It came to me as a shock when I first found out that Americans use "d" in leu of "t" in certain cases. I hope you've recovered from your shock! The advice in that clip is very good. Nevertheless, the t between vowels has

Americans from the greater Philadelphia area say "wooder". http://www.englishforums.com/fs/1247712655041.mp3.at.ashx

Hi, it's WAH-dur. I don't think Americans ever pronounce that T as /t/, as far as I know.

Hi, I heard that "Water" has two different pronounciations in America, "Wa-ter" and "Wa-der", but which one actually belongs to the standard american accent? Thank you

It's refined and has bad teeth? In all seriousness, where does this ridiculous stereotype come from? Which stereotype are you talking about? In general, to the average American, the English accent stands in for either "foreign"

There is other thing that I need to confirm. Could anybody tell me that wheter the two sentences are totally grammatically correct? She speaks with an American accent because she has been living there. She speaks with an American accent because

She speaks with an American accent because she has been living there. He used present perfect continuous tense here. Does it mean that he must still live there now.-- Yes She speaks with an American accent because she had been living there. He

Could anybody correct my ideas of present perfect tense and past perfect tense? She speaks with an American accent because she has been living there. He used present perfect continuous tense here. Does it mean that he must still live there now.

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