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I tried, but failed.It's really difficult even though English is not my first language.I love how British English sounds, but I feel more comfortable and confident when I speak in American English.Besides, some vowels, like British 'short o' sound is really hard for me to...

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...

Ah, I didn't know you used British English... Since you mentioned Merriam-Webster, I thought you wanted to use American English.No, I don't think so, and it's what I've tried to explain so far. Just because a certain symbol is used, doesn't mean it has to sound exactly the...

Thanks again for your patience in explaining that to me. I think I know what you are talking about. This also happens for the length of vowels before voiceless consonants vs voiced consonants, e.g. bat vs bad. Yes, you are right, the vowel quality is often affected by the following...

In British English, what you said are two different vowels and are in fact denoted differently in IPA. The extended ones are diphthongs.bet / bet /bear / ber / bee / bi: / beer / bir / (The non-rhotic "r" cannot be shown accurately.) I wonder my understanding of IPA for British English...

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...

Well, I'm learning American English, so I don't really know much about British English. But I guess the difference between /ai/ (bite) and /ae/ (bat) is more or less the same.I circled the areas where I think "General American" vowels are. /ai/ goes from a sound in a certain area to a sound in...

Frog? Clock has also that vowel. We have that vowel in Italian too. Why do you say it's weird? I think there is that vowel in American English, for those who distinguish "cot" and "caught". The vowel in frog (and hot and got, too) is indeed a typical feature of British English. I don't think you...

Hi,I read Nona's new post earlier, but... where is it now? I can't see it anymore. It was a post with a link to a website where you could listen to IPA sounds (for British English).Well, I heard a lot of words pronounced with a clear consonant sound at the end. I thought of posting this:What are...