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Re: USA or UK

Cool Breeze — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:51:27 GMT

Thethenothere123 wrote:
I feel as though the AmE vs. BrE distinction is largely exaggerated by non-native English speakers.

Like a previous poster commented, your focus should be on using proper grammar and working to improve your pronunciation rather than worrying about the minor differences in the usage of language between two countries.

Very true. When I attended school, I was taught English, not British English or American English. I was told some words were more American than British but the minor differences weren't a big deal.

I have encountered Brits who told me they didn't consider American English to be English at all. For them it was another language called American. In other words, a foreign language. Yet they said they never met an American they didn't understand! These Brits understood at least one foreign language.

Seriously, there are bigger differences between the various forms and dialects of British English than there are between standard BrE and AmE.

Cheers
CB

Re: A short video and two questions

L.Yuki — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:02:53 GMT

Nona The Brit wrote:
Ah, South Park . They do speak in rather odd voices, (especially Cartman) so don't expect standard pronounciation.

I am horrible with grammar LOL So, hopefully someone that has good grammar will be able to help you on that one ^_^

As Nona The Brit has said, we shouldn't expect standard pronunciation, should we expect proper grammar or no?

They surely talk fast.. I just hope you don't learn all the f words and master it in your daily usage! LOL (Ok, I am just kidding about this one)

P.S. Sorry for off topic. Hey though, I am a little bit on the topic.

Re: How to speak good english?

Goodman — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 18:36:17 GMT

Hi Imran,

Welcome to the forum. First, please allow me to commend you for having the desire to improve you language skill. There are obvious problems in you post. As a start, you need to write each word in complete form, not with the ICQ-style English. Your sentences were incomplete in meaning and were difficult to understand. English improvement basically comes in two major forms, written and spoken and each affects the other. You can improve the spoken part by paying more attention to listening (to English TV programs and commentators ) and practicing speaking frequently. This helps acclimate your mouth and tongue muscle movement to English pronunciation, as well as sentence structure and word usage. For the written part, itâs a lot harder because in order to write properly, one must use proper grammar. Since I donât know your background, I can only offer you my own opinion and experience. I wish you well on your learning.

Re: USA or UK

Thethenothere123 — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:09:45 GMT

I feel as though the AmE vs. BrE distinction is largely exaggerated by non-native English speakers. In reality, the language itself is 99% the same (the only real differences are pronunciation and a few minor variations in spelling); and the vast majority of the time, English speakers from different countries have no difficulty understanding each other. Consequently, I think that attempting to "learn" one instead of the other is largely a pointless excercise, as most non-native speakers are unable to closely emulate the pronunciation and speech pattern to the point that a native speaker would be able to differentiate between someone that supposedly learned AmE rather than BrE. The person speaking would simply be thought of as "a person of country/language X that is speaking English."

Like a previous poster commented, your focus should be on using proper grammar and working to improve your pronunciation rather than worrying about the minor differences in the usage of language between two countries.