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Re: Changing from American to British accent.

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...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by lincoln punch 145 days ago Vowels, Accents, American English, British English, British Accent
Re: pronunciation

Yes they are correct in British English US stress doesn t always follow British stress but I would have thought so here By the way the standard way to show stress is an acute accent over the vowel Pórtugal América Gérmany etcétera

ESL General English Grammar Questions by huevos 152 days ago British English, Vowels, Accents
Re: fair-haired

quote user Pter Do you know which accent is chosen by MW as the reference in the pronunciation keys Is it General American quote No idea The audio files comes from several different speakers but I think I ve always heard accentless pronunciations from MW So I guess it might me General American...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by kooyeen 232 days ago Vowels, Accents, American English, Pronunciation, British English, Glottals
Re: fair-haired

Yes there are regional variations in American English Do you know which accent is chosen by MW as the reference in the pronunciation keys Is it General American My problem is that as I have mentioned before they are indeed denoted differently in British English The first one is a simple vowel...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by pter 234 days ago Vowels, Accents, Consonants, American English, Pronunciation, British English, Spelling, Diphthongs
Re: How's and House - are they pronounced differently?

Hi those two vowels are the same to me The only difference between how s and house is the final consonant I think this is true for both General American and the kind of British English that is usually learned I don t know if there are people who make a distinction or situations where a subtle...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by kooyeen 355 days ago Vowels, Accents, Difference Between, Consonants, British English
Re: Unreleased final consonants

Well maybe it s a little different because there are several kinds of o in British English I think and there are several kinds of o in Italian too It depends on the accent Some vowels produced by speakers form a different region sound funny to some speakers in Italy too However the o in clock on...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by kooyeen 1 yr 168 days ago Vowels, Accents, British English
Unreleased final consonants

Hi I read Nona s new post earlier but where is it now I can t see it anymore It was a post with a link to a website where you could listen to IPA sounds for British English Well I heard a lot of words pronounced with a clear consonant sound at the end I thought of posting this What are the...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by kooyeen 1 yr 173 days ago Vowels, Intonations, Accents, Difference Between, Consonants, American English, British English, Glottals
Re: What makes English so difficult to learn?

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 North American...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by marvin a. 1 yr 284 days ago Vowels, Accents, American English, Phonetics, Scottish Accents, British English, Learning English, Speak English, Spelling, Vocabulary, Correct Spelling

Marvin A wrote gt gt Now said with a Southern French accent it becomes cot lt lt gt gt The sound I meant is o as in RP or Standard British English lt lt Now you re really confusing me Are you using IPA or similar system for transcription The letter c in the IPA X SAMPA and Kirshenbaum...

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conchita57 1 yr 297 days ago Vowels, Accents, Dialects, Phonetics, British English, Diphthongs, Images

Re: Cote D'livore

gt gt Now said with a Southern French accent it becomes cot lt lt gt gt The sound I meant is o as in RP or Standard British English lt lt Now you re really confusing me Are you using IPA or similar system for transcription The letter c in the IPA X SAMPA and Kirshenbaum transcription systems is...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by marvin a. 1 yr 297 days ago Vowels, Accents, Dialects, British English, Diphthongs

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