By Pronunciation, American English

Hello. I'm a student from Korea (South) trying to learn English based on received pronunciation. And it's kind of hard because everyone here tries to learn American English.Here goes the questions:1. I reckon Americans often use 'flapped d', but it seems that British people...

Heh, I know in the UK there are lots of interesting accents. Some people drop this, skip that, shift vowels here, put glottal stops there... Different accent in different places, different social groups, different age groups... It's so in the US too, and in other countries too, I guess....

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...

Thanks, GG. Now this is absolutely confusing to me. I always had problem with reading the pronunciation keys for American English. British pronunciations have long been standardized on IPA. Why can't American English dictionaries use IPA??? The symbols in Merriam-Webster is different...

I think it's possible, but not as common as the other, generally speaking. In some regions it's definitely used, I guess. Merriam-Webster lists those pronunciations too. By the way, are you checking the pronunciation in American Heritage and related dictionaries? If so, be careful......

I wanted to mention that, that some people axe questions. It's a feature of some dialects (for example it's found in African American English). Merriam-Webster lists that pronunciation, saying it's dialectal.

Hi,you are making a distinction between eh-lay and ell-ay, which is actually important, even though in American English sometimes it's not a big distinction (I think in some cases the actual pronunciation is somewhere in between). Well, I usually take that distinction into account, and in...

Hello people, I have a American English pronunciation question that has been nagging me forever. I've asked several natives in person but to no avail as of yet. The question is, when you pronounce a tapped T, where the syllable is unstressed (e.g., Water, Butter, Hitter, ), what is the...

When I attended school in the late Middle Ages, I never wondered whether I was taught British or American English. I suppose I was taught both: differences in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. I find it strange that anyone would like to confine his knowledge of the language to just one...

I think it was in the late 70s in Las Palmas that I met an American who pronounced can't in the British way all her life. Both thought they were right - and I agreed! CB