Hi guys and welcome back to love English I'm Leila and today I'm going to be
looking at pronunciation I'm going to be looking at the differences between
British and American pronunciation focusing on 25 words that we say
differently most of you should know that I'm British and therefore I have a
British accent so don't be fooled I am NOT going to be doing an American accent
that is sabres forte that is what she's good at
I am NOT good at accents but I can help break down and help you understand the
differences in the sounds that we use in British and American English
if the vowels and the consonant sounds so this lesson might help you not only
identify which pronunciation you use but also help you when you're watching films
or movies in American English and help you understand native speakers better or
better also I'm curious which do you prefer
British or American pronunciation I won't be offended too much twenty-five
words that we say differently in British and American English
so the a sound can be quite different in many words often in American English
it's more of a hard a sound so an app like cat but in British English we often
have a long a ah ah like ah a baby let's have a look at some words number one I'm
going to start with American English and then I'll go on to the British
pronunciation number one can't can't there's an app I can't but in British
English can't can't now the positive can-can is the same in British and
American but be careful I noticed that some students that pronounce the
American Way might not say the T very clearly so for us British teachers it
might sound like a positive and affirmative sentence can't not can't
can't make sure you pronounce that T ant ant
British English aunt aunt or auntie auntie
this is pronunciation and not an accent sounds very strange for me to say aunt
aunt route route the path you take root in British English roots phase phase in
American English but VARs VARs in British English can you see the
difference there with the a sound and and are however this is not a rule
because listen to these next words pasta pasta pasta in British English
pasta pasta so we've reversed here we've gone past up our in American English but
pasta in British English now the T in American English often becomes a softer
T more of a D sound really so in American English better better
better but British English better better better we pronounce the T the same with
water no + sounds a bit Australian water water water water anyway either
way the T is more of a D sound water but in British English water water or if
you've got a bit of a London accent you might hear the glottal stop with this
word water water three pronunciations of water there this is the T as well as a
vowel sound so two things going on here tomato tomato British English tomato
tomato - Mae a tomato tomato tomato tomato
tomato potato potato tomato - madam the are found in American English is much
stronger in British English the R sound often isn't even used we usually use a
schwa sound particularly at the end of words for example in American English
world world you can hear them rolling are there but in British English world
it's an earth sound world like word but with a low before the D world word word
not a big difference but word word in British word word and car car car
they'll roll the R but in British English car car no R sound at all now if
not just sounds but it's also where we put the stress on the syllables in words
advertisement advertisement in American English advertisement advertisement in
British English massage massage in American English massage massage in
British English adult adults in American adults in British adult in
British address address in American but address address
sounds like a dress in British English garage garage in American but marriage
garage in British the sounds also change a little bit to a few more vowel sounds
here either either but in British English either either now to be honest
either either is OK words like even either actually it
doesn't make a big difference because we've been sharing pronunciation for so
many years you can use both in fact it doesn't matter which you use of any of
these pronunciations generally speaking British people will
understand you Americans might struggle a little bit more because obviously they
don't watch as many films in English as we watch in American English neither
neither same thing but don't worry which you use vitamins vitamins I vitamins
vitamins vitamins in British English semi semi the semi-finals but in British
English semi semi finals an animal zebra zebra in American English its Z but in
British English it's said zebra zebra privacy privacy in American English but
in British English privacy privacy mobile now we usually say cell phone
Americans say cell phone we say mobile it can also mean to be able to move
around say like her mobile home in American English its mobile mobile
British English Mobile evolution evolution app British English evolution
evolution longi and finally yoga yogurt British English yogurt yogurt
oh one more an extra one oh that makes 26 schedule or schedule schedule or
share dual schedule or schedule which is British which is American any guesses
schedule is American English and schedule is British English but again
you will hear both of these pronunciations particularly in British
English we have adopted a lot of the American pronunciations because we watch
so much of their films that television series and why not they're pretty good
so that's it 25:26 words with an extra at the end that
Brits and Americans say differently so comment below let me know are there any
other words you think Americans and Brits say differently and would you like
another lesson on this subject thank you so much for watching I hope that
explanation of British and American English is helpful of course there's
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