British English vs. American English

British English versus American English pronunciation from espresso English net you might be able to recognize a British accent or an American accent but do you know the details of the pronunciation differences this lesson will teach you some of the major differences between British and American English although there are some variations depending on what region of the country the speaker is from British and American English have some differences in the stress of certain words listen to the pronunciation first the British English and then the American English adult adult ballet ballet brochure brochure garage garage vaccine vaccine advertisement advertisement hospitable hospitable some words ending in IL e are also different agile agile fertile fertile hostile hostile mobile mobile versatile versatile the sound of the letter a is also different in some words where the British pronounce it ah and the Americans pronounce it ah listen to the difference both bath love laughs cloth class chants chants ask ask after after can't can't example example the sound of the letter R is also a little bit different the R is pronounced stronger in American English listen to the difference hard hard whoa were eeeh here piya pure more more chair chair ba bar words ending in ization are also pronounced differently civilization civilization organization organization authorization authorization globalization globalization the verb form of all these words ends in eyes in both British and American English it's pronounced globalize but British English continues this same pronunciation in the noun form globalization and American English changes the sound of the letter I globalization finally the t's sound in the middle of the word can be different in British and American English in this situation Americans often pronounce the letter T like a quick D sound listen to the difference betta better water water hated hated writing writing bottom bottom native native artificial artificial notice notice if you want to improve your pronunciation and spoken English in the next 30 days register for the American English pronunciation course beginning April 15th at espresso English dotnet

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Length: 4min 34sec (274 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 10 2016