In Dialects^x, American English^x

>just a way=only a manner A dialect is the special way people from a given area of a country speak and write. Sometimes, the spelling is different, or the meanings are different, or the pronunciation is different. Also,...

I'm not quite sure I understand your symbols. For one thing, North American English doesn't really distinguish vowel length, vowel phonemes are realized as long vowel allophones before voiced consonant phonemes in the coda of a syllable. Secondly, is the open front unrounded vowel

Englishuser wrote:What's interesting is that these changes are led by younger female speakers. Older speakers and male speakers adopt these kind of changes later. Yes, that really is interesting. Why are the changes led by younger female speakers in particular? What about younger male...

Englishuser wrote:Hi Marvin A., You wrote: It's associated with California English and Valley girls for the most part. Valley girls? It would be nice to learn something more about the Valley girl dialect/accent of North American English. I hope you, Marvin, can help me out. EnglishuserIt's...

Hi Marvin A., You wrote: It's associated with California English and Valley girls for the most part. Valley girls? It would be nice to learn something more about the Valley girl dialect/accent of North American English. I hope you, Marvin, can help me out. Englishuser

Wow, what a lot of nonesense.Is American English simply lazy English with disregard for the fundamentals of the language, or is it a valid simplification of an overly complex and irregular language?Huh? What are you talking about? I was hoping nobody would ask, but since you did, I much...

J Lewis wrote:Considering how little effort the British and the Americans generally make to learn foreign languages, I always appreciate whatever attempts my students make to learn English, however imperfect. My hair doesn't stand on end because of mistakes connected with their own language.The...

The Western and Central Canadian English dialect does have several differences from conservative General American, although many dialects in the US have some or all of the same features that are found in Western/Central Canadian English. Western/Central Canadian English is actually closer to...

So what's your definition of American English (or North American English, as some prefer)? I would probably define it mostly by its phonology. It would be pretty hard to define. Or why not just say, any dialect of English spoken in North America?Is there a standard for American English?Not...

>> hat, bat, bad, bag, ad, add << In some dialects ad, add and or bag would not work. If you're learning North American English, you could use the Inland North pronunciation of , thus "measure" would be pronounced as "maysure".