring it over here. The prime minister brought a large retinue to Washington...

It is perhaps better to dispense with the idea that there is only one English that is correct. In a nutshell American and British English are but two dialects of ENGLISH. "They have enough respect for the language to use correct spelling, clear enunciation and to observe the correct use of...

Neither one is more correct, although dictionaries of American English usually provide phonetic transcriptions of the so-called Standard American English (Eastern American English). In the Western dialect, the "au" sound does not exist as a separate sound. Wherever the Eastern dialect uses that...

hehe, yeah, the difference is very UNsubtle! For all intents and purposes, Cantonese and Mandarin are 2 completely different languages. They're related, so they share a lot of common grammar rules and have some words that are similar...I'd say they're about as similar as French and Spanish. ...

"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...

Just like the word "herb". In American English it is pronounced "erb", so you say "an herb". In British English it is pronounced "herb", so you say "a herb". So the a/an choice will depend on the dialect variant. In some parts of England you can hear "and" meaning "hand". The h-sound is...

Do you really think so, Mike?? I don't think American English is worse than the British one. Also Americans use "correct" spelling, they use American spelling, they use American enunciation and also American grammar -> all these also have been standardized, as a guideline you can use the...

Maj - The point I was making was that it can be considered a dialect, that doesn't mean it isn't its own language. The Americans are pushing to consider American English as just American; I'm betting they consider it a language of its own, and why shouldn't they. Yes, it probably could...