There is, I think, a difference between pronunciation and accent, though I am not quite sure what it is. Perhaps it is a question of degree. It is perfectly possible to pronounce words correctly but with different accents. Different accents may of

#1 No, I don't think that's true. If carried, varied, etc. sounded like "it" or even "id", it would sound more like a South African accent than a British one. The biggest difference between British and American

I think you're right on, Kooyeen. And thanks for the reply. I am a stickler in my pronunciation classes that students learn to say the -s (and -ed) endings correctly. Even though I do this, I know that native English speaking Americans rarely

I want to ask 2 questions about pronunciation first: 1) Do Americans say /use- d / or /use- t / in used to? 2) I saw Ann Cook wrote this in American Accent course: If the first consonant is voiced, the next one will be as well. If the

Well, I usually hear it that way, and Ann Cook in American Accent training told me to do so, so I think I'll go on pronouncing them that way. I could upload the short audio examples she uses to teach the difference between those two kinds of

The noun, in the first sentence, has the accent on the first syllable. PRAW-gress. (American pronunciation) The verb, in the second sentence, has the accent on the second syllable. pruh-GRESS. (Also American) Did you mean pronunciation, or

Dear Dusklight, Consider your sentence "I'm the firs t t o arrive", it doesn't matter if you pronouce the word first like firs , because you will pronounce the sound /t/ of the word to. This is called "prepare and link (according to my book)." If

Hi, they are very different. Can't you hear the difference between these two? Click on them: /ae/ => /caet/ --- CAT /a:/ => /ca:t/ --- COT You can check this out too: American Vowels That comes from this webpage

I think the question for this topic was phrased wrong. You should change it to: English English VS. American English It would help you understand the answer better "american english" is such a peculiar phrase, a complete paradox in

Hi, Uh, but what's the difference between accent and pronunciation? We pronounce cerain words but we speak with an accent. Accents often include such things as an intonation and way how you connect words in your speech. Proper? And how do you