By Dialects, Accents

So hey people, I am new to this forums, and I hope to learn a lot during my time here. I wonder if I could get some help on accents. Recently my interest in them has grown, but I also suck at it! I can't hear the difference between accents, may it be someone from Wales, UK, Scotland or Australia...

Most dialects, particularily North American dialects have something called yod-dropping, which means that historical .

Marvin A. wrote:Then I guess it is the tense-lax neutralization thing that occurs in my dialect. I honestly can't hear the difference. To me, they sound exactly identical (the vowel in beer and bit), and if I were to write it fauxnetically, I would probably write bir. I think it is because we...

Hwat for what is the original pronunciation and was the only form used in Middle English. In Modern English, many dialects lost the wine-whine distinction, and began pronouncing words spelled "wh" as simply "w", rather thn "hw". The original, conservative form is still around, and is considered...

>> My goodness, British accents must be so different... and strange too! I heard some that seemed German or another language, not English! <<Well, I think it's simply because there are so many of them, and they are very different, as opposed to North American English (especially...

Ruby Ruby Ruby Rubeh wrote:Are McDreadful using "I'm lovin' it" to advertise in the US as well? I assumed it was just in the UK. Hi Ruby Ruby Ruby Rubeh ----> Ruby - Kaiser Chiefthat's used in Italy too! At the end of McDonald's commercial, you can hear (and see) "I'm lovin' it"....

Hey there-ok I just happened apon this website and thought id lend a hand!I'm a Scottish speaking teenager who adores my accent even if its not broad Scot's that I speak. I'm hopeless at accents but i have to admit that I find it easy to pick up on local dialect of friends for example. You maybe...

Hi, Kooyeen, Kooyeen wrote:I know you won't like my answer, but... what's wrong? That part of speech was ok. My goal is to talk like that. Ok, not really like that, but that was not "non-English", so it was ok in the end (I guess). I never said it's "non-English", I said it was ""non-BBC...

When trying to learn a new accent listening to and imitating a native speaker is the most important and the fastest way to learn. When you were young you learnt a language by listening and then repeating the words while imitating the accent. However, as a child your ability for the ear to...

You know what? You're absolutely right. I live in Kanawha County, West Virginia, and obviously have somewhat of a southern accent (though not as thick as some), and I have to say that yes people absolutely look down in certain ways to people who speak this way... Although, sometimes I don't...