In British English^x, Vowels^x

I don't think I'd recommend learning the Newcastle accent if you want to learn a British regional accent. Its often reckoned to be one of the most difficult of accents to understand - not only for non British, but for many British themselves! There are both vowel and consonant sounds that are...

Hi hello!!! I guess you are a British native speaker!! I'm from Mexico and I'm delighted with British English mainly the southeast England accent...but wait a couple of days ago I watched the film Millions by Danny Boyle and I had a crush on this accent! It's supposed to be Newcastle accent but...

Anonymous wrote:Hi guys, I have been living in London since January 2003. Hoping that I would have got rid of my strong and terrible Italian accent after 2 years, I have now lost all my hopes.Could you suggest me any diction courses or whatsoever to pick up the pure British accent. I know...

The glottal stop is used in American English, yes, but not in the same places, necessarily, as for British English. It's used (for some speakers) just before the final unreleased "t" when "t" is final after a vowel. "That's it!" (The final "t" is rendered by a glottal stop and/or an...

the second 'o' in confront is the same sound as in 'stock' Maybe in British English. Certainly not in American English. In AmE both 'o's in 'confront' are pronounced the same, the same as the vowel in 'stuck'. The difference is stress. The first 'o' in AmE 'confront' is unstressed, so...

And Oi loike Oztrai'jen English best - it just sounds keol. *** American English (resp. Western and Northern American accents) is pretty easy for me to understand while Southern accents and Eastern accents I find more difficult. British English sounds rather posh sometimes and depending on...

If all this is confusing Jack, remember that in both words, 'r' is silent in british English , but is pronounced in American English.A standing rule is that after any vowel if there is'r' in the middle of a word, it is not pronounced. And for any word, 'r' is not pronounced when it is in the...

I'm only getting question marks for those symbols, but if you are referring to the R-colored vowel sounds in "bird" and "winner", the difference should be explained by a speaker of British English, where there is a difference. As an American, I can only tell you that these vowels are the...

1. Verbs which end in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel in a stressed syllable double the final consonant. wed - wedding - wedded hop - hopping - hopped occur - occurring - occurred Note: The 'c' is not doubled. Double 'c' is written as 'ck' instead, regardless of the stress pattern...

Hi Xcats, This is related to the spelling of the past tense forms of regular verbs; it also applies to the "ing" form. spelling of regular affirmative past tense forms Most regular verbs: add -ed work —worked help —helped start — started rain —rained stay —stayed show — showed wonder...