2. Paco was getting used to American pronunciation (US v GB pronunciation)

You are probably used to British standard pronunciation, not to American pronunciation. Pay attention to some changes in the pronunciation of the letters t, r and vowel sounds. They are very different from the pronunciation you know.

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One aspect of the differences between American and British pronunciation is the accent. American and English accents have some outstanding differences.
 
 
Watch the first two videos to get an idea of the typical American accent. Then watch the last two videos so that you can appreciate the differences with British English pronunciation. All four of them are comedies so, have fun.
 
 
Video de Best of TV en Youtube Video de Amazon Prime Video en Youtube



Video de Kanizu00 en Youtube Video de bassdownunder en Youtube

Click on the image below and you will find lots of British and American both male and female accents. Choose those ones you want to listen to and you will notice some strong differences between them.
 
Click on this image to listen to lots of different British and American accents.
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The Washington Post is wellknown around the world.
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The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest, founded in 1877. Located in the nation's capital, The Post puts a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation.
The newspaper is written as a broadsheet, with photographs printed both in colour as well as in black and white. Weekday printings include the main section, containing the first page, national, international news, business, politics, and editorials and opinions, followed by the sections on local news (Metro), sports, style (feature writing on pop culture, politics, fine and performing arts, film, fashion, and gossip), and classifieds. The Sunday edition includes the weekday sections as well as several weekly sections: Outlook (opinion and editorials), Style & Arts, Travel, Comics, TV Week, and the Washington Post Magazine. Beyond the newspaper, the Washington Post operates a syndication service (The Washington Post Writers Group) and under its parent company of The Washington Post Company, is involved in the Washington Post Media, Washington Post Digital, and washingtonpost.com.
Perhaps the most notable incident in the Post's history was when, in the early 1970s, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein led the American media's investigation into what became known as the Watergate scandal. The newspaper's reporting greatly contributed to the resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon.
Taken from Wikipedia.
 

Differences between British and American pronunciation can be easily seen nowadays in music. Many songs are performed by both American and British singers.

 

 
Video en YouTube de Sting
Listen to this song performed by two famous singers, a British singer (Sting) and an American singer (Bruce Springteen). Notice some differences in their pronunciation.

Ejercicio Resuelto

 Which words sound more American?

Video de AccurateEnglish en Youtube

 
city or cidy
computer or compuder
butter or budder 
 

 

Watch this video about the American pronunciation of the T sound.

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Pregunta

Choose the typical American pronunciation of these words which contain the letter T.
 
1) better.

Respuestas

a) /'beddər /

b) /'betə/

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Pregunta

2) metal.

Respuestas

a) /'metḷ/.

b) /'meddḷ/. 

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