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Re: Does Standard American English sound more like French or German?

Bluepalms — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:31:32 GMT

Hi Thorhath,

it is interesting to know that 40% of the English vocabulary is from the French language, I could tell some examples: air, age, departement,...
But I don't exactly know what you mean with "sound the same"? Do you mean the phonetic? If so, then I'd say, that French and English don't sound the same, you can certainly tell from the "heavy" French accents native French speakers when speaking English. There must be differences in the pronounciation.

Hope I could help. Cheers,
Bluepalms

Re: Need some help!

Englishuser — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:09:26 GMT

Hi Mk203,

You asked:

Everyones! Do you know any dictionary website online?

Nef's links are good. However, should you like a very good dictionary, sign up for the on-line edition of the great Oxford English Dictionary (20 volumes in print) at www.oed.com. The OED is great as it includes almost all words in the English language, past and present. In other words, you can find anything from Australian seamen's slang from the 1920's to Caribbean English vocabulary of today in the OED. In addition to this, alternative spellings are listed and the International Phonetic Alphabet is used to show pronunciations.