The only way to hear a difference is listening to contrasting pairs, in my opinion. Minimal pairs, you know. Beat - bit fool - full etc. If you have such major problems, then maybe you could start with an accent reduction course. For American

Get an electronic pronouncing dictionary and practise your pronunciation every day for 10-20 minutes, without exceptions. Use books with English idioms, and practise with your computer/laptop and a piece of paper. Pick out a word. Try to predict

It makes it even more difficult when you look at the variations in the American Dialect. There is no "American Accent" --there are 7 recognized main divisions (Western/Californian, Upper Midwest, Midland, Southern, MidAtlantic,

Wow, I didn't expect someone to reply, let alone read my long post. I pay much attention to how people write on forums, but my sentence structure has stayed on a basic level. That's not true, you write well! I didn't explain this

There are several American accents. Regional accents such as western, southern and Appalachian, are quite distinct as are accents specific to cities (especially Boston and New York). I suppose the "standard" American accent would be the

How does one explain the accent heard in Boston? Settled by Englishmen in grand New England, but do any English people talk as they do? I don't think so. That part of the country was originally settled by lots of folks from East Anglia.

I've always felt that many American accents reflect aspects of the regional accents in the areas the original English-speaking colonists ... from the period beteween the 1930s and the 1950s and compare the RP accents with those regarded as RP

I've always felt that many American accents reflect aspects of the regional accents in the areas the original English-speaking colonists came from. There is no question about it. The Eastern Shore is one place where they still retain the

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