By Pronunciation, American English

Hi there,I know there are a lot on the net, if some websites come to my mind I'll post them here, ok? The only one I can remember now is this, for American English:http://evaeaston.com/pr/home.html There's a lot of stuff for pronunciation, one of best reference you can find on the net.Enjoy

I see, thanks.Yes, I've already read your post, I usually know when to tap a T. I know a few basic rules about American English pronunciation, advanced stuff would probably just confuse me, I think. I usually listen to what Americans say, and recognize some features, then I find myself...

Is this true that in American English a is pronounced aey to rhyme with ace and major, and in British English it is pronounced with long aah sound as in are and father? No. It's not true. Both American and British English contain many different pronunciations of a, depending on the word in...

>> Isn't it interesting that certain forms of American pronunciation aare older than the British ones? E.g., the short 'a' sound in "glass" and "pass" that the Americans use was the sound used in British English, till they changed it for the preferred long 'AH' sound. << Yes, most...

Is this true that in American English a is pronounced aey to rhyme with ace and major, and in British English it is pronounced with long aah sound as in are and father?

Isn't it interesting that certain forms of American pronunciation aare older than the British ones? E.g., the short 'a' sound in "glass" and "pass" that the Americans use was the sound used in British English, till they changed it for the preferred long 'AH' sound.

Hi, yes, there are books that deal with stress, intonation, and pronunciation. I've read "American Accent Training" by Ann Cook. There's really a lot of stuff in that book (and on the 5 CDs). I haven't tried any other books anyway, so I can only tell you about that one. It treats American...

#2 is not correct. "When dialects diverge to the point that they are mutually incomprehensible, they become languages in their own right" That is not always the case. For example, "Chinese" dialects are mutually unintelligible, but "Chinese" is often regarded as being a language. Swedish,...

I can not figure out t sound will be inevitably created when from n sound to s sound.I'm not sure if the creation of the t between n and s is absolutely inevitable, but it may as well be. There is no difference in pronunciation in American English between prints and prince, between instance and...

Sorry to contradict you, but that is exactly what is happening in the USA today. Speakers of other Standard variants and indeed taking classes in using Standard American English. The question is, why don't Standard American English speakers, want to do the same when they plan to have long-term...