Search results for 'tag:American English tag:British accent' matching tags 'American English' and 'British accent'

Re: Changing from American to British accent.

Lincoln Punch — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:39:35 GMT

I tried, but failed.

It's really difficult even though English is not my first language.

I love how British English sounds, but I feel more comfortable and confident when I speak in American English.

Besides, some vowels, like British 'short o' sound is really hard for me to pronounce.

It's probably because I learned American English first.

Re: Is American English lazy English?

Brazilian clown — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:16:09 GMT

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 by rappers, for instance..

British vs American English in their accent

Belly — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:19:42 GMT

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/ sound for this? Do they mean, you can use whatever /a/ or /e/ when spelling the words?

Today I took one of the exam implemented in American English, I spoke the word: slang with an /a/ to the examiner, he didn't understand at all. When I said: "synonym is: vernacular language", he asked me:" Isn't it slang /e/ ?" . So confused!

Re: Poll: British English vs American English

Daffy Duck — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:35:30 GMT

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 realised, when preparing to Cambridge Exam, that I have to "forget" american words and learn british equivalents. Because now I am mixing both.. It's fine by me, as long as people can understand me. Still when passing an exam you need to be consistent, using either american or british english. It's tricky. American english surrounds us everywhere, so we're more familiar with it. On the contrary I just love british accent, even though learning british pronounciation isn't easy.

Nice to hear from you again, Anonymous It's tricky for us teachers, too. We don't even know, if it's just going to be British or American English. Few days ago, I met some students and their parents asked about teachers who can teach Canadian English. Imagine?!

Re: my accent?

Kooyeen — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:47:49 GMT

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 either, but maybe it's close to a particular British accent, or an Australian one.

Re: Poll: British English vs American English

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:56:04 GMT

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, when preparing to Cambridge Exam, that I have to "forget" american words and learn british equivalents. Because now I am mixing both.. It's fine by me, as long as people can understand me. Still when passing an exam you need to be consistent, using either american or british english. It's tricky. American english surrounds us everywhere, so we're more familiar with it. On the contrary I just love british accent, even though learning british pronounciation isn't easy.

Re: I love British English!

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:32:15 GMT

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.

Re: I love British English!

Floxflow — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:28:18 GMT

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..

Re: Have a question about British accent.

Charlotte_T — Wed, 23 May 2007 14:01:00 GMT

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.

Re: I WANT AN AMERICAN ACCENT!

Kooyeen — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:07:01 GMT

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 your councils I am improving!

It should be "advice" (or you could also say "suggestions", "tips", or something else), not "councils". I know you were thinking of "consigli", but "council" is a kind of false friend.
Council means "consiglio", but only when the meaning is "a group of people that are chosen to make rules, laws, or decisions, or to give advice." (United Nations Security Council = Consiglio di Sicurezza delle Nazioni Unite)

I hope you don't mind my correction. I just thought "councils" sounded very odd in your post, and I think I understood what you wanted to say only because it sounded like a direct translation from Italian. Maybe other non-Italian people wouldn't understand what "councils" means in that context, so I just wanted point that out.