By Dialects, Accents

Welsh people speak English with a distinctive lilting accent that is often described as "sing-song". The Welsh accent is not uniform across the whole of Wales though; for example, in north-east Wales the accent sounds to me quite like a Liverpool accent. I'm not an expert on...

Well, I assume that all British people know Standard English or the Queen's English as others call it.And what about the American varieties? I know there is a general American accent. But I heard there are also varieties of American English. So, are those varieties great when compared to the...

The only time I've ever had difficulty understanding a native speaker of English was one time in Scotland. They guys were playing Trivial Pursuit and I swear I could understand about one-third of what they said. I've never heard such a thick accent. Sometimes there will be confusion...

James- I think the differences all could be accounted for by dialect. In American English, I have been taught that the only syllabic consonants are l and n, but not m. all of the words above such as london and gordon could be pronounced with a syllabic consonant. The determinant for any sc is...

I think you are setting yourself a difficult and rather pointless task there. In the UK, some of the very distinctive (and more difficult) accents are restricted to one city - and then not everyone living there. You'll pick up an understanding if you live in an area with a distinctive...

Yes, if you come to the UK you might find some accents difficult to understand. My other half immigrated to England and was quite disappointed to find that a lot of English people don't speak what he thought of as 'proper' English. Take heart though - it even happens with English...

Hi and welcome!Most people I met in the UK spoke standard English with regional accents... not too difficult. On the other hand, I found many teenagers and kids almost impossible to understand. This website offers a great variety of audio clips from the UK, so it can help you get a clearer...

No, mine. :) Just kidding.That is like saying what is the easiest language to learn. All languages are different. Different sounds, grammar, etc. All accents and dialects are different too. It depends on where or if you even want to go to the United States and how good you are at learning a...

here we go http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_atlas.php it was actually as I had lost the link to the "international dialects of English archive" that I went looking and found this ..

I checked it; it was the first hit google gave. It was good, nothing special. There should have been more examples. Having said that that is why I prefer sites such as speech accent archive or the international dialects of English archive (IDEA). Edit: I tried giving links but I couldn't...