By American English, British accent

All I know is that British accent sounds better but surprisingly...however, I'd rather to speak the American one because words come out easier regarding the pronounciation..of course sometimes when I watch some American movies is unavoidable to dislike some colloquial expressions...some used...

In words which have the phonetic sound / ae/ , I hear the real differences between American and British Accent. If in British they spell that phonetic sound similar to /a/, American would do with a sound like /e/, isn't it?Some words such as slang, man etc. I wonder why they use the /ae/...

Anonymous wrote:Well, I have encountered this problem recently. I had been learning english for few years, then I stopped attending courses or lessons, I have been learning at home and watching American TV series and movies.. so I have picked up a lot of vocabulary. So far, so good. Then I...

Hi,I didn't listen to much of that, and I didn't understand much either (bad quality, bad listening skills, etc.), but I can say it's not American English for sure. I think I heard you pronounce "that day" more or less like I would pronounce "dot die"... so it shouldn't be "mainstream" BrE...

Well, I have encountered this problem recently. I had been learning english for few years, then I stopped attending courses or lessons, I have been learning at home and watching American TV series and movies.. so I have picked up a lot of vocabulary. So far, so good. Then I realised,...

British English is over-rated, trust me. Some accents around Britain, England in particular are absolutely awful to listen too. Im not too keen on the American English too and to think they insult the British accent.

american english i love british english, i've been tolled i actually have a british accent, but have noo idea where i got that from cause i've never been to england and i don't really know how to talk british english..

I think it's rather hard to differentiate between American English and British English when one is singing. I personally can't tell the difference though I know there're loads of British singers.

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...

This is a bit of a myth. There was never a single British accent for American to be 'nearer' to. The short a sound still features in a lot of English accents. Less than 5% of British people speak RP.