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"I much prefer the attitude of the British. They have enough respect for the language to use correct spelling, clear enunciation and to observe the correct use of prepositions and general grammar. On the other hand, some Americans seem to like reinventing the language as they go." To use a...

Hi, what is it that you find difficult, in particular? There are no "peculiar" sounds in there... So I don't really understand your problem. Anyway... Here is what Merriam Webster says, you can check on that dictionary if you need to know how to pronounce a word in American English. You know,...

What you hear as an R in "water" (wa r er) we natives hear as a D, and we would spell the pronunciation as "wader", but I think you've got the general idea correctly. In American English there are many cases where T sounds like D (You would say, "sounds like R".) CJ

Hi Liveinsea, No authorities control the English language. There are standard varietes of spoken British and American English. The standard accent of British English is often referred to as 'Received Pronunciation' (RP), although this term may be slightly misleading and perhaps a bit...

In American English, if a female wants to refer to her female friends, she often says something like "I'm going out to dinner with a couple girlfriends." If a male wants to refer to his female romantic partner, he will say "I'm going to dinner with my girlfriend to night." There's no difference...

I think the question for this topic was phrased wrong. You should change it to: English English VS. American English It would help you understand the answer better "american english" is such a peculiar phrase, a complete paradox in so many ways. In any case there is not much...

Hi David, here you can find some stuff about American English. Vowels, consonants, lots of stuff... http://evaeaston.com/pr/home.html On that website there's also a link to this page, where the states are pronounced. http://evaeaston.com/pr/states.html If you need to know how to pronounce a...

You say you are learning American English - if so, I would ignore any pronunciation in a dictionary originating in the UK and stick with the Americans - but of course MW does make it more difficult. Since it seems to be a minority, go with the others! Basil - in the UK is is ba In the US it is...

American English comes mostly from British English but long before Received Pronunciation. In British English, we often hear 'bottle' as 'bo - ul' with no indication that any 't' existed in the word. This is a common feature of London accents, especially cockney.

Noah Webster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Webster) had a huge influence on american english. He is responsible for many of the differences in spelling. Also, after the revolutionary war in 1776, many americans were only too happy to differentiate themselves from Britain by using different...