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Hi, the American Pronunciation you found is ok, and Merriam-Webster is the best (in my opinion) to check American pronunciations. The thing is you have to learn how to read phonetic transcriptions in the dictionaries you use, because often every dictionary uses its own conventions. Also,...

Here's how I'd say the first sentence if I put on a British accent: I must go to see my brother's new house. represents. Same for "crop".

Some things to keep in mind: ? = glottal stop @ = ə I don't know what your dialect sounds like, but I can tell you how mine differs from others: -Notice that I use lots of glottal stops (the ?). If your dialect pronounces them as "t's", then replace all the ?'s with in most other dialects--but...

Well, it depends on how you pronounce them. For example, you pronounce "go" as

There are a number of variations within the British accent. Here are some suggestions on how to improve your accent: 1. If you have any close British friends or acquaintences, speak with them as often as possible while imitating their accent. Sometimes people are offended by this because...

I'm forwarding this posting, which was originally posted to alt.english.usage, to alt.usage.english because it has remarks in it that I hope will be of interest to readers of that newsgroup. I've suppressed the identification of the AEU poster on the chance that he or she might not want...

(I am posting these Intros for Donna Richoux while she is away. Maria.) Last Revised 2003-02-27 (27 Feb 2003) ~~ Mini-FAQ on Spelling ~~ There are longer answers, with more examples, for most of these items in the full AUE FAQ (see end). Many of these topics cause much argument, and we earnestly...