By American English, Accents

Gaia74 wrote:(www.howjsay.com) and I assure you that it's very useful. I knew of that website, it's a good one Nona once found out. Well, it's not very useful to me, for example... That tool pronounces words with a British accent and... I'm learning American English! Gaia74 wrote:Thanks to...

most speakers of General American English, use a vowel closer to Why shouldn't a student use the pronunciation given in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary? (#3). CJ

Kooyeen, there is something that you should know. While it is true that North American English has tense-lax neutralization before /r\/, thus , so why did you decided to switch to #3 instead of #3? Btw, since you do have a Western accent, and many Westerners have the CVS, and those that don't...

If you want to compare your version to what it sounds like in General American, I recorded myself reading the passage, trying to expunge any trace of my accent and speak General American English. Here it is: http://ax6.org/~keith/nwind3.wav

and an ignorant American would look at British and pronounce practise (Br. spelling) like practize.... Highly unlikely.Americans on the other hand, have been butchering it for centuries and should not be consulted when learning this language. It is, after all, English and not American.Rubbish. ...

Hi,I just checked what is said on an episode of an animated cartoon I like. Two characters work for a fast food restaurant, and I just found a guy who says:Large fries, pie, large coffee... pronto, got me good, buddy?Or at least I hope he said so, you know, he had a strong southern accent...

Hi, Hello guys, I'd like you to grade this very short text, please. It's well written. I'd give you 7.5 out of 10. You don't have a lot of errors, and most are just careless ones. Try to check what you write more carefully. It doesn't have to be formal and American English is preferred:I think...

Hello guys, I'd like you to grade this very short text, please. It doesn't have to be formal and American English is preferred: I think Notting Hill is just another RomCom in which the two main characters spend the whole movie not getting together, though we all know they are made for...

Hi KooyeenThere is nothing to forgive! I am certainly not in the least offended by your post. In fact, I enjoyed reading it tremendously! I even agree with you to some extent on some of the points you made. I am the first person to admit that my knowledge of English isn't as good as that of a...

General American English is based on the pronunciations of phonologically conservative speakers from the Midwest and West, thus General American is m-m-m merged. If you distinguish them, you will have an East coast accent.>> θæŋks <<That sounds very east coast to me. Most people...